Reviews

A Nostalgic, Heartwarming High School Romance

"Love Untangled" is such a sweet, nostalgic ride. It reminded me of the warm, simple charm of ‘90s high school dramas that I grew up loving. The main character, Se Ri, is so relatable with her hair struggles and big-hearted attempts to confess her feelings. Gong Myung’s portrayal of the supportive boyfriend is everything, seriously, K-drama needs more characters like him. I also loved the message about self-love and staying true to yourself, which felt really refreshing. It’s just the kind of feel-good drama you watch when you want to smile without thinking too hard. Sure, the last bit had an unnecessary misunderstanding that kind of dragged it down, but overall, it was an adorable, peaceful watch that left me with all the warm fuzzies. Definitely one I’d revisit when I’m in the mood for some nostalgic, heartwarming romance.

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Not bad action movie

It was okay-ish ... The story was lost and inconsistent till like the last 45mins or so, it was so random and going no where, it was a build up for the last 45 mins, but somehow that build up wasn't necessary not did it aid in anything for the last 45mins, if anything it shows that, people who are close to you will be your enemies and you may find good friends in strangers.

The action was good, fighting sequences were good but I couldn't help but notice that it was slightly slowed down, i mean compared to other female-lead action movies, still it was really enjoyable to watch.

The brother and sister relationship was really creepy, I thought she was his gf the whole time till maybe they actually mentioned it lol I won't say when exactly cause I don't want to spoiler anything but once this in incident happens I knew their relationship.

The mother daughter relationship had weird dynamics too, is she rebellious, is she depressed, does she need help what is their relationship as a teen and her parent, to say they WERE close when she is younger doesn't simply cut it.

Now the story could be better if they maybe put a hit on her or she had to leave the company, you know something, alas the climax scene was so lame and only saved by the twist the wasn't really a twist as it had an underwhelming consequences ...

Generally speaking, it's a nice action movie, but not a great one, just ok.

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CUTE LOVE STORY

I’ve wanted to watch this since it came out, but for some reason I never did. Today I saw a clip from the movie and thought, the time has come.
At first, I didn’t like the filming style. I know it’s fresh and a lot of movies use this format nowadays, but I’m really not a fan. Films shot like this usually make me feel rushed and I can’t appreciate the story as much.

That said, this one did a better job with emotional depth. I actually felt sorry for the characters, even though the format kept me from fully immersing myself. The couple had amazing chemistry, and I’d love to see them together in another project, just not filmed like this.

The storyline was okay nothing groundbreaking, but still enjoyable. In the end, I gave it a pretty good rating. Even if it wasn't extraordinary, it made me root for the characters and left me with a genuinely nice overall feeling.

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Interesting context and 1st half, weaker in its conclusion

This movie features a different kind of mystery locked-room, since as stated in its title, it involves 6 lying university going through a quite crazy (and highly competitive) hiring screening process.

There were enough characters and twists to make it interesting while remaining quite focused on a central mystery. If the first half was really good with all the build up to get into the locked-room and the locked-room aspect working pretty well in itself, the overall conclusion and morale was a bit on the weak side. The societal criticism felt lacking as the cycle seemed to be repeating at the end. The motivation of the actions of one of the character felt poorly explained to try to patch everything together in a clunky manner.

Production-wise, it was good enough to make every aspect of the events happening in the locked-room clear, except for the conclusive ones which were lacking (mostly because of the writing). Acting-wise, it was solid. Each member of the cast manage to play very well the bright and darker side of their characters' personalities.

I would recommend this to people that enjoy locked-room mystery. It is a bit different from the usual ones as the context of the screening hiring interview makes it a rather unusual flavor. However, the writing is weaker in the second half which, coupled with an average pacing, tempered my enjoyment of the movie.

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Same flaws as part 1 but worse because of the liberties taken with the source material

If part one was disappointing, part 2 was worse. There were some differences with the source material that really further impacted negatively the overall interest of the story.

I was glad they avoided the childhood connection trope but truly disappointed at how they handled the Sun Ho (aka Kanda Shun) and Seo Joon (aka Igarashi Yu) storyline. The band twist did not work as well as what happened to their bandmate. It dramatically reduced the stakes of their relationship, and I would truly have preferred they went the idol road, like in the source material.

There were other poor scenaristic choices : all the storyline around Kanda Shun mother did not work, especially because of the clunky acting of Watanabe Keisuke who had chemistry with no one, making neither the romance nor the bromance work nor the painful family aspect. The way they concluded the romance was also a mistake in my opinion...The many writing issues, combined with poor acting and mediocre chemistry, really made the second part of this adaptation annoying to watch.

I would not recommend this to people as I don't like how they dumbed down the plot...Not saying that the source material was without flaw but I think it was an error to adjust the background stories of the male lead and the second male lead. Unfortunately, the heroine felt so bland that I struggle to find anything worth mentionning regarding the character. To be transparent, I am influenced by what I know from the original material and from the South Korean drama, if you haven't seen / read it, maybe you will appreciate it more than I, without the disappointment factor.

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Impossible for me to not compare - It does not live up to the South Korean drama adaptation.

Even if I try to look at this movie in itself, separating myself from the South Korean drama adaptation (which was far from perfect, as well as what I have read from the source material, also pretty flawed), this film was quite a let down.

It is very colorful and pretty but the romance never worked for me, with the chemistry being very poor. That's the biggest flaw, with the lack of charism of the main cast. The role of Su Ho (called Kanda Shun in the japanese adaptation) is a pretty robotic one, but it felt even more bland in this version with the actor Watanabe Keisuke playing it in a very awkward way. The role of Seo Joon (here Igarashi Yu) gave me one of the strongest Second Male Lead syndrome but in this new adaptation, I felt nothing. To be fair, Tsuna Keito acting was not the worst but clearly he is suffering the comparison with Hwang In Youp from the South Korean drama.

