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Helpless

Helpless

Mystery · Thriller · 2012

A woman suddenly disappears. Her fiance then sets out to find her and, in the process, uncovers layers of dark hidden secrets.

Movie details

Helpless

“Spread her wings only to fall deeper.”

2012 Mystery · Thriller 1h 57m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.1 / 10

Community rating

A woman suddenly disappears. Her fiance then sets out to find her and, in the process, uncovers layers of dark hidden secrets.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Helpless?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Byun Young-joo

Written by

Byun Young-joo

Kim Min-hee

Kim Min-hee

Cha Kyeong-seon

Lee Sun-kyun

Lee Sun-kyun

Jang Moon-ho

Cho Seong-ha

Cho Seong-ha

Kim Jong-geun

Song Ha-yoon

Song Ha-yoon

Han-na

Choi Deok-moon

Choi Deok-moon

Ha Seong-sik

Lee Hee-jun

Lee Hee-jun

No Seung-joo

Kim Min-jae

Kim Min-jae

Moon-ho's Friend

Court is in session

Put Helpless on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.