GENRE: ACTION ROMANTIC COMEDY
DISTRIBUTION: CJ Entertainment
RELEASE: 2003
CASTS: Kim Ha-neul (su-wan) | Kwon Sang-woo (ji-hoon)
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SYNOPSIS: Ji-hoon's family has given up on his being a troublesome in and out of school. They hired Su-wan to help him with his studies. But being obnoxious and all, Ji-hoon resents the idea. He continuously lived his life with Su-wan meddling with his business. It initially turned out to be a chaotic relationship but when Su-wan understood where he is coming from, she was able to bring out the best in him.

REVIEWS: Wow! Kwon Sang-woo in a comedy? I got to see this. I thought this is going to be fun and I was right. Although the humor was delivered mostly by Ha-nuel, I guess, his tough personality has brought out the funny side of the story. Without his fierceness, there won't be the "make-belief" scenes which turned out to be the funniest part of the movie.

While Ha-neul doing comedy, Sang-woo is definitely doing what he's best at, action. In every movie or drama with him on it, there has to be atleast one ass kicked. Although I like him better in drama, doing comedy from time to time could show that he is such a versatile actor.

I haven't seen any of Ha-neul's acting (if memory serves me right) but I was impressed with her performance. Actually, it is in her character that the story revolves so the pressure is on. If the core performer can't deliver, who would want to watch it, right? But she acts naturally funny. If she gets to star in another comedy, I wouldn't miss it.

Eventhough I like the characters and the storyline is okay, I don't think it's worth watching over and over. The story is nice and everything but seeing it again would spoil the fun.