"Keys to the Heart" (2023) | Movie on Netflix. Review: A flick for drama fans

Keys to the Heart is a movie directed by Kerwin Go starring Zanjoe Marudo, Elijah Canlas and Dolly de Leon. It’s a remake of the 2018 South Korean film.

If you’re looking for a movie that’s full of emotions, this one has them all and caters to different tastes. It’s a tear-jerking family story for those who are in the mood for a good cry.

Plot

After being hit by a car, a veteran boxer returns home to his mother, whom he hasn’t seen in years. There, he has to live with his autistic brother.

Review of “Keys to the Heart”

Talking about movies, or any form of art, without getting personally involved is almost impossible. This is especially true for movies like “Keys to the Heart”, which you may deeply dislike if you’re not a fan of dramas, or melodramas. It has all the elements in place to make you shed rivers of tears. If you don’t enjoy this kind of movies (like me), it won’t be to your liking. Unless you work as a film critic or something akin, I would recommend staying away without looking back, lest its dramatic aura reaches you.

However, “Keys to the Heart” has a good screenplay. Is it filled with clichés? Absolutely, it is saturated with them. But it’s also a movie that knows how to develop its characters. Despite the story’s predictability, the screenplay is well-executed.

At the same time, it knows how to blend in comedy. It’s a feel-good movie that doesn’t harm anyone. It speaks to the goodness of humanity and how we’re all here to leave a small mark on this world, whether through our children, art, or anything else.

In the midst of it all, it’s important to maintain a sense of humor within simplicity.

The movie plays with this, with the simplicity of its premise, the predictability of the plot, and the fact that we’ve seen this drama a thousand times before. But even so, it doesn’t lose its human touch.