Sweet & Sour (2021)

Loved that this movie's ending caused such havoc online!!
Because the ending is realistic and she the female lead - PROUDLY made the right choice.

Shocked, annoyed and simply disappointed that the main lead did NOT ONCE mention his girlfriend the ENTIRE time. With every encounter he had with his work co-worker. - That's SHADY behavior already.

Also that old security guard setting them up like that is just unnecessary - like your trying to live out your fantasies through younger , better looking young men and push pressurize them into doing the dirty so you can feel some second hand ooemmph.

LOVED the sweet and kindhearted boy she took with her to Jeju Island - this just proves that its NOT about the way someone looks (which it seems is EXTRA important in KDrama culture). Its about the way they treat and respect you. Love is an ACTION word!!

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I'm still not entirely sure how I feel about this movie even almost a day after watching it. The story and twists were something I did not see coming and had me rethinking everything I had just watched.

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The way this movie is laid out, I thought that she had fallen in love with him and he lost weight for her and it was the same guy the entire time. Skip ahead... we're all in a huge hidden twist.

Hyuk was likable and funny in the spots that we got to know him at his job and he definitely tried to make an effort with Da Eun. He was coming back home every night to see her, granted it was just to sleep, but he made that commute and took the time to do that for her. It was hard to like him during the pregnancy scenes because of how obviously detached he was from the whole entire situation. It's also around the same time that it becomes obvious how much he likes Bo Yeong. It's also hard to watch their relationship knowing that Da Eun is an hour away working while him and a co-worker are flirting. He shouldn't have given in so easily to the flirtation and temptation of another woman before fully breaking it of with Da Eun.

Speaking of her, her character was incredibly likable and sweet in the beginning. She was a nurse that went above and beyond to make sure her patients got the best care and healed quickly. In the scenes after the beginning, she becomes incredibly cold to Hyuk and you can tell that the shift of him getting a job in the city was huge in their relationship. During their long distance relationship, she doesn't really put in too much of an effort and wants him to do all of the work and help even though he is commuting to work. During the pregnancy, she also is so detached and I couldn't tell if she was even excited at all about it. She tells him to go wait in the car and seems stressed talking about it at all, even when she was depressed afterwards.

This all makes sense towards the end, after Hyuk mistakenly called Da Eun Bo Yeong's name, the two split up and go separate ways because Da Eun senses that he is cheating on her. Months go by and he begins a relationship with Bo Yeong as they finish their project for the city. He goes to meet up with Da Eun who hasn't cancelled their vacation to Juju Island yet and changes her name to insinuate meeting him. When he arrives at the airport he sees Da Eun and goes for an embrace, where he bumps into a man... The man from the very beginning.

It turns out the entire time almost Da Eun was cheating on Hyuk already. She had met Hyeok at the hospital and slowly fell in love with him and started inviting him over at night. Their relationship stretched out even after Da Eun and Hyuk break up. He is the guy she's planning on going to Juju Island with and that's what they end up doing. Hyuk curses and goes back to Bo Yeong who he confesses he has feelings for, he asks for her hand in marriage and she says she isn't ready for that yet. It basically ends on that note of things and had me really conflicted on if I liked it or not.

I couldn't like either character at all really, I felt for Da Eun until the end when it showed she was actually cheating on Hyuk first and then it clicked as to why she seemed so cold and detached around him. It made me rethink everything like why she aborted their baby, which is probably because it was Hyuek's, why she blamed him for abandoning said baby when she was literally cheating on him behind his back, and made me just feel so icky for the both of them.

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Misleading trailer...AGAIN

The Asian drama world is notorious for creating trailers that are completely and totally misleading, as seen here yet again. The trailer makes this movie look like a rom-com, but in reality, it's just meh - it's not fun or comical, more of a melo. The ending is a true twist that I 100% did not see coming, which was cool, but at the same time, by the end of the movie I was kind of like, "ugh, what a messed up relationship."

To be completely transparent: I am really not the intended audience for this kind of movie. It's about adultery, which I just don't find entertaining at all. And while my best friend told me it likely wasn't my speed, I wanted to watch it because... THE TRAILER...ugh you K-drama useless trailers. >.<

I wouldn't recommend Sweet & Sour to really anyone.

