Keulraesik (The Classic) (2003)

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• Sanjaya &

  
  Can't say how I love this movie... First thing, this movie has been recommended to me since I'm looking for a movie with Son Ye-jin inside... And after what I saw for about 2 hours long, it was amazing!! Son Ye-jin satisfied me with her performance as Ji-hae and her mother… More
  Can't say how I love this movie... First thing, this movie has been recommended to me since I'm looking for a movie with Son Ye-jin inside... And after what I saw for about 2 hours long, it was amazing!! Son Ye-jin satisfied me with her performance as Ji-hae and her mother Jo-hee... Yet, the performance by Cho Seung-woo and Jo In-seong was nice... And the most important thing is the story, it is flowing slowly but not boring.. Yet the ending they gave is the best! I couldn't hope more than that.. And the soundtrack is amazing too, love it!!

• Luke B

  
  Kwak's films are always rather sappy, but at the same time can be very romantic. The Classic is a more serious companion to My Sassy Girl and both deal with similar issues, with love and loss etc. being right up there. The acting is good and the humorous scenes are used… More
  Kwak's films are always rather sappy, but at the same time can be very romantic. The Classic is a more serious companion to My Sassy Girl and both deal with similar issues, with love and loss etc. being right up there. The acting is good and the humorous scenes are used sparingly. The relationships are all well developed upon, even the ones that should jeopardise the plight of our protagonists. The ending is excellent but is ruined by a rather loud and obvious attempt to cause mass crying. For most of the film it has an excellent soundtrack to back it up. The Classic has some great romantic moments, but is also tragic on purpose, since it becomes obvious that the characters are the cause of most of their own trouble.

• Steven V

  
  Although many had expected this movie to be a sequel, or even a prequel to <b>My Sassy Girl</b>, there is no real connection between the movie besides the fact that it was directed by the same people, <i>Jae-young Kwak</i>. <i>Jae-young… More
  Although many had expected this movie to be a sequel, or even a prequel to <b>My Sassy Girl</b>, there is no real connection between the movie besides the fact that it was directed by the same people, <i>Jae-young Kwak</i>. <i>Jae-young Kwak</i>'s <b>The Classic</b> is actually the opposite of <b>My Sassy Girl</b>, whereas <b>My Sassy Girl</b> was a light-hearted comedy based on a couple's unusual meeting and eventual romance, <b>The Classic</b> is more of a melodrama, depicting the relationship between <i>Jun-ho</i> and <i>Ju-hie</i> in parallel to the current relationship between <i>Ji-hae</i> and <i>Sang-min</i>. However, with a link between the two couples from both the past and the present by means of letters written to <i>Ji-hae</i>'s mom, viewers are able unravel the connection, as the characters are oblivious. Filmed in various locations reminiscent to Korea in the past, <i>Jae-young Kwak</i> captures not only the innocence of love between the pair of lovers from the past and the present, but manages to depict the social influences on the characters as well.

• Anthony V

  
  Great romance. See it before Hollywood remakes it.