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This movie is actually currently on Comcast On Demand.
For those of you who have it, I suggest you see it. I just checked it out last night.
As expected, the direction was clean, beautiful, whimsical... Park is definitely an experimental and playful director and a visionary.
However, it was definitely slow at times and the ending was a bit drawn out (an issue that I find with a lot of Asian cinema, Oldboy and The Red Shoes included).
The high points: Very much like Lady Vengeance, Park creates vivid characters who make this movie colorful. It's playful and charming, though purposefully muted which took away from its absurdity at times. What it boils down to is a quixotic love story that is absolutely adorable and awww worthy.
In a way, it's almost like Happiness of the Katakuris meets Amalie.
That being said, I'm happy that directors like Park are out there, always experimenting and giving the audience something different. Definitely check this movie out, though I thought it was a bit more flat than I expected it to be (giving the plot, story, and characters).
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