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Han Hyo-joo

Kim Dae-myung

Do Ji-han

Bae Sung-woo

Park Shin-hye

Lee Beom-soo

Park Seo-jun

Kim Sang-ho

Chun Woo-hee

Juri Ueno

Lee Jae-joon

Kim Min-jae

Lee Hyun-woo

Jo Dal-hwan

Lee Jin-uk

Seo Kang-joon

Kim Hie-won

Lee Dong-wook

Ko A-sung

Kim Joo-hyuk

Yoo Yeon-seok

Lee Dong-hwi

Moon Sook

Lee Kyung-young

Lee Mi-do

Choi Yong-min

Shin Dong-mi

Kim See-eun

Gong Min-jeung

Kim Mi-hui

Baek Seung-hwan

Lee Ji-won

Park Keun-rok

Kim Lok-kyoung

Kim Won-jin

Jang Eui-soo

Ko Kyu-phil

Sin Ye-jin

Kwak Ji-hyun

Hong Da-mi

Moon Kyung-min

Kim Tae-hyun

Woo Yong-hee

Yoon Hwan

Yun Ki-chang

Lee Sang-won

Go Bong-goo

Jeon Young-woon

JJ Graham

Kim Joo-hwang

Jung Young-ki

Jeong Seung-won

Son Seong-chan

Park Min-su

Kim Gwang-seop

Bae Hyun-kyung

Shin Na-ra

Lee Bom

Ok Joo-ri

Ham Tae-in

Ha Si-yeon

Yeom Ji-young

Lee Ji-min

Lee Myung-ha

Oh A-lin

Son Seul-gi

Park Woo-jae

Ko Dong-hyoung

Lee Jin-seong

Lee Seung-chan

Cho Yong-seok

Jeon Gun-ik

Shim Yoon-bo

Park Eun-ji

Hong Seung-chul

Yi Eun-ju

Cho Young-wuk

Kim Seon-jeong

Lee Ha-jun

Hong Ye-yeong

Baek Kyung-soo

Sung Ji-young

Choi Jae cheon

Park Jeong-ye

Hwang Jeong-hyeon

Young-woo Han

Kang Chang-bae

Lee Jeon-hyoung

Lukas Lehoucka

Václav Kůs

Martin Hladík

Ji Sung-yong

Yang Jin-mo

Syd Lim

Kim Tae-kyeong

Park Sung-ju

Hong Dae-sung

Park Tae-joon

Oh You-jin

Hwang Sang-gil

Mo So-ra

Baik

An Ji-hyeon

Park Yea-ri

Park Jin-young

Gim Sun-il

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> Some people really change. From the outside.

If you watch this, I think you definitely bring the recent 'The Cobbler', 'The Deaths of Ian Stone' and many other high-concept films into the frame. Yep, it had a zero innovation, but smartly redesigned to bring a different outcome. Actually, it was based on the online film/series (aka social film) of the same name and also heard it was very similar to the book 'Every Day' by David Levithan. My thought is, it did not stand up to my expectation, but very easy to follow and overall, I think it was not a bad movie.

If you are a fantasy film fan, then you should try it. A very fascinating fictional movie, that associated with romance. That means it's not your regular emotional-romantic-drama from Korea, but well pitched over all the complication in a relationship when a person is suffering from such a strange disorder. Just like the films 'The Time Traveler's Wife', '50 First Dates' and other similar ones about relationship problems.

The first one hour was so good, like everything happened in that period itself. From a simple introduction to a few of fun stuff, until the romance track takes over. The next half was kind of a drag, none any interesting events take place other than keep going blindly like it lost its way out. In those stages, most of the scenes would appear as you are anticipating. Somewhat weaken its strength in storytelling. Since this theme was atypical, on that basis, it makes a vast difference to keep us to stick with it.

> "People say true beauty lies inside,
> but first impressions are equally important."

Anyway, once you begin to watch an unusual love story like this, definitely you can't end it in the middle without knowing the conclusion. I feel, the end was okayish, no twist as you will know in the earlier itself, where it is heading. So nothing special at all, but it finishes it off quite a simple way. The only annoyance is that it was a 2 long hour movie, should have not exceeded more than 90 to 100 minute mark. What I'm saying is not an issue of falling into the boredom, but a stretch that should have remained short and sweet for a lovely film like this.

The actors were excellent, but the interesting thing among them was those who are all played the most important role, Woo-Jin. I have seen plenty of high-concept flicks, but I have never seen so many actors (definitely more than 100 actors) playing a same role in a one movie. The appearance was kept changing, but the director did a good job to keep them all at the same pace and intensity to bring Woo-Jin as a single character in behaviour.

These days, there's a high expectation for the movies coming out from the Korea. There are vast people around the world who follow either staggering crime-thriller or the sweet romantic-comedies from this region. I know when they take this up, they expect it to better Hollywood and European films. In that perspective, it will disappoint them, because I felt it was a great concept that fell into an ordinary for a few reasons. If you keep your mind narrow, then it might make your time worth spending for it. Personally, I liked it, but my only concern was the third act and a bit lengthy.

6½/10

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