My Dear Enemy [Meotjin Haru] (Yoon-ki, 2008)

[shariqq]

My Dear Enemy (Meotjin Haru)
Yoon-ki Lee | South Korea | 2008
123 mins



My Dear Enemy commits one of the greatest sins a movie can commit — it gets boring. A simple enough premise could well have lead to a useful exploration of the film’s two main characters’ interplay and psyche; it could also have been a humorous look into the situations they get into. The film does neither. The first 15 minutes of My Dear Enemy tell us almost everything we need to know about these people. Then from there on it out, it just allows time to tick on, burdening us with a painfully shallow female lead. It could have been a wonderful short. But it ends up being a five-course meal of biscuits only!

My rating --> 1 of 5

[X.]

Interesting. Great to know that you were on to Yoon-ki Lee before he, apparently, blew up as an auteur from South Korea.

I haven't seen any of his films, so time to remedy that. MY DEAR ENEMY is available at all good stores.

[shariqq]

Do post your thoughts once you watch it. I'd like to know what you thought of it, and if we agree on it or not.