Miracle in Cell No.7 is a movie about how a mentally challenged father (Yong Gu) is being accused of a heinous crime and gets separated from his young, adorable daughter (Ye Sung) to be sent to cell no.7, a room of people who are bursting with heart and warmth (though their facades show otherwise). As ridiculously easy as it sounds, they help transport the daughter into their cell for a reunion with the father. The inmates are determined to help prepare Yong Gu for his trial. But eventually, Yong Gu heartbreakingly admits to crimes that he didn't commit in order to protect his one and only beloved daughter.
Well, I expected it to be full-on comedy and humour, so the tearjerking scenes and the dark, twisted politics in the movie are pleasant surprises, in every heartbreaking way. I've been catching up on many movies nowadays but none of them elicit as much emotions as how this one did to me. I can't even remember which particular part especially triggered me. Maybe the part where Yong Gu struggled with himself and admitted to the crimes while we get a flashback of how he was beaten up and forced to do so. Or the last meal everyone had together in the cell while suppressing their emotions? Ah, it was really touching too when the grown-up version of Ye Sung, who became a lawyer, finally won the case for her father's innocence. ): Ugh oh well, I can only recall crying a river the entire ride. Shiok.
Rate: 4.9/5 because every film has room for improvement, albeit how great (if you're not blinded by bias, that is *stares at my rating for Matilda*)
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