My Dear Enemy

2008

2h 3m

Romance

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100%

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5 Reviews

85%

Audience Score

250+ Ratings

Hee-soo is desperate for money and finds her ex-boyfriend who owes her money. He goes around to various ex-girlfriends to get cash and she trails along to make sure he does not cheat her.

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

It's an artful, slightly absurdist romance, reminiscent of the gender-war comedies of Hong Sang-soo (Woman on the Beach) but more straightforward, with its meanings, and its feelings, much closer to the surface.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 20, 2009

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Andrew Schenker

Village Voice

It gets by on the subtle interplay of its contrasting leads, a welcome store of deadpan humor and, especially, Choi Sang-ho's gorgeous widescreen photography, which makes even a trip to an impound lot into a luminous, dusk-lit experience.

Nov 17, 2009

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Panos Kotzathanasis

HanCinema

Lee Yoon-ki manages to retain a loose and quite entertaining atmosphere throughout the film, a sentiment that is even more heightened by Kim Jeong-beom's music that combines classic and latin jazz.

Jan 6, 2019

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Steve Erickson

Artforum

My Dear Enemy often threatens to turn into a conventional romantic comedy, but it ends up flirting with such bromides rather than indulging them.

Mar 8, 2018

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James Wegg

JWR

The somewhat oddball premise of rekindling a dormant relationship by demanding repayment of a year-old $3,500 I.O.U. works remarkably well for director Lee Yoon-ki.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 6, 2010

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Cloud Y

Really enjoying the atmosphere of this movie. The pace, the view, and the acting all created a 2-hour comfortable space to taste such little interesting story. The ending is excellent. Love it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Not a romance,nor 'Korean', nor road, movie. Remarkable portrait of a "type" of guy: perceptive,kind,loving,engaged, everything a woman would love. BUT it is hopeless to love this "type." Jane Austen or George Eliot, would comprehend this movie better than the RT reviewers have, so far. I saw the movie at MOMA, and found it transfixing. I don't think anyone left during the movie, and most people stayed sitting all through the Korean credits at the end. It's an amazing character portrait.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

A woman embarks on a road trip with her ex to get back the money he owes her. Beautiful movie and great cast...

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

great movie on why it's not enough just to be in love (as we know that from Suzanne Vega, as well)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Beautiful and sad and certainly a very realistic aspect of today's SK.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Synopsis

Hee-soo is desperate for money and finds her ex-boyfriend who owes her money. He goes around to various ex-girlfriends to get cash and she trails along to make sure he does not cheat her.

Director: Lee Yoon-ki
Screenwriter: Eun-yeong Park
Production Co: Bom Film Productions , Sponge
Genre: Romance
Original Language: Korean
Runtime: 2h 3m