Marriage Is a Crazy Thing

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Audience Member More, & deeper, than pure erotica. Still boring however. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member This is the first movie directed by Yu Ha, who also made A Dirty Carnival. This is a nonviolent movie that focuses on sex, relationships, and agony. There is a lot of sex. Two men are waiting outside a Kentucky Fried Chicken (yes, they exist in South Korea) to meet a woman. The men are neither aware they are being watched by the woman nor that they are there for the same woman. One man becomes frustrated and angrily stomps away. Thus begins the efforts of the other man to win over the very attractive woman. They have lots of sex and frequently go out to eat, but she will not commit to him, due to his low salary as a college professor. While they are seeing each other, one of his students, who is very attractive, tries to go out with him. He won't bite and instead continues to chase the unobtainable woman. If you want to see the behaviors of a sophisticated 'gold-digger' woman that controls men with ease and witness the agony that men experience when they try to understand those women, then you will see those things. This is a very mature, tasteful, and accurate rendition of human sexual behavior. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member My hubs said, "His life would have been so much simpler and happier if he had gone with the kfc girl!" and, I agree! *LOL* Seriously, why hang on to another when you are married? disappointing ending though. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Marriage is not a crazy thing at all in Yu Ha's second movie, it's a snare laid by a conservative society, justified and perpetuated by references to traditional values and that old Confusian concept of filial duty. In this context any hope of finding true love pretty soon comes short, as Yu Ha's protagonists bitterly learn. Marriage Is a Crazy Thing is to some extent a very cultural specific film, but the honest and undramatic way in which Yu Ha tells the story makes it applicable to human relationships in general. Aesthetically it's not so exciting though, but that may also be one of Yu Ha's points, making it seem more real in the process. Actress Uhm Jung-hwa is a real find here. Her vision of Yeon-hee is one of those rare Korean gems, a strong female character complete with flaws and all. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Awesome movie, but I've never been a fan of open endings... Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member one of my all time favorites Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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