The Sympathizer

TV Mini Series
2024
TV-MA
1h

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

8.5K

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Robert Downey Jr., Sandra Oh, Hoa Xuande, and Fred Nguyen Khan in The Sympathizer (2024)

Near the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to secretly spy and report back to the Viet Cong.

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Near the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community where he continues to secretly sp... Read allNear the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community where he continues to secretly spy and report back to the Viet Cong.Near the end of the Vietnam War, a plant who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community where he continues to secretly spy and report back to the Viet Cong.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

8.5K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

1,800

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 2 wins & 21 nominations total

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When asked why he didn't direct the whole seven-episode-miniseries and only the first three episodes, Park Chan-wook answered that his experience on The Little Drummer Girl (2018), in which he directed all six episodes, was so demanding that he didn't think he could do the seven, so he focused on setting the look with the first three and then passing the job to other directors while he focused on the scripts.

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8/10

Starts with a bang!

I didn't know what to make of this mini-series from the previews. It seemed underwhelming. And Robert Downey Jr. Looked all the bit of a caricature.

However, realizing Park Chan-wook was involved, heavily gave me all the faith needed to fully invest. His work on the original Old Boy, Sympathy for Mr Vengence and Thirst brought Korean Cinema into its golden age, two decades ago.

The Sympathizer itself has the hallmarks of a Chan-wook film. The absurd, yet believable and charming characters. The constant sense of dread and a plot that feels like it can punish someone you are starting to care for, very quickly.

Excited to see where the series goes and feeling confident it's going to be good with its source material being a Pulitzer Prize winner.