Miss Granny

I have just come home from the 2015 Korean film festival here in Budapest, and I want to tell you this film was a resounding success. It had everything and more: good story, creative script, good music & songs, good acting, good pace, hilarious humor. Already in the first 2 minutes it conveyed such a heart-felt lead-in that I knew I had made a good decision to give it a try.

All throughout the movie the audience - including me, of course - had a ball! We breathed with the film, laughed our guts out and simply marvelled at the freshness and at the style of the dialogues. I think I want to travel to Korea to see whether they really have such lively relations to one-another, way beyond the virtual emptiness we experience not-so-rarely in the western world...

To sum it up, this movie is a must! My rating: 10/10. Period.

Its been a long time I didn't see any good comedy from Korea since "How to Use Guy with Secret Tip" (2013) and "All About My Wife" (2012). This movie is so good! About an old granny who turned out to be 20 again and its so funny to see how she manage to handle the unexpected miracle ever. Korean young actress, Shim Eun-Kyung plays the role so well as a young woman who acts like a granny. Although everyone keep whining about the plothole in this movie but this movie works. It can make you laughing out loud and also can make you crying like a baby. This movie is supposed to be an easy movie with an interestingly catchy premise. Maybe its a culture different since some audience feel weird why there is a lot of character here speak so loud. You will understand if you have watch a lot of korean movie. By the way, the song is so heartwarming and its make me want to buy the soundtrack now. Don't waste your time anymore, just watch this movie. The best korean comedy so far in 2014.

Another clever story from South Korea that would resonate with most Americans. Clean and funny. Musical numbers are listenable. Storyline somewhat raises the difficult question faced by so many families: Are retirement homes really the best option? The story went several unexpected directions, which will keep viewers guessing about the ending. While there are a few plot holes near the end, they get buried and forgotten by several really huge waves of emotion.

"Miss Granny" is a funny, sweet and compelling drama that would bring joyful feeling during seeing it. Actually the movie is far from perfect, the theme is kind of weird and illogical but wouldn't bother much if audience could deal with it. The storyline itself isn't focus between reaching the dream, family relationship and love story, it would feel like watching drama series in one film. Also there are some plot holes and questionable ending. Luckily all that flaws could be covered by hilarious and heartfelt moment. The jokes really work especially after Oh Mal-soon becoming young again. It's a unique yet convincing performance by Eun Kyung Shim as a young lady with granny personality has delivered a non- stop laughs. Overall "Miss Granny" is an average good Korean drama which offers entertainment and happiness, but it's still been miles away on being excellent.

I, as usual, love how korean movies incorporate good writing, whatever the story is. And Miss Granny adds one more aspect to it: cuteness.