3-IRON A film review by Steve Rhodes
Copyright 2005 Steve Rhodes
RATING (0 TO ****): ***
3-IRON (BIN-JIP) is a lovely little film by Ki-duk Kim, the writer and director of SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING. 3-IRON is about a young man, played with a ballet dancer's delicate movements by Jae Hee, who tends houses, and a battered wife, not his, played touchingly by Seung-yeon Lee, who accompanies him. The guy, whose name is almost never, if ever, spoken, does laundry and minor repair work while the houses' owners are off on trips. The owners, however, don't know anything about him unless they happen to come in before he leaves.
The man and the woman do not speak, although they appear to have the ability to do so if they ever thought it was necessary. The movie is completely dialog-free for long sections. The guy discovers that he has various talents including using a golf club and ball like a bow and arrow as a weapon to use against bad spouses and other villains. He also finds that his "harmless" adventures can sometimes get him in trouble. But his most unusual talent is the ability to hover behind someone so quietly that they never realize he is even there.
An exquisitely filmed picture, it is as sumptuous as it is unusual and is a delicate tone poem for your eyes.
3-IRON runs 1:35. The film is in Korean with English subtitles. It is rated R for "some sexual content" and would be acceptable for teenagers.
The film opened in limited release in the United States on Friday, April 29, 2005.
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