‘A Normal Family’ Review: Two Korean Couples Face Tough Choices When Their Kids Break the Law
variety.comPeter Debruge Chief Film Critic Four years ago, before COVID turned everything upside-down, a new Asian masterpiece world premiered virtually unnoticed at the Toronto Film Festival.
I’m referring to “A Sun,” a multi-faceted Taiwanese family saga from director Chung Mong-Hong that seemed to shift and evolve as it unfolded, challenging what audiences though they knew about the characters.
Tucked away in TIFF’s overcrowded (and under-promoted) Contemporary World Cinema section, the film easily slid under the radar.
Toronto programmers weren’t about to make the same mistake with “A Normal Family,” giving a Gala spot to South Korean director Hur Jin-ho’s complex, complacency-shattering moral study — a movie with a heightened yet easily relatable premise, and strong potential to play well around the globe.
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