2.0, Korea

I Wish I Had a Wife

2001 / Park Heung-sik > Two of Korea’s finest actors (Peppermint Candy’s Sol Kyung-gu and Happy End’s Jeon Do-yeon) in a romantic comedy? While an interesting setup, the script itself is often flaccid and tries too hard to be anti-mainstream. And that’s pretty unfortunate, because it’s not often you get actors of this caliber to jump onto a film of this sort. Often quite predictable and drawn-out, I Wish I Had a Wife tries to mimic the pacing and emotion of films such as Christmas in August and Someone Special, but ultimately crumbles into an overwhelmingly mediocre production. Recommended for fans of the actors, but no guarantees for those who like romantic comedies.

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