| Rating: | ★★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Romantic Comedy |
When I picked up this movie, I thought it was going to be one of those saccharine sweet romance dramas Korea is known for. I had no idea what the movie was about, except the lead actress LNY won an acting award for it.
The opening scene is everything you think a romance movie should start, a happy couple walking in a park (very WinterSonata-ish)... that is until the girl suddenly breaks up with the guy. The guy suddenly screams, shouts all these cuss words and throws a tantrum. But then again, its all in his head.
Call it an AllyMcBeal moment.
All the while, I was expecting the movie to go one way, then it goes the opposite way. It makes it fun!
JJY plays CS, a struggling baseball player who discovers he has a brain tumor and his doctor gives him 2 months to live. Depressed because he's never been in love, CS plods through his daily existence, mortgaging his house, asking people what love is and basically being a total loser.
Okay, JJY is not even cute. He has this same lame, morose expression painted on his face. I guess, well, he's just waiting for the end to come.
LNY is YY, a lonely bartender who has been pining away for CS since they were teenagers. For some reason, YY is sooo hung up on CS. But the problem is, CS is so blind to her existence, that he never even noticed he lived 39 steps from her house since like forever!
Of course, this is a romantic comedy, so you know where all of this is leading to.
There are moments when I just laughed out loud, like during their "date" watching a horribly cheesy romance (one of those cringe-inducing movies). Imagine a scene where their love is communicated through an electric post!
Unexpected circumstances push CS and YY closer and closer. There are some predictable twists, but somehow I still enjoyed it.
Mainly the charm of the movie is that even losers can find love when they least expect it. Aha, there's hope!
It was only after I finished the movie when I realized it was directed by the JangJin, the same guy who directed Guns &Talks, which is another hilarious movie!
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