My Sassy Girl

... to ruin a great movie.Wow, where to start on this remake? First of all, I am a huge fan of the original Korean movie; if you have not seen it, please stop reading now and go do so; I can almost guarantee that if you like chick flicks, a la "The Notebook", that you will like the Korean version, and perhaps even love it, like I did. So what's wrong with this remake? CAUTION - SPOILERS AHEADWithin the first five minutes of the movie, it had already gone off the rails. Maybe it never even got on the rails. The opening music was a variation, a worse variation, on the opening music to the original movie. So I didn't like the music, big deal. But the huge, waving red flag was how the subject of the cousin's death was introduced. The male lead is positively flippant about his cousin having just died. It was like the movie wanted to play the cousin's death for a laugh or something. This was most likely the fault of the writer, but it's hard not to blame the actor and director too.I actually like the two lead actors, but Elisha Cuthbert was seriously miscast in this movie. She's not old, but she's too worldly to pull off the irrational behavior required by the script. In the Korean original, the actress was innocent and almost tomboyish; she didn't have any "feminine wiles"; she's just innocent, sweet, and suffering. The audience forgives her behavior because she is so innocent and sweet, and you see her heartbreak in almost every frame. The problem is, Cuthbert's character seems like she ought to know better, and she exudes a sexiness and lack of innocence that is wrong for the character. It made me wonder if the character might be a part-time dominatrix or something.Next, the editing: was the editor asleep? There is a whole scene missing: the male lead takes the girl to his apartment, there's a cut, and now he's walking out of jail. At least I think he's walking out of jail. What the hell just happened? This is very near the beginning of the movie, and yet another big red flag of things to come.Now I come to the most egregious of the factors that ruined this remake: the writing. I'm not a vindictive man, but I hope the writer or writers suffer a nasty papercut. Is that too harsh? OK, maybe so, but every change the writer made from the original movie made this movie worse. Why did they have to change the nature of the male lead's character? In the original movie, he's kind of a dog and hits on girls pretty outrageously when he's drunk; it's very amusing. In the remake, he's more of a 40 Year Old Virgin type, who wants to work for a tractor company. A tractor company? I was surprised they didn't have all the characters wear cowboy hats to demonstrate to the audience that this was an American movie (made by Koreans). Also, almost every scene seems rushed; maybe the writer and director thought Americans didn't have the attention span required for longer scenes, but it's like the movie is playing at slightly-faster-than-normal speed, throughout the entire movie. The pacing is rushed; the dialogue is rushed.Do you like the scene where the male lead hits on the female lead in the street, not realizing it's her? Yep, it's gone.Remember the recreations of the action movies that the girl writes? Well, they worsened those. They filmed them as if they were scenes from a high school play; maybe they were running out of money.The racquetball scene? In the original, the male lead gets hit with the ball about a million times and it's hilarious. Yep, they removed that.The one scene I would have changed from the original movie was the amusement park scene with the soldier. This scene doesn't fit the tone of the rest of the movie very well, so I thought they might cut it or alter it in some way. Of course, the writer decided to reproduce this scene somewhat faithfully, and it doesn't work this time either. At least they rushed through it, just like every other scene.And now, some of my favorite lines from the original and, you guessed it, they are missing in the remake:1 - "Hey, wanna die?" (every one is removed)2 - "If she hits you, act like it hurts. If it hurts, act like it doesn't."3 - "I don't have to go now."I now understand why this remake went straight to video. The original was funny and heart-breaking; the remake is heart-breaking but for mostly the wrong reasons. After watching it, I had to immediately re-watch the original to wipe this film off my eyes. It gets 2.5 stars because it's based on a movie that is so good, and some of it survives, but not nearly enough, so I'm rounding down. Alas, for what should have been.Oh, one more thing: I must give props to the remake for removing the graphic throwing-up scenes from the original. Probably it would have been better to just edit them down, but I think they were all removed. To me, these scenes in the original are a little too gross, and I've gotten into the habit of fast-forwarding through them.

Totally possible. It was a very moving movie. The acting was great and believable. It had some very serious parts, funny parts, completely crazy parts, and some very moving sad parts. I have now watched it several times and enjoyed it every time. Highly recommend this movie.

