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Zhaoul
18 people found this review helpful
Apr 21, 2014
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Overall 9.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
I'll start by saying this movie is not for everyone. It has a lot of sexual content, some very violent scenes and can be quite disturbing. The story is very interesting.

What's so great about this movie is you feel like you are watching it through the eyes of Hyun Woo, the schizophrenic. Hyun Woo is searching for inner peace, but he has a beautiful heart. Because of this, your not sure if what you're seeing is really happening or not. There is definitely a message in this movie, but you may need to watch it a few times to fully understand what it's about. Also, there may be many different interpretations of the meaning, and I think they are all valid. I missed a lot the first time I watched this, and appreciated more when I re-watched it. The acting is outstanding. I applaud Jang Hyuk with a standing ovation.

I hesitate recommending this movie because it's so disturbing in parts, I really feel some people with very much dislike it. Because it's confusing and somewhat open ended, some people may not feel satisfied. It really depends on what kind of tolerance you have for oddities.

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purplenette
13 people found this review helpful
Jul 12, 2012
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Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
First of all, I don’t know how I end up watching movies that have a sexually explicit scenes in them. This is twice now.
This is NOT a family movie. This movie was recommended to me and I watched it without even knowing what it was about. I love elephants so the name immediately caught my attention. Anyway, the story is unusual and by the end I wasn’t sure what I had just watched. It is a twisted, artsy movie.
Honestly, I love twisted movies and this was just up my alley, but I’m not sure just anyone would like it. View at your own risk.
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WonByungHoon
4 people found this review helpful
Apr 11, 2013
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Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
wooow i dont even know what to say.htis movie was definately meant to mess with u. so theres three guy friends. one is a schizophrenic who is obessed with some gal from his past and so he takes so many pics and post them on his wall. the other is a sex addict, he is a plastic surgeon with a wife but he just cant help himself. the third one i dint get his addiction except he liked his friend's wife/sister. the story is very interesting i just wished that at the end they would unveil and explain what just happened. i was left wondering and confused but i liked the plot. so was it a dream or not i dint get the end

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Melwill28
4 people found this review helpful
Feb 13, 2013
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Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
Wow what a crazy movie. Nothing made sense. OK it did but u have to understand crazy to get the meaning behind everything. This is not a movie just for entertainment & it sure is not for the family. There was all kinds of crazy in this movie. I don't mean "OMG I can't believe that happened" kind of crazy. I mean mental disorders out the owazoo kind of crazy. It wasn't a bad movie it was just complicated. The characters were complicated b-4 we entered their lives. I think that Korean writers have a knack for creating stories about ppl w/ mental disorders, b/c they can give u a look into what a persons life is like when that person doesn't control themselves with doctor prescribed medication. It is kinda scary. Even though it was all kinds of crazy, I enjoyed it. I can tell u this is not a movie for everybody. If u like complicated & crazy (like I do) then enjoy.

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estar
0 people found this review helpful
Aug 22, 2021
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Overall 5.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
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this is a surreal mind-trip that i have to say, donno if i figured out right - as until the last moment it kept me guessing, if the conclusions i came too were right or i needed medication to "get" this movie.

ironically a while back wanted to watch this cause of the loft scene, though this was the original, to a remake i saw (The Loft 2014) made in the US. and watching this - it so isn't! it might have started out similar with the paranoid Hyun Woo, wiping down his loft that had evidence of bloody violence's on him and in that place - getting ride of evidence while the cops were at his door - but that's about it.. everything else goes off the deep end and u always wondering "is this really happening" or is everything in Hyun Woo's mind. slowly started to wonder if the original gf he couldn't get over - did she exist? did Jun Hyuk, who seemed to disappear into thin air never to be heard of again (well his body - idk just confused)¯\_(ツ)_/¯

this is ok for a one off and nobody does crazy better then Jang Hyuk - so acting was stop on by the lot. i could care less about the erotica / nudity / sex-scenes as the psychological mind-f*ck was enough to not make it even register. plus it went to further Min Suk's character and justify Su Yeon's action (which aint justifiable, but the whole group was just messed-up. and there was no real backstory offered, to explain everyone psychosis - so left confused).

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Jing CJ
1 people found this review helpful
Feb 10, 2016
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
So if you are tired of the same old plastic perfect dramas. Tired of seeing these pretty oppas and wonder what else is there under those sexy eyes and beautiful cloths. If you can handle something dark - this movie gave me a dose of a balm that soothe my oppa addiction. It was satisfying to see what might lurk behind the shiny veneer of a beautiful man.

I hope next time I feel a terrible oppa thirst after watching shows like Healer or YWCFS - i will turn to this movie for a bit of thirst quencher. Clink! Clink!!
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