Monday 23 March 2009

I'm A Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) 7/10

Starring : Su-jeong Lim, Rain, Hie-jin Choi
Director : Park Chan-wook
Running Time : 108 mins

When her grandmother is committed to an insane asylum, Young-goon (Lim) in turn starts to believe that she might be a cyborg and checks herself into a home where she stops eating and begins to die because of her belief that she only needs batteries to survive. In the home she meets a young man named Il-sun (Jung), an apparent kleptomaniac who tries to help her by getting her to eat again.

This is a very stylish movie which is filled with some great visual ideas and some wonderful performances from all the characters involved. Lim and Jung make a wonderful couple, though it's never really established if Jung's character is really mentally ill, as I felt he was just playing off the emotions of the other mental patients. Sadly the ending felt a little rushed, and I'd have liked to see some better reolution to the piece.

You’ll like this if you liked : Girl, Interrupted

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