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07/19/2021 A masterful and moving film featuring outstanding performances. More a commentary on class barriers than a love story, but it succeeds beautifully as both. See more 12/12/2014 Corny, melodramatic & dull. See more 08/17/2011 It's smart, funny and heartfelt up to a point, but it's let down towards the end, where it could have been a lot smarter. It goes too far where the rest of the film showed surprising tenderness and restraint. On the other hand, the ending doesn't attempt to solve everything and is entirely about the two main characters, not the issues surrounding them, which get enough (but not too much) of an airing in the rest of the film. See more 07/03/2011 Had quite a number of indulging picturesque moments, yet the rest seems flat and the end is frankly just a tad untasty. Slow - paced and sort of makes you loose interest at times, but the lead characters helped tumble it through alright. The film was made with a heaping amount of courage which is delightful to see(and by others demoralizing - straight narrow - minded people/bigots - whom I personally am disgusted upon), had a great potential on the plot just didn't filtered through the screen as probably assumed. See more 09/19/2010 Very well acted and powerful movie. See more 07/27/2010 I wish director & writer Hee-il Leesong had more to say than simply portray a "Romeo and Jules" gay story where both males suffer alot. I presume he's saying that there's no happy life for gays in Seoul. I refuse to believe that the gay community cannot form a productive alliance. Young-hoo Lee as "Sumin" is a poor teen trying to leave the orphanage and earn a living. When he meets Lee Han "Jaemin" during a driving job, their destiny is sealed. ( Young-hoo Lee is a charismatic actor who holds your attention.) Their relationship goes through various phases of obsession, lust, rejection, denial, manipulation, harassment, attempted murder. When Jaemin's mom tells him, "You can sleep with other men but you must get married"; it's less about homophobia than economic differences. The inexplicable attempted murder is lit so dark that you'll need to get an appointment with an optometrist. I don't know if Leesong is bitter about conservative Korea because he doesn't showcase the locations well. The photography is so dark and menacing, it's more suitable to a thriller but this is a melodrama. He keeps the camera at a distance from the characters when I was more interested in their motivations. The movie left me with a lasting feeling--I won't be planning on visiting Seoul soon. See more Read all reviews

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