by Dong-Yong Min
Family movies are movies that the whole family can watch together, or movies that are meant to explore the meaning of family. If a movie satisfies both criteria, it will be a movie that fits perfectly into the category. Some examples from recent Korean family movies include "Family", which took family itself as a title, and "Marathon", which was watched by over five million moviegoers. However, "Family" had a few violent scenes inappropriate for the whole family to watch and "Marathon",' although fit to be called a family movie, did not first start as a one.
In this respect, "Hello Brother", opening on May 27, is a challenge. It is the first movie since the production company, MK Pictures, announced, "We will set family movies as one of our main genres and continue making such movies". MK Pictures said that it benchmarked perennial family movie maker Disney. This is another challenge for "Hello Brother". Disney's family movies usually deal with reconciliatio...|
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