The Handmaiden
2016·Park Chan-wook
ThrillerDramaRomance
88.5composite
1930s Korea, in the period of Japanese occupation, a new girl, Sookee, is hired as a handmaiden to a Japanese heiress, Hideko, who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering Uncle Kouzuki. But the maid has a secret. She is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a Japanese Count to help him seduce the Lady to steal her fortune.
96%Rotten Tomatoes
81IMDb199K votes
Ranking Formula
88.5
out of 100
🍅Rotten Tomatoes96.0
50% weight — Critic consensus
👥IMDb81.0
50% weight — Audience rating
How we calculate the score
RT 96.0 × 0.50
+ IMDb 81.0 × 0.50
= 88.5