The acting was excellent -Loved the girl that played Boeun, Sangmin was really funny, and just everyone added so much to the movie.
The music was fine, but nothing overly special.
Rewatch value is excellent because it was so funny, the relationships were great, and everyone was just so good in this movie.
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Must watch!
Okay, I’m in love with this movie!!! I’ve watched it over 5 times and I can’t get over it!! It’s so cute!! Now I know what most people are thinking. “Omg that’s so gross! How can a 15 year old and a teacher get married and live together!?”.Listen, it’s not as inappropriate as it sounds!
1. They were forced by his grandfather as his last wish.
2. They didn’t do anything too bad with each other.
3. They grew up with each other so they have seen, heard, and smelled (you know what I mean😂) everything about each other! It’s nothing new or unusual to them! (Which is why they’re more friendlier with each other then most people would be).
I really want people to give this movie a chance because I can GUARANTEE you will love it!! And if by chance you don’t like it, then move on. You didn’t pay to watch it so it’s fine!
This will forever be my ultimate favorite movie out of all movies of every culture, race, and language I’ve ever seen put together.
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Can't believe I watched this bcuz of a reel
The worst movie I've ever watched but considering the year it came out I didn't rate it strictly (if it wasn't a movie I wouldn't definitely dropped it even before finishing ep1)I was going to put 2.5 but made it 4 since I like the main cast and considering the fact that this movie was released before I was born so I couldn't judge it objectively
The only things I liked about it are : The ML who still looks the same as if he aged at once then stopped. Then the FL who looks so cute here NO MORE NO LESS
Anyway I don't recommend it to people who don't like old movies like me
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My Little Bride is a film built around a question it never answers.
The premise is simple: a 15-year-old girl is forced to marry an older man because of a promise made by their grandparents years ago.What surprised me is not the age difference itself, but how little the story actually needs it.
If the heroine were a university student, the plot would remain almost unchanged. She could still be in love with the baseball player. He could still have romantic interests of his own. They could still be trapped in a marriage neither of them wants.
The film spends a great deal of time watching them live together, share a house, and navigate married life. Yet it never provides a convincing reason why the heroine specifically has to be a high school student.
The same problem applies to the marriage itself. There is no inheritance, no family business, no meaningful consequence attached to refusing it. The entire plot rests on the stubbornness of a grandfather, which feels surprisingly weak for a story built entirely around that decision.
This is why I found myself questioning the premise more than enjoying the comedy. The film relies heavily on a situation that attracts attention, but never fully justifies it within the narrative.
The strangest thing about My Little Bride is that the more you analyze it, the less you need the bride to be "little."
A very memorable premise supported by a surprisingly fragile foundation.
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Rare modern arranged marriage
8/10 is my rating. This is a 2004 South Korean romance movie 115 minutes in length.The movie is about a 16 year old high school student and the boy she grew up around. Both the girl Bo-eun (Moon Geun-young) and the boy Sang-min (Kim Rae-won) really love the grandfather enough to grant his wish to see them married before he dies. Their marriage also fulfills a pact Sang-min’s grandfather and Bo-eun’s grandfather’s made with each other during the Korean War which was to unite their families through marriage. Bo-eun wants to please her grandfather but, despite the marriage, continues with her high school life by dating her crush, the school’s star baseball player, Jun woo. Sang-Min actually loves his young wife and ignores her hurtful behavior realizing she is extremely young and was not ready for marriage. Things are further complicated when Sang-min does an art internship at Bo-eun’s school and the two agree to hide their relationship. Over time Sang-min’s patience and kindness toward Bo-eun to cause her feelings of resentment fade and she remembers the love she felt for the boy that was always b her side.
Spoiler 🚨 I really liked this and thought it was cute for what it was. In movie form the story felt very rushed but I am more used to the deep character development and evolutions that occur in tv series. My mother was 15 and my father 18 when they married and I married my husband at 18 so that part was not strange for me at all. Just 35 years ago it was not at all strange even in the western world to have a young woman date or marry someone several years older. I saw Moon Geu-young in “Mary Stayed Out All Night” and enjoyed her performance in that role as well. Seeing this one cleared up why she is known as “Korea’s Little Sister“ as she did seem incredibly young in this one. I enjoyed it despite it feeling rushed.
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You can't compare it to today's movies because of that 14 yrs gap and at that time Korean film making was not as good as what it is now. The only thing i didn't like in this movie was that, movie was only revolving around the main leads. It is the right thing to do, but that would have been much better if they had shown about characters too.
Overall i'm giving it 7.5/10 this is not the best movie but definitely worth a shot.
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Felt Like a Rough Draft
I liked the ending. The problem is that story was too often choppy. The story premise is a good one but the script often left potential humor on the table unexploited. The execution lacks the polish we start to routinely see some 10+ years later.An example is an early scene after they just got married and the young unconsummated couple in formal clothes are sharing an evening celebration dinner with both sets of parents. It comes time to retire to a back bedroom - one bedroom. The groom, a bit tipsy, seizes and carries the teen bride to the bedroom, and falls onto the bed, a small bed. This is just one obvious situation that this story with this set up has to confront and we the audience can see it coming and are anticipating an answer, likely comedic, as to how the couple will get through the night. But like someone starting a good joke and then denying us the punch line, the scene just ends with them very briefly tussling on the bed. The next scene the husband is dropping his teen wife off at her high school. What happened? Just how did they manage to get through the night?
Early on it's made clear that she's 16, the age of consent, before the two are forced to marry to satisfy the last wishes of their grandfathers.
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This did not age well.. ?
This is not the worst Kdrama I’ve watched, but boy.. was it hard to get through..Aside from the main theme being a 16 yr old high school student marrying a 23 yr old playboy, there were other issues as well..
The way the family accepted their daughter being married off at 16 was crazy.. at least wait til she’s not a minor! The manipulation by grandpa was not cool and showed zero care for the feelings, life goals, or thoughts of the couple..
The storyline would have been much more believable if they got married with the understanding that he would stay abroad doing whatever it was he was doing before, and she would finish high school and graduate college. Then he comes back to Korea, after they’ve both had a taste of life (without stunting her childhood, and he could hopefully become mature enough for a committed relationship) Then it seems like they would have a fighting chance, with no regret later in their marriage for the things they gave up while fulfilling grandpa’s wishes..
This is not a re-watch for me..
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(Music is 1 because I can't remember what the music was like.)
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QUE MENINA IRRITANTE MEU DEUS DO CÉU
O nível de irritação que eu passei assistindo esse filme não foi brincadeira não, a Seo Bo Eun é tão mais tão irritante que estragou toda a experiência para mim.Um enredo de casamento arranjado e implicância é sempre promissor e divertido, mas os excessos que tivemos nesse projeto foi pavoroso para mim.
É natural que uma menina de 15 anos seja imatura, mas além de imatura a Seo Bo Eun é egoísta e briguenta, foram esses fatores que fizeram dela uma personagem ruim para mim. Ela estava casada e achou de bom tom ter um namorado pelas costas do marido (mesmo sendo um casamento de mentira existia carinho entre eles e carinho é respeito), gritava e era ríspida o tempo todo, não considerava os sentimentos dele e muitas vezes não se importava.
O Park Sang Min por outro lado é engraçado e genuíno, ele é a alma da relação, mas tudo sempre dava errado e era mais difícil para ele enquanto a Park Sang Min ficava com todas as partes boas. Não era justo.
O final pareceu forçado e apressado, não me convenceu.
Mas fora isso, mais ou menos da metade para o final tiveram alguns momentos divertidos de se acompanhar com a relação deles evoluindo.
Simplesmente no geral não funcionou para mim.
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