Seducing Mr. Perfect

Seducing Mr. Perfect

Well, "perfect" is a bit much. In looks, definitely a 9. 9½, perhaps. From the moment this movie began, I got Pretty Woman-vibes. Yes, even before the plot was revealed. And then I was justified, even down to the female-love interest being paid by the male-half. Though...not as a prostitute. Super-strict President of a worldwide-based firm travels from USA to Korea to settle a deal and in the meantime, he gives harsh/realistic love advice to his assigned assistant. Will they/won't they before he has to travel back home? While NOWHERE near as good as Pretty Woman, it still has its charms and chemistry between the leads. It's also not as deep or funny, but I did laugh at times. It's cute and harmless, except for the length. A good 15 repetitive minutes could've been cut. Especially several unnecessary/redundant subplots that were just more roadblocks for their romance. I liked it and would recommend it. Seen better, but seeing the absolute Henney Hunk for nearly 2 hours was something I wouldn't mind seeing again. *** Final Thoughts: This was SOOO close to the Julia Roberts Romcom, the title character was literally channeling Richard Gere. If I didn't already know Asian actor Daniel Henney was born in the USA and spoke all his own mostly-in-English dialogue, I'd swore it was dubbed over by Richard Gere. They both sound exactly the same and even share the same mannerisms.

This is a nice rom com spoken in Korean and English tailor made for the cast. Uhm Jung Hwa is a good actress and speaks English well. She makes her character sympathetic. Daniel Henney sometimes look he is posing but he is just right for the role. It is funny in a surprising way.

As a movie, this doesn't have anything original or special about it. The story is a straightforward comedy-romance banking on the star power of Uhm Jung-Hwa and her chemistry with Daniel Henney, who play the leads. Min-June (Jung-Hwa) is a lawyer/legal-aid/secretary working for a Japanese firm, which is in the process of being taken over by a company led by Robin Heiden (Henney). She is a somewhat clingy woman who believes in true love, and can't understand why men keep dumping her. Robin is a "practical" man whose view of relationships go the opposite way. They have a chance meeting in Hong Kong, where Min-June crashes her car onto Robin's. Once she's back in Korea, she realises Robin is her new boss. The premise of the movie is that Robin tutors Min-June in the ways of modern relationships, as she tries to win back her flighty ex-boyfriend, and in the process, fall in love with each other. The movie takes its time to even get to the "tutoring" part, with plenty of time spent in mildly interesting interactions between Min-June and Robin, as she tries to "seduce" him with her wholesome ways, while he sees her every move coming a mile away and makes fun of her, thus proving his points. Finally, he offers to tutor her, and Min-June successfully wins back her ex, Jun Hyeong. But even as he's with her Jun Hyeong says something about the new Min-June, which leads to her realising that she can't be someone who views relationships as power games. She breaks up with him, and the rest of the movie is dealt with minor misunderstandings on the way to the happy ending. Apparently this was a hugely popular film in Korea, and one of the attractions was due to the fact the intriguing bilingual dynamic between the Korean-speaking Min-June and English-speaking Robin. Also important is the fact that Uhm Jung-hwa, who can be safely called the First Lady of k-pop, similar to what Madonna is in American pop, was going through a purple patch of successful movies in the prime of her movie career. This is definitely an important entry in her filmography, as well as Daniel Henney's. Other than that, there's nothing special to talk about. It could have done with better screenplay and editing, as there are parts that needed to be longer, especially the one where Min-June's relationships with her family members are explored, and Robin Henney's past relationships, as there's nothing much in the movie other than a few pieces of dialogue which delves into the reason behind his attitude towards relationships. There were plenty of parts that could've been cut short as well.

It is funny in some parts. Some. Touching in some. Some. But there are times where you know where its going and wish they'd hurry up and go there. Its not just the ending you figured out five minutes in. It is certain scenes that play out way too long towards their inevitable conclusion. Makes this movie way too long. Its not giving anything away. Boy meets girl and seem to hate each other. You know the rest.

RATED 8/10 Language: Korean RECOMMENDED Superb fun filled romantic drama with office setup... The fun factor throughout the movie makes it more likeable.... The leading pair is so cute and its goes well with the story line.... enjoyable movie...

"Min Jun" (Jeong-hwa Eom) is preoccupied while driving on her way to work one morning and accidentally rear-ends the car in front of her which is stopped at a red light. When the driver, "Robin Heiden" (Daniel Henney) gets out to collect her insurance information Min Jun (aka "June") pretends not to be able to speak English. As luck would have it Robin sees through her ploy and after obtaining the necessary information continues on his way. That same morning June is taken to meet the new manager of the conglomerate in which she works and it turns out that her new boss is-Robin Heiden. Obviously, it's just not her day--and things are about to become even worse. Now rather than give away any more of the story and risk ruining the film for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was a pretty good Korean romantic-comedy. I especially liked the performance of Miss Jeong-hwa Eom who was both funny and adorable as well. In any case, provided a person doesn't mind watching a film in another language with English subtitles then this is a fine addition to the rom-com genre and definitely worth the time spent. Above average.

A great korean movie you get a peep to korean culture and way of life. i loved it that he speaks english and she talks (all the time) in korean the actress is so funny she fits perfectly with the actor i think i might see this movie again when i need a goog laugh

It went from a 5 stars at the midpoint of the movie to a 4 by the end. What WAS that ending? She consider THAT a declaration of love?!?! Or even like? And what's with the conversation with the family? Why do that if he wasn't proposing? They should have kept it to themselves then. Even if he didn't know that, SHE should have. That just annoyed me. And--Daniel, I'm sorry!--he made a great imitation of a log; a piece of wood that talked. So awkward to see no chemistry between the leads.

The whole movie was an 8 or 9 at max up until the last 3 MINUTES!! I mean it seems to me that the director said "enough with it, just end it right now!" I mean he confessed his feelings in the end while still maintaining his cold attitude and she without any self-respect just accepted him. And then came the last scene. I mean seriously that was the most abrupt ending i have ever seen in a movie. 6/10 only because of me watching this movie because of Uhm Jung-hwa