The Way Home
2002 · Movie · PG · 86 min · ★ 8.0 · 69% critics
A spoiled city child is sent to stay in a remote rural village with an elderly, mute grandmother. As they struggle to understand each other through daily routines and small conflicts, the boy is forced to adapt to a simpler life and confront what care and respect really look like.
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Details
- Original title
- 집으로...
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-04-05
- Language
- Korean
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 (237 votes)
- Budget
- $2,000,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a quiet, heartfelt story about family, patience, and growing empathy, similar in spirit to Wonder; Not for you if you need fast pacing, lots of dialogue, or a consistently likable kid.
Pros: deeply touching; strong emotional pull; simple human story | Cons: slow middle stretch; very bratty child; message feels blunt
Themes
- grandparent grandchild relationship
- woman director
- grandmother grandson relationship
Cast & crew
- KE
Kim Eul-boon
as Grandmother
Yoo Seung-ho
as Sang-woo
Dong Hyo-hee
as Sang-woo's Mother
- MK
Min Kyung-Hyun
as Cheol-e
- YE
Yim Eun-kyung
as Hae-yeon
Directed by Lee Jeong-hyang