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Thursday, January 8, 2015

FINDING MR. DESTINY (2010)

Gi-Joon (Gong Yoo) is a fussy, mild-mannered perfectionist who comes up with a brilliant idea for his new business: he will locate and reunite people with the "first love" they've lost contact with, even if many years ago.  Enter unkempt, overworked musical stage manager Ji-woo (Su-jeong Lim), whose military father drags her to Gi-Joon's office when she turns down a pilot's marriage proposal, determined she find her own first love, whom she's been obsessing over since last seeing him a decade earlier in India.  The romantic comedy blossoms from here, with Gi-Joon's frustrated efforts both in dealing with Ji-woo herself, as well as trying to find her ex - but while the blueprint of this rom-com might seem spelled out from the beginning, the film still holds its share of comedy and a few sweet, romantic scenes ... not to mention a few surprises and a wonderful message about destiny, and how our first relationship may (or may not) necessarily be our first love. (not rated)  A-

FINDING MR. DESTINY trailer

1 comment:

  1. This sounds such a lovely film and I would so love to see it...*sigh*. Great review, as always

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