While the movie took some shortcuts on the original story, the core of the story remained the same (even if I was frustrated at some scenaristic choices) but the feelings felt lacking as everything was accelerated. However, I feel it made perfect sense to split the story in a two part movie and to make the split at the point they chose to do it.

I would not recommend this movie to people as I feel the South Korean drama, despite its flaws, does a better job at bringing the webtoon to live. There are a lot of storylines that felt rushed off and the overall impression on this first part of the story is quite a superficial one as it does not dig enough into the suffering of the heroine and some of the most dramatic elements from the original story.

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what a great movie

I just finished the movie, what a great movie, what perfect casting, and what a great performance by a girl who is only 16 years old (but with a resume of acting from the age of 6-7), a movie that combines laughter and sadness in one package (yes, I cried), a movie that touches on a wide range of emotions, great relationships and great communication (keyword) of a family, whether it is between a father (uncle) and a daughter or whether it is between a grandmother and a granddaughter or a son-in-law or between friends, it is hard not to compare it to the Corona pandemic, or to the series "Happiness" (Park Hyung-shik). I enjoyed the whole package and also the message "One person is enough to believe in you" .... Love, perseverance, support and communication..

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Quite symbolic encounter between two slightly odd human beings

I liked this indie film with the image of the rake, it really made me think. Are you erasing your past ? Are you erasing yourself? If this central question of the story is interesting, pacing could definitely have been better, even for a short film.

The soundtrack was ok but nothing really memorable, and I also felt the acting was very green. It is very understandable why the characters gravitate towards each other, but the attraction factor was missing from the acting. While those elements felt lacking, filmmaking was good, with some striking moments illustrating the questioning of the movie.

Overall, I was pretty impressed by the meta aspect as the film, featuring students of an Art school while the movie is really made by aspiring filmmakers from the Film School of Tokyo.

I would recommend this to people that enjoy indie movie . It has a subdue atmosphere and feels almost phylosophical in its meta aspect and the constant questionning made by the characters.

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What a Great Comedy!

What a hilarious show! The number of comedy is extremely generous. This you can make you laugh, cry, then laugh again. The storyline doesn't need anything complicated.

Unfortunately this show is far from flawless. The big names in this movie are somewhat a waste. With Jung Seon Ji having two personalities, I thought Yoona will have to play two characters. However, the day version of Seon Ji doesn't seem well developed. Character Jung A Ra and Hui Beom are both just cosmetics, their involvement is far too minimal. Also the story itself has a big letdown at the end. Actually, nothing wrong with the jar plotline. But why the jar has to be buried and placed under the boulder when it's just kimchi inside???

Still back to the first point, it's a show with generous number of comedy!

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Memorable and gut-wrenching story with an interesting structure

This movie took me on a wild ride : I felt physically sick at some point because of the events unfolding on screen. The fact that the story is based on real life events is just heartbreaking and the social criticism raised by it is really worth a watch. It left me with a very profound and resounding impression.

The unreliable narrator angle took by the film is very interesting in itself and has a clear shock factor. I wish a longer epilogue would have exploited it even more, especially to get more details on the outcome of the story. I also wish a third view would have been set up to define even better the media role : the part of Kamenashi Kazuya could have been developed more, even if in itself it did a solid job showing the brutal impact of media targeting. A better pacing and and a longer epilogue showing the various sides would have been perfect to round up the movie.

The acting was excellent : Ayano Go as well Shibasaki Ko who hold central roles, were both scary and painfully touching depending the angle you were looking at the story. Miura Kira played incredibly well his traumatic part and overall, I hope to see him grow into an amazing career, as kid role can sometimes make or break a movie, and here it was really well acted.

The production value was pretty good: very grey and anxiety-provoking...With images that are leaving me with lasting torturous feelings.

I would strongly recommend this to people looking for a crime thriller with a very interesting point of view. The movie can be pretty triggering so you might want to have a look at the tags. However, I feel the best way to enjoy this movie is to go in blind, not knowing what it is about. I had no clue what the story was about and it really impacted my watching experience in a positive way as I was dumbfounded and grasping with a lot of feelings.

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Too late for a Happy Land

Recently, I’ve started going blindly into new Korean movies, and I’m glad I didn’t read the synopsis for this one on this site, because it reveals something that had a big impact on me while watching the movie. So I hope you can also watch it with a clear mind and just let go to enjoy it as much as I did. For me, this is almost a perfect action thriller, and after watching it, I became interested in reading the novel as well.

It’s enough to know that the main character is a female assassin. Although she’s a woman and old, her strength and skill were quite believable—except maybe in the final act, where things got a bit exaggerated. But it still worked within the spirit of the movie. The heroine’s name is important, and it changes throughout the story as we see her in different stages of her life.

The story flows quickly, with intense, brutal, and sometimes hard-to-watch fight scenes. So for action-genre lovers, this movie has all the right ingredients: masterful and serious action, a compelling and interesting story, and even a thoughtful drama about the value of life. The producers and actors managed to make us care about the characters, feel their pain, and ultimately hope for a better future.

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Not alot of Touching

There are some films that just resonate with you as a person -- Yonehara Kosuke character would be relatable to any quiet disillusioned adult -- who hasn't been effected by a betrayal & who also hasn't been pulled out of your slump by a Taniguchi Masashi eternal optomism & acceptance == I love Japanese films full stop -- they get the angst of the human condition better & it is portrayed by Japanese actors amazingly -- I find there is always a sexually preverted edge to these films but in No Touching at All it is used effectively to propelled a very slow moving plot -- this isn't an action , nor is it an overtly sexual film , it is more a film that shows how a person's hurt can be overcome & healed when the right companion comes along

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