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Acacia [DVD] [2003]

DVD ~ Hye-Jin Shim
3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Hye-Jin Shim, Jin-Geun Kim, Oh-Bin Mun, Na-Yoon Jeong
  • Directors: Ki-Hyung Park
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Tartan Video
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Jun 2005
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0009M9F78
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 58,780 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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An obstetrician and his wife are unable to have a child and decide to adopt... Later the couple fall pregnant and have a baby of their own. Meanwhile their adopted son grows jealous and runs away. In his absence a dead tree in the garden, where he used to play, mysteriously comes to life and fills the house with a heavy scent... Korean dialogue with subtitles.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars A Nice Idea ..., 19 Jun 2006
Given the write-up for this movie, I watched this in the hope that there would be some similarity to the scenes involving the tree in the first Poltergeist film as I remember these as being quite creepy. Sadly however there wasn't.

Acacia has a sorrowful feel to it and you find yourself bonding with the little orphaned boy. However, there was no real character-development and therefore it's hard to relate to or even care about anyone else.

On the whole I found this to be disappointing and feel that classifying this as a horror was misleading. It's better described as an intense family drama.

That said - it's nicely filmed with some good acting, especially from the youngsters. In this respect I would rate it with 3 out of 5 stars. The 2-star rating given above is based on its merits as a horror.

Better to rent than buy - unless it's particularly cheap.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars A good film, but a case of style over substance, 29 Aug 2005
After watching this film I was impressed by the sense of sorrow it left on you as the closing credits fell. It's atmospheric but lacks suspense or tension which makes this type of film thrive.

This film had a lot of potential to be a classic modern Asian ghost story, but the story and characters were not developed enough or did not demonstrate enough motive for what the characters were going through. Some of the scenes seemed rushed and not thought out properly, especially as this film tried to portray a realistic family situation throughout, but instead the realism was substandard and too over dramatised hence the balance was wrong between realism and surrealism, and this compromised the impact of the extraordinary aspects of the picture.

Over all it was a good film, but a film that should be rented before being bought.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Acacia, 9 Feb 2009
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A couple adopt a child, who goes missing. The mother has nightmares about him, and she is certainly unsettled by him, but perhaps it's not the mother who should be afraid...

A good story, with a more sinister ending than I had anticipated, this film pretty much sums up S.Korean cinema, and is gripping, despite the placid film language. Just what I love about this genre.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Well made but depressing...
I thirst for world horror ghost movies and have quite a collection now, this movie didn't get in it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by A. Joseph

3.0 out of 5 stars No horror at all....
... but overall it is a good movie to watch.
A couple adopt a child because apparently they cannot have a child of their own. Read more
Published on 8 April 2007 by Tsuki

4.0 out of 5 stars Not horror - a supernatural family drama
It's a sad feature of the success of Asian film now that much of it is immediately compared with the most commercially successful films (Ring,The Grudge etc). Read more
Published on 15 Feb 2007 by Mr. C. Moore

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