What can I say about this film? It's brilliant; Ko So-Young and Lee Sung-Jae are excellent as the married couple struggling to conceive. The only problem I had with the film is that it verge's a little to close to being sentimental during the early part of the film, but it's only a small problem. All in all the film builds up nicely and believably to what is an excellent and touching final 20 minutes. And for me the film stands as more evidence that South Korea is currently making many of the best films in the world (they have been since 1997).
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Korea is making some wonderful films, and this is one of them.
celtica23 August 2003
Wow! This film is the kind of movie that brings tears to your eyes and warmth to your heart. Everyone connected to "A Day" should be proud of their efforts. The emotions you feel for this childless couple are powerful reminders that love and life and family are among the best subjects for dramatic cinema. (This review is in regard to the dvd with English subtitles.) Some wonderful films are coming out of Korea, and this is one of them.
Great performance by Ko So-young in a perfectly composed drama
nirrti18 July 2002
Warning: Spoilers
This is a perfect drama with great acting by Ko So-young and also Lee Sung-jae. Every role of Lee Sung-ja is a complete new experience, he is so different in ATTACK THE GAS STATION, BARKING DOGS NEVER BITE and A DAY. Ko So-young was wonderful as the shy young lover in LOVE WIND, LOVE SONG, and now she gives a great performance as a young wife who urgently wants a baby. She is so much better than Meg Ryan or other Hollywood-actresses who always shine as stars. But Ko So-young becomes that woman with every beating muscle of her heart, and you never think of her as a star or even an actress. You think of her as this young wife with all her little failures and great desires. This is a film with many emotions, but it's never the usual corny American mainstream. It is a melodram in the way of the classics, not larger than live, but very small and very true and very intense. Each emotional movement, each frame, each dialogue fits perfectly in the whole composition about an adopted woman's dream of a child. It's hard for her to get a baby but finally it works. Unfortunately this wonder doesn't last long, because the embryo has no brain. But the personality of the child is so lively in the woman's mind that she must bear it ... A DAY is a film about difficult decisions, about joy and pain, about the value of live. I recommend this film to anyone who wants to see a true drama with realistic characters, deep emotions and not a single false tone.
It's a good movie
yongtlim29 November 2003
I was surprised to find out it wasn't just a struggle over infertility between the couples. The movie had a deeper meaning to it. I thought it was fairly well done given that I had been repeatedly disappointed in watching bad korean films. The casts were well chosen and over all it's worthwhile watching this movie.
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