Fetish

The movie "Fetish" (the original Korean title release) or "Make Yourself At Home" (the U.S. title release) is a very compelling and intriguing movie with a plot that could have shown so much more promise and better potential as a suspenseful thriller. Sadly, many of the main actors simply fail to emotionally deliver believability in their assigned roles. In fact, based on the acting depth and believability of the main characters in this film, situations as agonizing and intense as infidelity, sudden death, accidental murder, and attempted suicide, (to list just a few), should be portrayed with much more verisimilitude, yet appear to not truly register and sink in from a actual human emotional level and thus the acting is subpar at best throughout the entire movie. I could give the movie more than 5 out of 10 stars for a well-written plot and storyline, however the acting ability was simply too mediocre to award more than 5 stars.

I was excited to find this movie because I'm a big fan of the Korean actress however quickly, I found the movie to be slow and uninteresting. There are a few things I didn't like about how the movie was done. The main actress spoke in Korean but her husband spoke in English. The way that was played out didn't' really make sense. An emigrant can't really speak English yet she's able to respond to everything said in Korean? Hmmm.

The other thing that killed me about this movie was the actors. All of them were emotionless. No one really stood out. I think the only one that played their role well was the mother! The flow was not smooth. I felt like I was watching a B movie.