Release Date: 16 September 2010
Origin : South Korea
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Pace: Moderate
Director : Kim Hyeon-Seok
Starring: Eom Tae-Woong, Lee Min-Jung, Park Shin-Hye, Daniel Choi, Jun A-Min, Park Cheol-Min, Song Sae-Byeok, Kim Ji-Yeong
Synopsis:
The Cyrano Agency consists of four people from a theater troupe who offers a unique cupid service for lovelorn clients. The company intricately devises and implements schemes, custom tailored to match the interests of their intended target, for the ultimate goal of obtaining romance for their client. The boss and mastermind behind the agency is Byung-Hoon (Eom Tae-Woong).
Things take a strange twist at the Cyrano Agency when a new client named Sang-Yong (Daniel Choi) enters their office. Sang-Yong is a straight-laced financial trader who is rather inept with personal relationships. He has fallen for a free spirited woman named Hee-Joong (Lee Min-Jung) and seeks out the Cyrano Agency's help. The boss for the Cyrano Agency, Byung-Hoon, then notices that Hee-Joong is his ex-girlfriend with whom he has really never gotten over .... (moviereviewsquare.blogspot.com)
Personal Thoughts:
This is very much another Korean romantic-comedy, but a very well presented and delightful one. I literally said, "This is such a good film." several times while watching it. Maybe I just fell in love with the characters, like most viewers do when watching a romantic comedy, but somehow this film was more than just your typical romantic comedy. First of all every scene is very artistically presented; I constantly wanted to pause and just take a snapshot of each scene. The comedy is very much like most korean films, and I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing. The plot and concept itself is very interesting and ditches the fairy-tale like romances and makes something more realistic and comical. Just watching how the Cyrano Agency scripts the love stories is hilarious and simply enjoyable to watch. The storyline is not predictable, which is a relief after the too many bland and unoriginal movies I've seen lately, however it does some unconventional things, such as reveal characters in the beginning of the film that rarely show up again (you'll see when you watch it) and when you feel like, there may be the end of the film, there's another scene ahead. But because I enjoyed the film so much, I never minded that the film did not end so soon. This felt like a long film and it somewhat is at about two hours running time, but mostly it felt like that because its spans many different events that take place. The cast was very well picked, as they all compliment each other well and I'm quite sure they are rising actors and actresses. (or old ones with experience hehe) I never felt any meaningful commentary on our humanity or anything inspirational, so if that's what your looking for you won't find it here. However, this is a comical and lovable film that I would definitely not mind watching again.. and maybe again.
Origin : South Korea
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Pace: Moderate
Director : Kim Hyeon-Seok
Starring: Eom Tae-Woong, Lee Min-Jung, Park Shin-Hye, Daniel Choi, Jun A-Min, Park Cheol-Min, Song Sae-Byeok, Kim Ji-Yeong
Synopsis:
The Cyrano Agency consists of four people from a theater troupe who offers a unique cupid service for lovelorn clients. The company intricately devises and implements schemes, custom tailored to match the interests of their intended target, for the ultimate goal of obtaining romance for their client. The boss and mastermind behind the agency is Byung-Hoon (Eom Tae-Woong).
Things take a strange twist at the Cyrano Agency when a new client named Sang-Yong (Daniel Choi) enters their office. Sang-Yong is a straight-laced financial trader who is rather inept with personal relationships. He has fallen for a free spirited woman named Hee-Joong (Lee Min-Jung) and seeks out the Cyrano Agency's help. The boss for the Cyrano Agency, Byung-Hoon, then notices that Hee-Joong is his ex-girlfriend with whom he has really never gotten over .... (moviereviewsquare.blogspot.com)
Personal Thoughts:
This is very much another Korean romantic-comedy, but a very well presented and delightful one. I literally said, "This is such a good film." several times while watching it. Maybe I just fell in love with the characters, like most viewers do when watching a romantic comedy, but somehow this film was more than just your typical romantic comedy. First of all every scene is very artistically presented; I constantly wanted to pause and just take a snapshot of each scene. The comedy is very much like most korean films, and I don't necessarily think that's a bad thing. The plot and concept itself is very interesting and ditches the fairy-tale like romances and makes something more realistic and comical. Just watching how the Cyrano Agency scripts the love stories is hilarious and simply enjoyable to watch. The storyline is not predictable, which is a relief after the too many bland and unoriginal movies I've seen lately, however it does some unconventional things, such as reveal characters in the beginning of the film that rarely show up again (you'll see when you watch it) and when you feel like, there may be the end of the film, there's another scene ahead. But because I enjoyed the film so much, I never minded that the film did not end so soon. This felt like a long film and it somewhat is at about two hours running time, but mostly it felt like that because its spans many different events that take place. The cast was very well picked, as they all compliment each other well and I'm quite sure they are rising actors and actresses. (or old ones with experience hehe) I never felt any meaningful commentary on our humanity or anything inspirational, so if that's what your looking for you won't find it here. However, this is a comical and lovable film that I would definitely not mind watching again.. and maybe again.
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