Jun Ji-hyun, in a career-defining performance, shines brightly as the unpredictable, vivacious dynamo of a girl. She zips through the screen and into our hearts as a slightly unhinged girlfriend, prone to extreme mood swings and mildly sociopathic behaviour. At the receiving end of her wrath, and affections, is Gyeon-woo, the hapless boyfriend. Played by Cha Tae-hyun in his feature film debut, Gyeon-woo is a perfectly ordinary college guy, who struggles with motivation and aimlessness. Nonetheless, he is a guy with no malicious intent in his heart, and Tae-hyun turns the 'lovable loser' stereotype into his favour, by imbibing Gyeon-woo with deep empathy, emotional intelligence and awareness. He becomes the perfect foil to Ji-hyun's fiery and energetic Girl. I did not realise the runtime was over 2 hours, because time seemed to fly by as I laughed at their antics, cried at their sorrows, and learned from their journey. The Girl who needs to move past loss and tragedy; and the Boy who needs to learn real responsibility, these are people who need help, and finds some of what they need in each other. Even with our 2020 sensibilities and how relationships should be and how men and women must treat each other, the movie gets most things right; the most important of which is the journey of falling in love together, with competing feelings within and the pressures of the society outside weighing on them. I cannot write more, or write better about thins movie, because I feel my thinking and writing skills haven't caught up with my emotions yet. Apologies, dear reader. I can only recommend you, very strongly, that you watch it. Preferably with your Significant Other.

Direction 8 Acting 8.5 Story 8.5 Music 7.5 RATING 8/10 Stray Observations This was the second time Jun Ji-hyun and Cha Tae-hyun courted each other, with the first time coming in the 1999 ensemble drama series "Happy Together". Many of their co-stars would also become huge Hallyu (Korean wave) stars later. The parody movie segments were excellently done and funny. Koreans did Meta long before we knew it. Ji-hyun and Tae-hyun would reunite onscreen 15 years later for "Legend of the Blue Sea", in which Tae-hyun has a cameo as conman trying to swindle Ji-hyun's character near the Han River. Sadly, it's only for 4 minutes, but let me tell you, in those four minutes, and with Ji-hyun having minimal dialogue, they still have more chemistry than between Ji-Hyun and Lee Min-ho, who plays the male lead. Tae-hyun did a sequel, called "My New Sassy Girl" in the same year, which I shall consider to not exist.