moofyieman This movie is a discovery. Sometimes there is such a movie that is not easy to digest and you must watch again or discuss with your friends. It started out like a simple rom com around the lovely Anne Hathaway and flat goofy character Jason Sudeikis. Jason is still living in the place where they both grew up and at first it seems like your normal girl gets back to her sleepy home town and falls in love etcetera.I must say I was losing a little bit of interest at that time but then the movie changed pace and it capativated me totally. Well done Nacho Vigalondo! All characters grew in depth, Jason in particular. It is a movie about control actually. Control of yourself and others. Anne is out of control as her former boyfriend and herself say. She has no control over her alcohol use and behavior and Jason deals next to the same alcohol problem with serious anger and self issues. Such types as Jason has friends like the quiet and simple Austin Stowell and akward and always great playing Tim Blake Nelson with secrets all of his own.The bar he owns has a hidden back part which is not in use anymore and where he and his friends get drunk in. Anne opens this back part and all of this is of course a lovely metaphor for his life. There he changes drastically towards controlling everyone around him in a very abusing way. He is destroying the bar and himself with it. The swimmingpool scene with all those leaves is great by the way. Anne on the other hand is trying to take control back in her own hands and that control stuggle between all actors is very well done I think.People who just came for a comedy with monsters please go away. It is not about the monster in Korea, but in yourself. Everyone who understands and loves the underlying theme and character development, please watch movies with me!

msgtanya I don't know exactly what it would feel like to have spent any amount of time or money to create this movie, but I do know that having spent the last hour and a half watching it I feel like ANY other application of my time would've been more satisfying and / or entertaining. As soon as she realizes she is the monster attacking Seoul it just goes downhill from there, taking any of its somewhat interesting premise down with it. There's no point in any of it. The story could have gone in so many directions, it could've actually BEEN a story. But instead it got lazy, boring and completely empty in every sense. The nonsensical ending would have been hugely disappointing but instead it brought a feeling of relief.... relief that it was finally over.

rgstratis-73932 Alright, that was definitely not a comedy. Maybe an interesting concept, but nothing more. I suppose the story is a metaphor on woman emancipation, but when you push through the whole movie only because you find the leading actress attractive then you know it's a flop.

mauritsverheij Kind of unexpected this movie. Thought it would be something else entirely. But I actually like it. Wonderfully weird. Unexpected build of of suspense. Love the jealous guy. Funny enough (kind of) believable story the way it is acted. Which is quite a accomplishment I think. The silent guy is a sissy. ;)