SummaryOne day while overseeing a documentary crew filming his blind father at work, Im Dong-hwan gets a phone call that his missing mother’s remains have been found after forty years. Determined to find the truth of her disappearance, Dong-hwan embarks on a twisted odyssey through his family’s traumatic past, uncovering dark secrets along the way.
Directed By:Sang-ho Yeon
Written By:Sang-ho Yeon
The Ugly
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33% Positive
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Sep 19, 2025
70
The Ugly is less concerned with the machinations of the whodunit and more invested in how physical appearance defines both ourselves and our feelings about others.
Mar 11, 2026
63
It’s great that Sang found another way to chew on the facets, faces and foibles of his native land, one that didn’t involve ravenous zombies.
Sep 24, 2025
60
It builds to revelations that speak emphatically to social shallowness, pressures and prejudices—even if, in the end, its bombshells resonate as less surprising than inevitable.
Sep 9, 2025
50
The film plays a long game with audiences that frustrates far more than it illuminates.
Sep 19, 2025
40
What could have been an effective investigative drama and character study loses all momentum in the film’s structure.
Sep 9, 2025
38
Yeon Sang-ho’s The Ugly is a dour, depressing drama, a movie that gets so lost in its lethargic structure that it feels like a chore.
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Production Company:
- Wow Point
Release Date:Sep 26, 2025
Duration:1 h 42 m
Awards
Blue Dragon Awards
• 10 Nominations
Chunsa Film Art Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination





























