Jolly crickets. After that trailer, I could say something very sexist and a little unbecoming of my age, right? Like the trailer for Fatso, there’s nothing in here that would scream NSFW, but if you have the tendency to voice out hormone-drenched epithets whenever… oh mama. Where is this going?
Anyhow. Focus.
As if we needed any further confirmation, her wonderful performance in 스포트라이트 (Spotlight) showed once again that Son Ye-Jin is the best actress of her generation (along with, may I suggest, Gong Hyo-Jin and Cha Su-Yeon), but that doesn’t always mean quality is guaranteed. Be it the material faulting the actors - 무방비 도시 (Open City) wasn’t exactly high art, and her “I’m so sexy I’m melting the North Pole faster than SUVs” aura was a little too forced—or just a case of not playing the right character, everyone, even the very best actors—Jeon Do-Yeon in 프라하의 연인 (Lovers in Prague)?—has his or her own ups and downs. But this trailer looks pretty promising, sexiness aside. Looking at the director, Jung Yoon-Soo of 지금 사랑하는 사람과 살고 있습니까? (Changing Partners) and 예스터데이 (Yesterday), one could start worrying, but this feels like a breezy romcom with two very good actors (the other is Kim Ju-Hyeok, obviously) and a spunky atmosphere enveloping the story (a wife wanting polygamy? Wow). Film releases this October 23. You can see the two teasers below the break.
