Hunger (2023)

Aoy, a young woman working as the cook in her family's noodle shop, gets scouted to try out for a spot in the small support staff of Chef Paul. We've seen this type of boss many times before: so revered that his abuse (both mental and physical) is tolerated because the dude's a "genius." We've also seen Aoy's type of journey before: suffering the indignities because she both values what she's learning and respects him for what he's accomplished. But, eventually, she has to walk away to make her own choices and mistakes.

Though I enjoyed this for what it was, I also was (ironically) hungry for more. This is one of those scripts that somehow runs long but feels incomplete. I barely knew these people by the end of the movie because there was so much focus and time given to style rather than story.

C+