Michael Hanake meets the Blair Witch Project in Kim Gok's Exhausted, a vicious kick in the pants to everyone in the audience, all in the name of "style." A man meets a mute woman, and as any reasonable person would do in such a situation, makes her his prostitute. But the pimping is the least of our problems. As we get exhausted by the grainy faux-16mm camerawork, the film gets increasingly deranged. The closest thing we get to a sympathetic character is the pimp, simply because he's got too much self-respect to fuck a mute whore. Everyone else is either a gory mess, or a gory mess in disguise. Even the prostitute, which even a thug like Lars von Trier would make likeable, comes off as a delirious scary woman whose shrieks strike like blows to the jugular.
Kim Gok has seemingly abandoned the Marxist critiques of his short films, going instead for mindless brutality which culminates in an endless bloody freak-show involving, among other things, a pair of scissors going where pairs of scissors should not go. In the middle of the bloodbath, we get an extended long take of the beaten prostitute's near-dead face, but it does not elicit sympathy or pity. In fact, images of the victim only make us shy away in shock. (Indeed, the extended sequence led to continuous walk-outs during the Pusan screening.) The long take invites us to stare, but it assumes we're as sadistic as the victimizer (and the film) is. Meanwhile the sound-effects (mostly a rumbling bassline that shakes the theater) pulsates with pure wickedness. With Hanake, shock creates reflection, which asks that we be critical. Here, we only want to escape. I suppose Exhausted has some virtues; the shots of drilling machines and factories provide a mesmerizing phallic backdrop to the pimp and prostitute's pursuits. But everything else hurts too much. At least Kim Ki-duk lets us breathe. Exhausted makes Bad Guy look like Lady and the Tramp. (asiaarts.ucla.edu)
Gay Rom-con is still corny Rom-con
虽然道理我都懂，但男主和nick之间真的没有什么化学反应好吗？我很想相信，但我做不到啊😅😂，说不定把james和nick的角色互换一下感觉还会好点，我要是有个nick这样的朋友，我是不会对他有任何那方面的想法的谢谢，james笑着对男主说“我们不合适”的时候我满脸excuse me，不想要luke可以送给我的谢谢，他出场那个慢动作笑死我了，演得很好，请luke多出洞谢谢，看在luke的面上加一星, ps，男主家人这种干预男主感情生活的行为如果去掉圣诞温情的滤镜其实是挺膈应人的，这一点有些影响我的观感。
救命啊，一年下来看看轻松的小基电影的机会也不多，为什么要拍得那么劣质……
Strangely therapeutic
没看到一半恨不得下一秒赶紧结束，看完之后感觉喉咙被一口百年老痰卡住差点噎死。
2.5🌟给曾经丑女贝蒂里可爱的“毒舌”GAY和圣诞气氛。男主老了呀！圣诞合家欢电影，但剧情太无趣，两人完全不来电就是朋友。
不错的同志喜剧，但是我怎么更想看peter和james在一起呢
也不好笑 也不感动 也不浪漫 & 这片名搞谐音梗吗 & 筹备三个月的campaign重来只需要随便手机拍两张照就好了做social的人看了会不会吐血 （简直浪费我的热红酒）
Nike 和Peter笑起来太好看了，虽然可以猜到剧情发展，不过作为holiday movie，氛围营造的很好。
LGBTQ+向的圣诞合家欢，轻松幽默就够了。Hello everyone, Goodbye everyone. 苏菲的戏路大概一辈子就这样了…
合家欢电影，难免有一些浮在空中美丽泡沫的感觉，再通俗些就是角度片面，演员不错！部分时候有一点啰嗦！
Corny as predicted but still enjoyed it...
就很久没看这种假日定制合家欢，确实是能暖心的
除了感受到暴击，大概有那么一分甜。男主相互表白的时候演技太差了。
这么多年了。美国还是喜欢拍这种屎尿屁同志电影
好俗爛的劇情但是好可愛好溫暖喔 ʕ •ᴥ•ʔ
就很无脑甜。and Nick is really a ten!
和拍了几十年的傻白甜小妞电影没区别，除了女变男不催生而已……想想你亲戚不停给你保媒拉纤，让你从大城市搬回老家，你还是个感情迟钝的白甜，这剧情是不是烂俗透了。（当然网飞合家欢圣诞快餐也不想搞什么新花样，就当春晚背景音吧。）
A：电影非常美式，不断地向观众科普同志刻板印象，一直把gay怎么样怎么样挂在嘴边，剧情傻得离谱，全员表情浮夸堆笑，而且声音高八度聒噪得很，像是撇嘴蹙眉睁大双眼装无辜问为什么你不恋爱？无法想象这个奈飞出品的烂片得到了各个欧美博主十条八条微博的推荐，不可理喻！B：但，剧里，男性演员都很帅气🙊
This is the cheesiest thing I’ve ever watched but it’s gay cheesy and good cheesy. If only the best friends didn’t end up being lovers. When they kiss I’m like ewww you are sisters😢🤪
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