Nicole looks too old to have Gus or even the other children. There's little chemistry between her and the kids and hubby and she looks out of place - too old (for the part), too scrawny, too pale, too tall.
Sticks out like a sore thumb and taking me out of the movie. Aging is natural, but plastic surgery creates unnatural planes on the face, so certain scenes or lighting can suddenly just make the person look weird and I'm sure that wasn't the plan of having the surgery done. I totally understand female actresses feeling it necessary to try to stay as youthful as possible, but...
Okay, enough of that.
This is a slow, drop by drop drama with, as another reviewer points out, scenes that don't seem to be necessary; but maybe they are and we'll find out later. It's slowly coming together. We see a moment between Hilary's husband and Mercy, his kindness (up until then he and his wife seemed in love) that leads to the affair, I guess.
I guess Mercy got over losing someone's kid really quick. At least now we know why she wanted him to slap her (big eyeroll).
The sex scenes are real cringe.
I keep pausing to play video games and do other things, not a good sign.
First episode, there are oblique hints, but it's easy to figure out she lost a child and Mercy figures in.
Hilary, the neighbor, with the cheating, drinking husband is also linked to Mercy and Nicole.
I wonder how the neighbor who stares at him is linked and the, unfortunately, dead older neighbor (which reminds me - people, when you haven't seen your older neighbor walking his dog like usual and the poor thing is barking all day - call the cops, people!)
These people are self-centered and living tiny, separate lives.
Anyway the Nicole character is grieving a young child we, which figured out in the first episode, and in this one we find out how.
Frankly, it's her fault. Why leave your kid in a tremendously crowded and busy place with stranger - a child that you already know slips away and does his own little thing? I actually thought that poor baby was going to fall off the boat. I mean hr's already gone in an elevator. This is a kid you watched 24/7. Why not just buy a pool and take your eyes off him and take a nap!
Nope, inattentive, stupid Mercy,asking someone the most inane questions ignores the little boy, because tapping on her phone is more important!
And Nicole's character left her baby with some immature, unknown stranger! Are you stupid? A bad mother? A crowded store or market place with so many things to look at is the perfect place to take your eyes and hands off a child and for them to go missing!
I wanted to scream at the screen! I do like seeing some of Korea, but really this is a rather common and boring story that could be set elsewhere, anywhere.
I'm willing to stick it out to see where it goes and what the possibilities might be.
Still I can't believe the character didn't have a plan for the little boy. If you ever get separated from mommy, go to a nice old lady and stay with her; ask her to call the police. Put a tracker on the kid! Hang a tracker tile around his neck! Put a harness on him! Chain him to you! Don't trust him with strangers in a foreign country! Give him a cellphone!
My mom was a safety freak for little kids so if anything, that screen did get some emotion from me...lol!
I love the ending jump cut. Very effective. Not one cop looking for the missing boy, as promised. I would have slept on the street in case he was hiding!
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