When they broke up, the circumstances under which it was told to him, brought him an entrepreneurial opportunity. The girl's stuck in a dead end job and yearns to be rescued by an economically stable guy, but the guy's she's in love with (or used to be) is perpetually stuck in unemployment. The last story, and perhaps the saddest of all, is between a boy and a girl who've broken up.
It's touching, but not as touching as the mother-son relationship in the Japanese movie Be With You last year. However, as the story unfolds, it's also the most predictable of the lot. Until an illness confines her to the hospital bed, and they start to bond as mother-son would, given plenty of communication opportunities. The mother, being a career woman, hardly gets to interact with her child, and the son misses his mother badly. The third story is about a mother-son relationship. Given by the audience's reaction, this piece probably is the most popular with its identifiable theme of infatuation, and the cutesy way in which it got played out.
I found this to be something that I could relate to, being shy, yet bold when hiding behind a mask. However, she's slightly disfigured on her face, and hides behind the Snow White caricature all the time. She works as a Snow White doll in a theme park, and gets infatuated with a painter who frequents the same park. She's mute, and had her life saved by him (but he fell for the sister, so don't ask). Initially I thought that this was the most stable of the relationships, until they hit a brick wall in their communications, and as usual, misunderstanding ensues.īreaking down of communications also happen between the firefighter and his soon-to-be sister-in-law, but that provided some of the best comedic situations in the movie. He, on the other hand, is waiting for that perfect opportunity, setting and all, before popping the question. She's waiting for him to propose, focused on the rationale that given his dangerous job, she likes the idea of him having to think of her, to hesitate for a while before jumping into danger.
The first concerns a firefighter and his girlfriend, who works in a TV station as a news translator for the mute. Each looked into its niche area, and have ample screen time to develop its story, though the characters do get intertwined in one another's story with little conscious interaction. There are 4 separate stories in this film, and it's difficult for me to judge which of them is superior than the other. It's been some time since I've watched a movie with a relative huge ensemble cast (think the last was Crash), and little did I expect this Korean romance movie to boost the same too, with fine acting, good comedy and lots of love demonstrated in various ways. Reviewed by DICK STEEL 8 / 10 / 10 A Nutshell Review: A Season for Love This is truly what South Korean cinema is all about. I upped my rating from eight to nine stars out of ten because of the magnificent ending that director Jong-Kwan Kwon managed to put on the screen. This is a movie that takes you through a lot of various emotions from joy and laughter to sadness and tears. "Sad Movie" is truly a beautiful and fantastic movie that you should take the time to watch regardless of loving South Korean cinema or not.
And they did really good jobs portraying their individual roles and characters under the skillful direction of Jong-Kwan Kwon. The cast in "Sad Movie" was amazing, a lot of really good talents on the cast ensemble. Those two stories went straight to my heart. And the story of the sick mother and the story with the artist and girl performing in a large costume really hit home with me. The story follows several couples in their ups and downs in their relationships. So I was wondering if director Jong-Kwan Kwon was just using "Sad Movie" as a sarcastic title for the movie.īut then as the last third of the movie started, everything just fell into place, and boy shall I say that the movie more than lived up to its title. And my confusion was heightened as the first two-thirds of the movie were romantic comedy, and as far from sad as it could be. And South Korea really do put out a lot of amazing movies in every genre, and "Sad Movie" (aka "Saedeu mubi") is one of those amazing movies.Īt first I was a bit puzzled about the title of the movie. Yes, I will admit it, I am a sucker for Asian movies, be it action, horror, dramas or comedy. Reviewed by paul_haakonsen 9 / 10 / 10 Fantastic movie experience.