The Adults Don't Know (2020)

What a Masterpiece!

This movie is a hidden gem, but if you were waiting your typical happy, cute, melodramatic drama well... this is clearly not for you.

This movie tells the story of Se-Jin, a 17 years old teen, that gets pregnant and with the help of her new companion (Joo Young, a runaway 17 years old) they do everything possible (and also the impossible compared to other K-Movies) to get her an abortion. But, in the process, this movies shows the society's underworld, rarely shown in this kind of movies. Taboo symbols are common, although the two main leads are minors, this includes: alcohol intake, cigarette smoking, hallucinogens or sedatives, sex, abortion, theft, minors working, bullying, and the list goes on! All this is used to make a critic to society about the hardships faced by teens without somebody to guide them but, clearly, in a very particular way.

The plot is really good and the storyline is easy to follow, though there may be some plot holes. It's is not a particularly fast movie, but it's pace would clearly not get you bored. Nevertheless, in the last 25 minutes the plot line changes a bit, it gets a bit slower and maybe, if we were too excited because of previous events it may get a bit boring, but nothing too serious.

The acting of the two main leads is spectacular. It's amazing how they could portray such personalities in such a natural way. The rest of the cast's acting is good but nothing too remarkable.

Overall, this is a really particular movie, clearly +18. One should start watching the movie knowing this things so to not get disappointed. My personal recommendation is to give it a chance because, almost certainly, you will end enjoying it.

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this is terrible don’t let those tiktok recommendation videos fool you

This movie is utter trash and if you enjoy spending your time watching paint dry you’d probably enjoy this. Pointless and stupid attempt at trying to make a deep/edgy movie which doesn’t really have any sort of bigger picture it was just a bunch of randomness with a depressing backstory for the main character thrown in to mask the lack of an actual story. Main character was insufferable and stupid and why did that dude randomly just start beating her after wanting to help her (which didn’t really make any sense in the first place they were strangers and were introduced like they knew the two girls) ? and if I can remember correctly why did the second fml start joining in ? All in all this movie makes 0 sense no matter how much you look at it and is a waste of your time. Do not be fooled by the ppl on tiktok recommending this under the thriller genre it’s garbage.

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