An autobiographical tale of a family of Korean immigrants in Arkansas. Little David (Alan Kim) has a heart murmur, his dad (Steven Yeun) is trying to grow crops, he and his wife Yeri Han argue, their daughter is Noel Cho. Then granny Yuh-Jung Youn comes to stay, leaves with an Oscar and BAFTA (she's great, fully deserving of both). 'Bad granny' alienates the boy initially, can't cook, plays cards and swears, but they bond. Meanwhile the couple are on the verge of splitting up..
There's a nicely elliptical feel to all of this, for example, we don't know what will happen at the end, and there are lots of nice little details, like granny pocketing the church money, the sleepover, and the religious nutter Darryl Cox.
DP. Lachlan Milne, music by Emile Mosseri.
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