Originally posted by TaDA:
And i wan to see movie now.
Can anyone recremend a worthwhile
show which i can safely spend my money
on?? Provide valid reasons hor~
that korean "AI SHANG DA JIE DA" ...... looks very cute.... =)
i think its called "marrying the maffia"..... =)
critics : Running Time: 1 hour 52 mins
What would you do if you woke up one morning to find yourself naked in bed with a total stranger? That's exactly the predicament Park Dae-Suh (Jung Joon-Ho) finds himself in after a wild night out. In truth though, there's hardly any available option given that the girl, Jin-kyung (Kim Jung Sun), is none other than the beloved daughter of Triple J, the most infamous mob boss in Korea. Get ready to marry into the Mafia!
However, things aren't as simple as that. Dae-Suh, you soon discover, is a Seoul National University grad and currently the CEO of a respected IT firm, with an ex army colonel for dad and a fashion designer girlfriend. On the other end of the spectrum, Jin-kyung was raised by her Mafia don dad and three violent brothers. In an attempt to make Dae-Suh a part of their family, they resort to dangling him upside down from his office building. In short, they are crass exemplified as opposed to Dae-Suh's class.
This conflict of backgrounds is exactly what director Jeong Heung-Sun (of Wanted fame) mines to maximum comedic effect and subsequently box office gold. Marrying The Mafia was the top moneymaker in Korea last year, beating even Hollywood blockbusters like the Harry Potter sequel and Spider-Man.
So how did a little local film like Marrying triumph the overseas heavyweights? By scripting a cast of likeable characters and a touching love story to win over the most jaded of cynics, that's how!
It's hard to dispute the fact that Jung Sun (A Funny Movie) and Joon-Ho (My Hero, My Boss) make an appealing and handsome couple. She, shy and kooky, launches into fits of facial twitches when antagonized by Dae-Suh's girlfriend. He, dorky and timid, unwittingly rescues Jin-kyung when she's kidnapped by members of a rival gang. Theirs is an offbeat coupling that echoes that of My Sassy Girl and My Wife Is A Gangster, two other recent box office hits from Korea as well.
Nonetheless, the scene-stealers are really Jin-kyung's three protective brothers, in particular Yoo Dong-Geun as the eldest bro. Never missing a comedic beat, the trio delivers the punch lines as robustly as their punches in the film.
Light and breezy, this comedy coasts along nicely to please audiences of all shapes and sizes. At its core is the message that we should cherish our family no matter how socially unacceptable others perceive them. And that, in this reviewer's opinion, is really the sweetest crime the film has committed!
Stars
Jung Jun-ho
Kim Jung-eun
Yu Dong-geun
Director
Jung Heung-soon
