After watching My Tutor Friend and Don't Believe Her, I am convinced that Ha-Neul is a great actress for mild sassy / girl-next-door roles.
I enjoyed her expressions in this movie where she had to lie her way out of tight situations. Most of the scenes took place in a small town and there are many jokes worth laughing.
The movie has a 'feel good' ending and it was quite predictable if you have watched many movies in your life.
If you enjoyed this movie as much as I do, consider watching My Tutor Friend and My Sassy Girl. They are all romance/comedy movies too.
Mao points: 9/10
Too Beautiful to Lie
2004 [KOREAN]
Comedy / Romance
Plot summary
Young-ju's professional skills of pretense and deceit easily get her out on parole. On a train en route to her sister's wedding, she runs into Hee-chul, mistaking him for a bum trying to molest her. On top of that, a pickpocket steals Hee-chul's engagement ring. Young-ju is worried that she might be accused of the theft, so she sets out to retrieve the ring, but amid the hassle, she's left behind on the platform and can only watch the train leave with her luggage. Young-ju finds her way to Hee-chul's home and the family - seeing the ring - thinks she is Hee-chul's fiancée. To wiggle herself out of the situation without adding another crime to her rap sheet, she uses the skills of her profession and cons everyone into believing indeed she's the one. Meanwhile, Hee-chul returns home without having proposed to his girl for lack of a ring, and finds that his family, and in fact the whole town, now scorn him for his desertion of an innocent woman.—CJ Entertainment
March 28, 2023 at 12:11 AM
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Another great comedy/romance movie from Korea
Entertaining Romantic Comedy
A very well thought out story that lacks some depth, but the point of the movie is to entertain and not provoke thought. Kim Ha-Neul IS the movie, her facial expressions and acting within the confines of the situations provided is pretty much the whole movie. She is sassy, mean, but also classy and very cute. I recommend My tutor friend and of course My Sassy girl if you like this movie. They are romantic comedies with a slight touch of drama. It gets kind of cheesy at times. The jokes are good and the portrayal of the countryside family is great. 8/10 just because I know there are better movies of the same type and with the same kind of characters. If you like Kim Ha-Neul you would probably also like Jeon Ji-Hyun movies.
well done comedy
I like this movie very much actually, even though it is a quite predictable, sappy, commercial comedy. The jokes do work out well (a major achievement for this kind of film) and the portrayal of a Korean countryside family is simply hilarious.
I was surprised to see that this movie did not do as well at the Korean box office as My Tutor Friend as that movie is similar to this one (the lead actress is the same as well). In fact, I think that this movie is even better.
All in all, a very well made movie. If you are looking for a night of laughs with your family go check this out! If you are looking for more depth, yes there are better films around, but Don't Believe Her/Too Beautiful To Lie (why does it have two titles??) can definitely compete with many of them.
8/10