Title:My Sassy Girl
Genre: Romantic-Comedy
Release Date: July 27, 2001
Synopsis:
Gyeon-Woo is an engineering student who’s never lucky in romance and always avoiding his nagging mother. One day, Gyeon-woo was being nagged by his mother to go to his aunt’s house to meet a potential partner. He avoided this by drinking with his friends. On his way home he saw a girl who is standing dangerously close to the edge of the train platform as the train approaches. He pulls her into safety. As he stares at the girl, he finds her pretty but she was too weird and too drunk for him to find her attractive. The girl throws up on a passenger and faints but not before she looks and cal Gyeon-woo her honey. Gyeon-woo ended up being responsible for her that night and this started an interesting, funny and quite a love story between Gyeon-woo and the Girl who never been named.
Characters:
- Chae Tae-Hyun as Gyeon-Woo
- Jun Ji-Hyun as The Girl
- Kim In-Moon as Gyeon-Woo’s Father
- Song Ok-Sook as Gyeon-Woo’s Mother
- Han Jin Hee as The Girl’s Father
- Yang Geum-Seok as Gyeon-Woo’s Aunt
- Hyun Sook-Hee as The Girl’s Mother
- Kin Il-Woo as Quintuplets
- Lim Ho as the Man The Girl Met As Blind Date
- Seo Dong-Won as the Army Deserter
- Jo Kyoung-Hoon as Gangster 1
- Son Kwan-Eop as Gangster 3
- Lee Moo-Young in a Cameo Role
- Han Dae-Gwan as the Leading Commissioned Officer
- Yoo Soon-Chul as the Elderly Man
My Review:
My Sassy Girl is my introduction to the realm K-Movies and Dramas addiction. This is the main culprit why I became addicted to the Korean film industry. They say that it is easier to make people cry than to make them laugh. I believe that is true. Friends, the American sitcom, is one of the very few that can truly make ma laugh no matter how many times I re-watch it. Its comedy is so situational that its comedy is not force nor ridiculous. My Sassy Girl is like that to me. This K-Movie is simply hilarious and so great that when the credits came up on the screen, I was literally sad that the fun ended. But, what a great ending!!! No wonder that everyone are in agreement that this one of the best K-Movies of all times. It made both Chae Tae-Hyun and Jun Ji-Hyun a household name not only in Korea but globally. Their acting were so exceptional that they both brought life into characters. Lesser actors would probably made this a slapstick movie. My Sassy Girl is one of the K-Films that catapulted Korean Films and Dramas into global mainstream. Doing a review on a film that is so perfectly done is quite difficult because no words can justify its greatness. This is actually remade into an American film version. In my opinion just like Il Mare’s American Film Version, The Lake House, My Sassy Girl’s American Film version is not even in any league whatsoever on the original Korean version of My Sassy Girl. I would like to give justice on how I can fully review this film…but…all I can say is…what are you still reading my review…go and watch it…NOW!!!
Would I recommend this K-Movie? Watch it NOW!
My Rating to this Drama
( See My Rating System: ) 5/5 Stars
OST:
01. I Believe – Shin Seung Hun
02. Love & Longing
03. Rainy Night
04. Hands Of Time – Ueda Masaki
05. A Stars Preparation – Kim Jo Han
06. Big Money
07. Winter Traveller
08. Her Birthday
09. Lullaby
10. Love Impression – Cho Kyu Chan
11. Another Life – Deen
12. Behind Of You
13. Lost Memory
14. It’s The Same
15. I Believe
16. 캐논변주곡 – 영화 속 전지현 연주곡 – Jun Ji-Hyun