Review of A Werewolf Boy (2012) by Jason R — 12 Mar 2016

I sincerely liked that "A Werewolf Boy" was a story of friendship between two different people. A feral beast man named Chul-Soo played by K-pop star Song Joong-ki (Rio...so he voiced the Korean dubbed version) finds his way in the life of Sun-yi played by Park Bo-Young (Rio, again they just do some Korean dubbing sometimes).

Sun-yi is a depressed young girl, homeschooled because she has a lung disease, and writes about dark feelings imposing on her life. That life changes when she runs into "wolf boy" and is frightened at first. She doesn't have to get over her fear, but she does so in order to take care of someone who's been clearly orphaned.

Chul-soo's character has very very little dialogue or lines in the movie, but those performances you witness in foreign films can be seen by any sort of audience. I think acting and performance can be judged, but I tend to lean heavy on my critiques with actions then reactions, because a performance I can see.

What I feel is melodramatic pacing. With some sort of moral ambiguity, maybe this movie had all that and nothing more. The full circle makes me think about destiny a little bit, but nobility from animals is a nice plot tool in itself. "A Werewolf Boy" was a good tale about perseverance and letting life grow.