Review on My Sassy Girl

On the surface, the movie may be hard for viewers to watch: the protagonist, Kyun-woo, is a desperate college student trying to date a girl of "his type." What makes it worse is that the person he ends up with is a sassy (as the title suggests), volatile, unstable girl who treats Kyun-woo horribly and is not over her ex-boyfriend. Kyun-woo also senses and later fully realizes her sad, "full of sorrow" tension as it becomes clear whenever she hangs out with him. What makes this movie worth a watch?

For a long time, I thought society believed that you shouldn't date someone if you're not over your past lover. This movie defies that common notion and argues that love can be developed wherever it seems spontaneous, even when you are not over someone. Do I necessarily believe in this idea? No, I do not. I believe you have to reach a certain threshold of "being over someone," or you'll stay stuck in the past while dragging your partner down with you. Regardless, to describe this movie in one line: the scenes are both hyperbolic and real; the emotions you experience are both happy and sad; the dates are both romantic and childlike. It's a great watch if you are looking for a modern Korean classic romantic comedy. One of the songs featured in this movie, My Girl by The Temptations, really captures it well, and I found it very fitting for the scenes it was played in (I won't spoil it for now).

7/10