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OVERALL, the movie was not bad. Not a 10/10 but it wasn't one of the worst that I've seen.
I was in the mood for something really depressing (don't ask why), but this didn't really do it for me. I know it's a bit weird, but sometimes you have those days where you just want to watch a sweet, sad, melodramatic film.
It relates stories of different types of relationships (mostly couples but one mother-son), and although the main storyline was good, it lacked depth and left people confused half the time. It took me well over 30 minutes to realize what type of movie it was. (Didn't read the plot)
I DID CRY, but the ending was disappointing and unclear.
Do I recommend it? Sure I do. Just because it wasn't my cup of tea doesn't mean it won't be someone else's.
IN A NUTSHELL:
1)Great cast/Great acting (Yeo Jin-goo was so adorable)
2)Great storyline/plot/idea
3)Lacked depth and incite into the lives and relationships in general
4)Confusing beginning and ending.
8/10
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UNINTERTWINED
While the individual stories are worthy of a family (for the sole plot focusing on a mother and her son) or romance anthology itself, I don't think they were all that intertwined. Perhaps Hwi-chan and the Separation agency man could have worked in another movie where different relationships were explored and not just the rest being about romantic relationships; It would have also been good if all stories ended up being connected one way or another, directly or even indirectly.The story about Hwi-chan and her mother then felt very separate and disconnected from the majority theme of which tackled romantic relationships, and yet it was the the story that made me cry the most.
I might be biased because stories about family hit me hard, and little Yeo Jingoo has such natural talent for acting and crying with such genuine emotion; but it was definitely the scenes I was looking forward to because it really tackled an interesting premise wherein the parents were broken and struggling to understand each other, the mom herself was giving up on her own child because of her own problems, then all these were slowly being mended when she ended up in the hospital and Hwi-chan yearned to understand her mom more as his mom became more open in her state of bed riddeness. This whole plot had been told in its whimsical and simple way of storytelling and yet it conveyed the message very clearly, and without sparing emotion. It also stands out from all of the stories because it had an open ending, so while obviously sad it gave a hint of hope and supported the story's message.
The story about the fireman, his girlfriend, and her sister is not even entirely interconnected. You can say that yes, the fireman did save the sister and that's how they met each other but that is where the connection ends. You cannot call that interconnection in terms of cinematic flow and plotline. They both focused on their own "love stories" separately. Again, I would have loved to see this in an anthology movie about romantic relationships alas it was written in the wrong movie.
The Separation agency man had a very interesting storyline as well, and I think it would have been good if it had been expanded in a stand alone movie along with the man, and his ex girlfriend's background. The connection it makes with Hwi-chan and his mom may have been a little flimsy in my opinion, but I guess it's good enough that it took a turn where separation is defined between familial relationships as well.
In any case, while I did rate story, and casting as an 8 they are more for the individual stories rather than as a whole. I think the OST they chose for the movie was actually a good fit for the sentimentally simple vibes it was trying to portray. Rewatch value is a 5 because the interconnectedness it promises does not deliver, hence it isn't much fun to expect the turn of separate events. Overall I came for Yeo Jingoo, ended up still coming for Yeo Jingoo and a couple other characters; wasn't satisfied with the composition and thematic balance of the stories included in the movie, but still liked the plotline of the stories enough to give it an "I like it" rating.
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