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Tae-hyun Cha, Yeo Jin-gu, Woo-sung Jung

Several couples struggle with their relationships.

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Unrated, 108 min.

Directed by: Jong-kwan Kwon

Release Date: October 21, 2005

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  • sitenoise
    December 16, 2008
    sitenoise
    An ensemble sad daydream. Death, disease, and heartbreak all around. How to make a sad movie sadder? Make four of them and weave them together into one. The last bit with the videotape is way over the top (ridiculous), but, as sad as things are the film's touchingly cute characte...( read more)rs and their scenarios work to hold back tears. It's all just sad. They should call this "Sad Movie."
  • EarthlyAlien
    August 30, 2008
    EarthlyAlien
    "Love hurts."

    Sad Movie is basically two things: a strange film and one of the best dramas I've ever seen.

    Featuring a stellar ensemble cast - an authentic who's-who of South Korean cinema - that includes Jung Woo-Sung (A Moment to Remember), Lim Su-jeong ...( read more)(A Tale of Two Sisters), Shin Min-a (A Bittersweet Life) or Cha Tae-hyun (My Sassy Girl), the film is a collection of four stories that all intersect at some point, although they remain basically unrelated.

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    First off, there's Jin-Woo, a handsome, noble, but foolish firefighter dating a sign language interpreter named Su-Jung. Su-Jung lives with her sister, the cheerful and gorgeous Su-Eun who works at a theme park as a Raggedy Ann-like Snow White. Su-Eun has a crush on a portrait painter named Sang-Gyu. The only problem is that she's a deaf mute with a scar on the side of her cheek, which prevents her from approaching him without wearing her oversized mask and costume.

    Then there's Ju-Yung, a working mother whose commitment to her job causes a rift between she and her lonely son Hui-Chan. Things begin to change when Ju-Yung is caught in a car accident and sent to the hospital. While his mother is laid up in a hospital bed, Hui-Chan stumbles upon his mother's diaries and begins to learn the truth about his conception, birth, and early childhood. Soon, he begins to bond with his mother, just as she discovers that she's suffering from cancer.

    Along the way, Hui-Chan crosses paths with Ha-Seok, an unemployed shlub who makes extra money as a human punching bag for a local boxer. His girlfriend has just dumped him and, after a chance encounter with a woman breaking up with her boyfriend, Ha-Seok hatches a scheme to start a "Separation Agency" that will break up relationships when one party is too scared to do it face-to-face. All these characters will eventually cross paths, even if they don't meet.

    If I were to tell you that this film will bring tears to your eyes, that wouldn't be saying much. I mean, look at the title... no, it's the way in which the film is sad that makes it so brilliant. Imagine a film in which likeable characters encounter life-altering problems, struggle to overcome them, and then seem to actually make some headway, only to have all their hopes eventually dashed in a swift and brutal fashion. If you can do that, you'll have some inkling of what Sad Movie is all about.

    Simply put, it's reality put on screen. Don't get me wrong, the film isn't two hours of sadness and depression. Quite the opposite, actually. The majority of the film is actually loaded with cute, consistently funny moments, mixed with romance - a fusion that Asian cinema can pull off better than all else. It just rejects any kind of happy ending. It will entertain you for more than an hour, you'll even wonder "how the hell is this a sad movie?", but the final act will feel like a God-damn stab in the heart. That's what'll make you cry like a baby. A sense of betrayal and/or shock will be impossible to avoid, but in the end, hopefully, you'll understand director Kwon Jong-Gwan's point: life isn't about happy endings. It's about pain. The smiles, hugs and kisses are nothing but spaces in-between.
  • hermecamp777
    October 21, 2009
    hermecamp777
    four stories in one movie.. you need a face towel in wiping your tears..
  • topsykretts18
    September 17, 2009
    topsykretts18
    truly a sad movie... hhuhuhuhu... u shud prepare at least a hanky to wipe your tears... hehehe
  • marahsweetieee
    August 16, 2009
    marahsweetieee
    by the title itself.. definitely a sad movie.. made me cry..
  • bluepuffblush19
    July 25, 2009
    bluepuffblush19
    Unique and captivating storyline.
  • maicefaith07
    June 29, 2009
    maicefaith07
    it really means its title...so touching
  • ilovemyprozac1
    March 29, 2009
    ilovemyprozac1
    Beautifully complicated movie that very simply showed the ups and downs of love through different peoples eyes.
  • yanthe
    March 23, 2009
    yanthe
    i like the story though it's a sad ending.... probably the first movie i watched with saddest ending... i think it does happen in real life, a must seen movie
  • polaris80s
    March 7, 2009
    polaris80s
    Sgt best...3 kali tgk, 3 kali nangis...huhu..

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  • barbequeporkbun
    June 25, 2007
    barbequeporkbun
    I have an addition to make for the actors/cast: Im Su-Jung, Shin Min-Ah, Son Tae-Yung, Lee Ki-Woo =)
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