Review of I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) by M W — 18 Nov 2009
A weird, very slow, and not terribly insightful movie. Park's movies often seem to be unable to focus on a main conflict in the story. There's no one big problem that needs to be resolved for the ending.
[This girl thinks she's a cyborg so she won't eat, the doctors can't get her to eat. This other patient, through his own insanity convinces her to eat. Was that the conflict? I don't think so. The solution was too anticlimactic. Figuring out what her grandmother said the meaning of existence is, was that the conflict? Well if it was they didn't resolve it. Becoming mentally stable and leaving the institution? No. Fixing her sour relationship with her mom? No. Learning that she's not cyborg? No.].
As a result it suffers because it's just not satisfying. Though I will say as always the soundtrack and cinematography are great and the characters are interesting.
Though, having a protagonist who is so lacking of any good attributes besides being pitiful and cute is the very thing that always makes me stop watching movies like this for months at a time.
This review of I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) was written by M W on 18 Nov 2009.
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK has generally received positive reviews.
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