Byeong-ok Kim, Hie-jin Choi, Rain

Young-goon is admitted to a mental institution. Believing herself a cyborg, she charges herself with a transistor radio. Il-soon, a fellow inmate, steals the other inmates' personality traits and beli...( read more  read more... )eves he is fading and will one day turn into a dot. When Young-goon refuses to eat, Il-soon decides it's his job to get her on her feet again. This charming, tender and visually arresting film cements Park Chan-wook's reputation as one of the most gifted and stylistically playful filmmakers working today.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 47 min.

Directed by: Park Chan-wook

Release Date: December 7, 2006

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  • November 18, 2009
    A very cool and amusing movie which is really a great piece of DVD rental choice in the Wolrd Cinema section. Some of it was quite baffling. At times it made me think a lot and laugh after.
  • September 27, 2009
    really weird. park chan wooks films are generally either a hit or a miss. i'm so undecided about this one. it's strange and wonderful like oldboy, but it's also boringly odd at times like sympathy for mr vengeance. some parts are mesmerising, others are in need of an editor and a...( read more) fine tooth comb!

    saying all that i've watched it again since and wasn't even pissed or tired! it's improved in my mind. falling asleep for 10 minutes halfway through never helps the plot... and trying to figure it out with a bottle of jager in you really is an impossibility. all i can say after this 2nd view is... IT WAS FUNNY! imaginative too... in the sense of tim burton with some random violence thrown in. always liked a bit of violence
  • July 28, 2009
    Chan-wook Park goes slightly softer with a bizarre and imaginative romantic comedy. It's only slightly softer as he still finds time to cram in suicide attempts and imaginary mass shoot outs. Anyone expecting a detailed and informative discussion into mental illness or health car...( read more)e should go somewhere else. This fantasy is filled with a number of beautiful and unique scenarios and some wonderfully crafted relationships. Park has a real eye for visual stimulation and never seems to sacrifice his emotional punch. The humour is offbeat and the film very much a very sweet and sugary treat, however it is never sickly. As Young-goon refuses to eat we are shown the fantastic lengths to which Il-sun will go. Rather than force her to consume, like the doctors are, Il-sun nurtures her imagination and dilusions in order to help her. Something the doctors fail to grasp. It's a charming and enjoyable film with much to love and go back for. After one viewing the music was so catchy I was humming it immediately. Some may find the lighthearted dealings of mature and dark subjects a bit off putting but overall it's an absolute visual and cinematic feast.
  • March 11, 2009
    Chan-wook Park shifts gears for his follow up to The Vengeance Trilogy and produces a charming little oddity featuring a young girl who is committed when she refuses to eat in the belief that she is a robot. The entire film is set within a mental institution populated by an amusi...( read more)ng collection of likable loonies. Park does get the opportunity to express his trademark inventive imagery by realizing the delusions of the inmates in his inimitable style and it looks as glorious as always; there are even a couple of (imagined) lead-fuelled bloodbaths to keep the action junkies happy. The pairing of Su-jeong Lim and Rain makes for a very endearing couple, despite the factor of Rain's massive thespian handicap (he's actually a pop star.) It's true that the film is very deliberately "kooky", which for me at least can be like having a root canal, but here it's restrained enough to not grate on the nerves. Always amusing, but rarely laugh out loud funny, it's rather lightweight in comparison to Park's previous work, but it is fun. I just think it's destined to languish in the shadow on the far superior Amelie.
  • February 20, 2009
    Park did this movie for his daughter? That would explain a lot. A full star just for some fancy visuals and seeing some of the support cast of the revenge trilogy in some minor roles. I would give it two but the lead actress was annoying beyond belief. Also, the romantic and suga...( read more)ry take on mental illness disturbed me a bit. If this was suppose to be some sort of commentary about human relations, social outcasts and what not then it fails to deliver. Watch Oasis for a serious take in that.
  • November 19, 2009
    Un ambiente cálido y colorido lleno de personajes bizarros da lugar a una historia de amor tierna y llena de fantasía, donde lo oscuro y triste de la situación queda en segundo plano.
  • November 9, 2009
    I really enjoyed this film. Has some amazing dream sequences and many laugh-out-loud moments. One of the most refreshing and fun films I've seen in recent times.
  • November 3, 2009
    Very good ambiented, amazing colors.
    Funny and unpredictable
  • October 22, 2009
    Funny, different, touching and cute.

    "Fine! I'll admit it! Last night, I stole Thursday".


  • October 12, 2009
    little disappointment, especially after I saw Oldboy as the last Park movie

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