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genuinely entertaining

despite the low ratings from a lot of people i actually enjoyed watching it ! it was a fun lighthearted movie to watch and i admit it was a waste because the casts were so good but the plot was rather disappointing (even though i enjoyed it). just thought they could've done so much more with the casts. a wasted potentiaaal.

the climax was literally unimpactful i would've preferred if she slapped him or something instead of a fight in the middle of a drivethru . which wasn't even resolved by thee way. i SAW the vision the team who worked on this movie had but in a way i feel like it would be better if it was a 3ep drama since i felt like there were sm things lacking in between the chemistry of the characters & the characters themselves. i get their main focus but the little things count too.

as for the twist @ the end , tbh i expected it since they never clarified the timeline for it. it just sucks because i know they both still have unresolved feelings for each other i would've preferred if they had closure on that. also > where did the baby go < ... its funny because the lack of attention and affection and the distance adding on to their relationship was what lead to searching for attention from someone else & receding feelings for each other. also the writers never showed how in love they were !! it would've add sm more flavor and angst ! ugh

nevertheless i see myself rewatching this movie because the leads are very hot people and im just a bad movie enjoyer. if you have time to watch it then go ahead but you wouldn't rlly miss out on anything if you don't watch it ( except vry hot people working tgt )

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Neither sweet nor sour but bitter

It took me time to digest the plot twist at the end after watching it because only the plot twist will make you think about the movie or else everything is tasteless here.

Can't blame them too cause the trailer was clearly potraying how the movie will be so it's just another romcom k-movie with way too simple plot. The jacket scene was funny and I couldn't understand what's the role of that mysterious man here maybe it was his conscience. You keep doubting on soobin's innocence. Jang ki yong's expressions are improved; and that breakup scene was so good I felt cheated by my nonexistent bf in that scene lol

So if you have some time to spend and you don't want to watch something heavy so you can watch it.

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It was better than I expected

I won't lie. It was better than I thought, in fact I don't trust korean movies they're always randome, but this one , this one surprise me, it was a good slice of life movie with a beautiful plot twist, I truly enjoy it.

In fact, I was going to get mad, but the ending made me relax. For me, I find these kinds of movies useful for daily life. People should be more rational in relationships.

People should stop reading reviews before watching anything. They will definitely affect you no matter what, so make sure to watch first, then see what other people think.

I will absolutely recommend this movie.

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A confusing, blood boiling movie.

Before I start, warning there will be some spoilers here and there so if you are planning on watching this movie and want to be surprised don't read this.

Let me start off with the good things I liked about this movie. I loved the realistic aspect of marriage that was in this movie. Watching it I was very impressed by how they made this movie a great portrayal of modern day couple. I also loved the acting because I never wanted to punch a character more than I wanted to punch Jang‑hyuk in this movie, god damn he made my blood boil.Which leads me to the bad things of this movie.


First of all, Jang‑hyuk you never thought to think once to tell people at your work or just Han Bo‑yeong that you are married. Y'all were flirting and dropping hints back and forth, but not only to put a red line but to just let her know that you are married even if she was fine with it, you still had to tell her. Second of all Jang‑hyuk is such a horrible husband, he never once asked her how she was doing or if everything was good with her.He came back from work and complained about how she asks him to take out the trash, Well no shit your married, both partners need to work together in order to have a healthy relationship.

The ending, I didn't think it was that bad honestly I was pretty satisfied with it. I loved how he realized that he made a big mistake leaving her, and went back for her, but karma was doing its job he had it coming. And I'm not taking her side, neither of them did the right thing but I think it happened for the best like if they continued their relationship I don't think they would be that happy or satisfied, They were cute when they dated but I think the ending was for the best for both of them. Hope this helped.

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you either like it or hate it.

I feel like this is one of those movies that you'll either really like or be left thinking "wtf did I just waste my time on?" I technically fall into the second category lol. I feel like the movie was trying to do one thing and then just had a personality switch towards the end (the last 10 mins that everybody is talking about) and from a storytelling perspective -- like I know what they were trying to do and I would have actually loved it if the transition was a little bit more seamless. But like I said you spent the entire movie in kind of this slow paced, somber mood and then bam! total reveal and I'm like WHY COULDN'T WE SEE THE QUIRKY HUMOR THE WHOLE MOVIE? I mean I guess they really wanted you to believe it was something it wasn't to increase the shock factor, it just fell flat on it's face for me. Which sucked because I was actually somewhat invested in the story line which I didn't expect to be.

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