The comedy is laugh-out-loud funny, perfectly over the top and delightfully ridiculous. Lots of in-your-face adult humor but it is delivered well with perfect timing - never seeming trashy or juvenile.
The heart-warming moments are a bit lukewarm, unfortunately. We understand what they 'getting at' but it always falls just short of its goal. This minor problem leaves an obvious hole in the film, which probably explains its poor reception.
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The things I was surprised about and liked were the dancing and 'synchronized swimming'. Those scenes were pretty amazing but was sort of out of place in such a bad movie. The music was not too bad either.
Final words: Niagara Falls > Hydrant > Garden Hose
(You will totally get it if you watch the movie)
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Hilarious!
That was hilarious! It totally feels like a folk story, a legend of those whispered around the village fire when the children have gone to sleep. It could also be a daydream of a Korean living in a foreign country who has been taunted by locals for his... ehm... size.The costumes, the behaviour, everything... don't expect historical accuracy. People, it's fantasy, let's not forget that. So don't wonder why skirts are short and why a Joseon-time girl dances classical ballet half-naked near a village pond, or why the village men perform an Esther Williams number in the said pond. Yes, it's over-the-top, but that was its whole point! And yet it still manages to celebrate empathy and solidarity and even romantic love.
Thoroughly recommended if you want to chase away any stress or sadness. But not to people who take satire seriously, who get offended easily and who are champions of political correctness.
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If sex makes you squeamish do not watch this. If you hate middle school boy humor, you may not like this.
Acting: Being able to pull off this script w/o busting out laughing every scene gives them props in my book.
Music: there is singing, but traditional chant singing. And dancing.
I give this an 8 because I thought i would play it in the background and do something else and found myself glued to the screen instead.
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