Monday 2 February 2015

수상한 그녀

This movie was quite popular last year, my friend told me to watch it so I did. I'd say this is a typical Korean family situation with a happy ending of course. I think many who are not used to the Korean culture will think that this movie is weird in many ways, and I'd say it has to do with the language. If you understand Korean it makes more sense. Also I'd say they have made this into a "and they lived happily ever after" movie, which is very cliche. Still entertaining.
I was happily surprised by the main actress Shim Eun-Kyung, She does very well in this movie and I have watched various dramas and movies but I have to say this left the biggest impression ^^





Title: 수상한 그녀 / Miss Granny
Distributed by: CJ Entertainment
Release dates: January 22, 2014
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: South Korea
Language: Korean


Plot
Oh Mal-soon, a 74-year-old widow, lives with her son and his family. She is foul-mouthed, stubborn, controlling and shameless, and has a difficult relationship with her depressed daughter-in-law Ae-ja. She is proud of her son Hyun-chul, a university professor of gerontology, and the fact that she managed to raise him by herself against all odds. One day, Ae-ja gets hospitalized after suddenly collapsing, and doctors strongly advise her to live apart from Mal-soon. On the day she is told by her son that she is being sent to a nursing home, the dismayed Mal-soon wanders the streets and comes across a mysterious photo studio that claims it captures the moments of one's youth. She takes what she believes will be her last self-portrait for her not-so-far-off funeral, but when she comes out of the studio, Mal-soon is dumbfounded by her own reflection in the mirror: a fresh, young 20-year-old woman. At first not knowing what to do, she hides from her family and soon ends up lodging with a café shop worker. With no one recognizing her, Mal-soon decides to make the most out of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: She renames herself Oh Doo-ri after her all-time favorite actress Audrey Hepburn, gets a haircut similar to Hepburn's in Roman Holiday, and takes advantage of her youth. As the "suspicious girl" of the Korean title, all anyone sees is that Doo-ri speaks with a regional accent and walks like an old lady, and that she acts very strangely and motherly for her age. After wowing a group of pensioners with a stirring karaoke tune one day, she attracts the notice of her unknowing teenage grandson Ji-ha, and Han Seung-woo, a TV music producer. Ji-ha invites her to join his heavy metal band, and after she convinces them to switch to more audience-pleasing melodies, the band becomes famous with her as vocalist. Doo-ri is thrilled to be pursuing a career in music ― something she had to give up when she was young. Meanwhile, she gets caught romantically between three men: Mr. Park, an elderly widower friend who has always secretly loved Mal-soon, Ji-ha who is still unaware that she's his grandmother, and Seung-woo, who's doing his best to track her down again.



Cast
Shim Eun-kyung as Oh Doo-ri
Na Moon-hee as Oh Mal-soon
Park In-hwan as Mr. Park
Sung Dong-il as Ban Hyun-chul
Lee Jin-wook as Han Seung-woo
Hwang Jung-min as Ae-ja
Kim Seul-gie as Ban Ha-na
Jinyoung as Ban Ji-ha
Kim Hyun-sook as Park Na-young
Ha Yeon-joo as Soo-yeon
Park Hye-jin as Ok-ja
Jung In-gi as Hyun-chul's doctor friend
Hong Seok-yeon as chemist
Lee Jang-yu as shoe stall owner
Park Hyung-woo as bassist of Ji-ha's band
Lee Sang-eon as drummer of Ji-ha's band
Park Seung-tae as Oh Bok
Han Ji-eun as Seo Mi-ae
Hwang Young-hee as Chinese restaurant owner
Kim Seon-ha as princess in TV drama
Kim Dong-hee as Dragon
Kim Dong-seok as music show MC
Pyo Ye-jin as music show MC
Kim Soo-hyun as young Mr. Park (cameo)
Jang Gwang as photographer (cameo)
Choi Hwa-jung as radio DJ (cameo)
Yoo Se-yoon as legendary band vocalist (cameo)



info @ wikipedia

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