This movie was excellent, very charming and entertaining with great acting and directing.Elisha Cuthbert is PHENOMENAL in this!!!! If you are already a fan of hers then this should be a definite dvd purchase for you. This role is perfect for her and she plays it brilliantly. She's hilarious and very likeable in this and her antics are incredibly amusing. Easily, one of my favorite movie characters ever.The guy in this was very good and had chemistry with Cuthbert which was important to this movie working.Writing and directing, top notch. This movie never had a dull moment. I was constantly engaged and entertained, and there were a ton of laughs, mostly provided by Elisha Cuthbert. This movie had an awesome visual style, very pleasing to look at, with some particularly impressive shots throughout.This is the kind of movie that I will be able to watch over and over again, so a dvd purchase is a must in my case. I really hope this movie catches on and more people give it a shot, because it's definitely one of my favorite films.

It’s a love story. She is super sassy yet wise and he is smart and patient with her. Super cute movie

The dvd was great, nothing wrong with it, one of my favorites and now I own it! Happy my wife finally saw it because it’s not an easy movie to find!

I haven't seen the American version of My Sassy Girl and I don't think I ever will. Some movies can't be improved by redoing it in another language. It is the innocence of the Korean culture. I'm not sure I would have liked it as much if I actually spoke Korean. I am attempting to lean it to find out. The translation in subtitles is really good. Ms. Jun is my favorite actress in any genre. This one and My love from a star give me an emotion roller coaster ride. From tears to laughter out loud. With My Sassy Girl. I felt it was the perfect length and a great ending. I watch it over and over.

Don't you hate it when true love kicks you in the head? Easily Elisha Cuthbert's best movie to date, My Sassy Girl is an offbeat romantic comedy that veers far away from the formulaic rom-com norm and lands squarely on the notion that love, can indeed, hurt. Gripping for the genre, I was constantly torn between rooting for and against each character. More like watching a hockey game with no ref's than your typical romantic comedy. With an ending I didn't see coming and a third act twist that actually makes cry every time I watch it, My Sassy Girl is a shockingly captivating film. A rarely heard of title that would be a real gem in DVD your collection!

Was in decent condition, DVD box was a little messed up.

I'd admit that My Sassy Girl is a film with flaws, a film that suffers from trying hard to soften a story that needs to be told more strongly but equally it is also a film with a great deal of charm. The first half hour sets up the story but the remainder reveals the reason for what you have seen earlier on. Jesse Bradford and Elisha Cuthbert are wonderful leads but one of the good things about this film is the way that it balances drama, comedy scenes and moments of joy to make up the finished article.The plot centres on a boy meets girl who seems rather space-ey but we don't know why. The film looks at their developing relationship and the way they handle tensions between what they want for their lives and what they want now. There's a great deal of heart and soul to this film and it is a pleasantly spent hour and a half.It is a bit more polished than a film with this story should be but you cannot fault it for wanting to look good and not delve too deeply into 'issues'. It's funny but has a story that some might find it hard to get a handle on. It has great moments and is worth a try.

First, if you are a Elisha Cuthbert (or Jesse Bradford) fan, then by all means buy/watch it. Other cool movies featuring Elisha are 'The Quiet' (drama, with Camilla Belle) and 'He was a quiet Man' (romance/drama/thriller [hard to categorize], with Christian Slater).It's difficult to compare this remake with the Korean original. I liked Korean movie also very much. It's a little crazier, at times more gross and weird. This American(?) movie is a little more like Hollywood, but still very funny and heart-warming. Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford at at their best and show great comedian talent and charms.One little downside was that the movie could not transport very well the reasons why things were happening as they happened and why persons acted as they acted. Then I wished I had been watching the Korean movie first. Well, I highly recommend you do watch both movies, but try not too hard comparing them. Just enjoy both of them as they are, and you get most out of it.

Great to see Elisha in a role without being Jack's daughter or the victim. Story line is a little slow but on the whole worth watching

Compared with the original Korean version, very poor.They tried to keep everything in and shorten it by an hour.As such some of it did not make sense!

POOR STORY,UNCONVINCING TALE,THIS IS NOT A GOOD FILM NOT WORTH BUYING WAIT TILL YOU SEE IT ON TV,ITS SO STUPID.