Nuguna bimileun itda (2004)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Hyeon-su Jang

Writer:

Yeong-chan Kim (writer)

Release Date:

30 July 2004 (South Korea)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Footsie Under The Table | Remake | Male To Female Footsie Playing

Cast

Byung-hun Lee	...	Choi Su-hyeon
Sang-mi Choo	...	Han Ji-yeong
Hyo-jin Kim	...	Han Mi-yeong
Ji-Woo Choi	...	Han Seon-yeong
Yongnyeo Seonwoo	...	Mother
Hae-gon Kim	...	Ji-yeong's husband
Jae-hyeong Jeon	...	Han Dae-yeong
Jae-hun Tak	...	Sang-il
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Min-a Jang
Bo-seok Jeong
Jun-ha Jeong
Hyeong-jin Kong
Yeon-su Oh
Yi Shin

Also Known As:

Everybody Has Secrets (International: English title) (festival title) (Singapore: English title)
Everybody Has a Little Secret (International: English title)

Runtime:

South Korea:105 min

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Singapore:M18

Company:

Taewon Entertainment

Movie Connections:

Version of About Adam (2000)

Ironically, seemed to be a bio of the lead actor!

I will watch any movie that stars Lee Byung Hun because he is the most handsome Korean actor, and he does actually have genuine acting ability. However, this was a movie in which he wasn't really allowed to reveal his range of acting skills, and is largely a disposable movie which will probably be long forgotten in years to come.

This movie essentially fits in to the current Korean fad for 'romantic comedies' with added inspiration from the U.S. series Sex and The City. (In fact, I couldn't really see why this movie wasn't just made as a TV production rather than wasting good money as a movie format.) The lead actor played by Lee Byung Hun plays around with 3 sisters of very differing personalities. We get to see him pair up again with the actress Choi Ji Woo, who plays one of the sisters. Previously, Lee Byung Hun had starred in the highly successful TV drama series Beautiful Days with Choi Ji Woo. In that drama series, Choi Ji Woo played a very quiet, ailing, angelic figure. It was therefore quite surprising to see her play a comic role in Everybody Has A Secret so well. As a result, I thought Choi Ji Woo's character was the strongest in the whole movie, and not only that, but even perhaps the ONLY personality in the movie. Everyone else was a rather two-dimensional cut out figure. I felt I couldn't really care about the fate of any of them overall. In fact, by the end, no character has achieved anything worthy of note. I couldn't even possibly remember any of the character's names, too. That says a lot for the impact of the film.

I think this is only a movie for die-hard Lee Byung Hun fans or for someone who desperately needs to get through a rainy afternoon. It's purely an excuse to ogle at him for an hour or two. It's not a movie about acting standards. Anyone who knows Lee Byung Hun's reputation amongst Koreans as a 'player' will start to wonder how much they see on screen might ironically be some reflection of Lee Byung Hun's real life. That was the only thought that remained with me after the movie finished.