Mar
8
2006
My Lovely Week
Posted by luna6
Movie: My Lovely Week / 내 생애 가장 아름다운 일주일
Release Date: October 7, 2005
Country: South Korea
Director: Min Gyu-Dong
Starring: Jeong-hwa Eom, Chang Jung Lim, Su-ro Kim, Jeong-min Hwang, Jin-seo Yun, Kyeong-ho Jeong
Editor Rating : 7.5
Users Rating: 9.17 
(6 votes)
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Plot Synopsis : This movie deals with 5 couples; An elderly couple, the guy owning an old cinema and the lady owning a coffee shop in front of his theatre. A down on his luck salesman, who just got married, keeping it a secret from his wife that he sneaks onto the subway and tries to peddle his trinkets to subway passengers. A bill collector that is fed up with his job (who tries to collect from the down on his luck salesman) is offered a spot on a local reality television to relive his college basketball days and also fulfill the wish of a terminally ill girl who’s dead mother told her that her father was that basketball player. A divorced father that works in the music industry, with only a son in his life needs to find a maid, his divorced wife, a fiery spirited psychiatrist, who has perhaps met her match in a rough and tumble cop. Finallly a famous male pop singer that becomes stricken with a mysterious illness after his contract is cancelled by the music executive dad, meets a young nun who tried to killed herself because she has always had strong feelings for the hosptialized pop singer. This is a lovely week in the lives of these people.
Comments : A fun, fast paced romantic comedy in the spirit of the British film “Love Actually.” There is quite a handful of characters in this film that cross paths, so you should pay careful attention in the beginning or keep a scorecard of some kind. Anyways the film is a very fast paced comedy, with no dull moments. The relationship between the psychiatrist and the cop, the pop singer and the former nun, and the down on his luck salesmen & his wife, were my favorite characters in this movie.
Alright, this is the part where I will get to formally introduce the copyrighted “Lunapark6 K-Comedy 3/4 Rule.” What the “Lunapark6 K-Comedy 3/4 Rule” states is that within any Korean comedy, at approximately the 3/4th mark of the film’s running time, the comedy will temporary cease to be a comedy and become a serious drama, dealing with a tragedy usually in the realm of a pregnancy, abortion, terminal illness, or death of a close family member. Once the tragedy is resolved, it will revert back to a comedy until the film finishes. In “My Lovely Week” the “Lunapar6 K-Comedy 3/4 Rule” governs as usual, this time bringing up the serious subject of matter of unexpected pregnancy and the mother’s decision to keep the baby or have an abortion.
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Cast:
Jeong-hwa Eom - Hur Yu-jung
Chang Jung Lim - Kim Chang-hoo
Su-ro Kim - Park Sung-won
Jeong-min Hwang - Na Do-chul
Jin-seo Yun - Lim Soo-kyung
Kyeong-ho Jeong - Yu Jung-hun
Hyeon Ju - Mr. Kwak
Mi-hee Oh
Yeong-hie SeoJi-won Ha - Cameo
Ho-jin Jeon
Yi-da Jeon
Hie-bong Jo - Cameo
Tae-hyeon Kim
Yun-seok Kim
Se-yeong Lee - Cameo
Jin-woo Park
Seung-su Ryu
Jin-wook Seo
Hyeon Woo - Cameo
Seong-rok Shin
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One of my favourite Korean movies of all time! But I would have tweaked the ending a little though… The popstar should have ended up with the nun! Or at least let the nun get pregnant later, HA! And I thought the father daughter story wasn’t as touching as it could have been… The 3 couples you mentioned are my favourte too for standing out among the rest. I’ve watched this movie 3 times and I still haven’t been able to locate Shin Seong Rok… *scratches head*