Review of I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) by Nickie L — 24 Oct 2008
From South Korean director Chan-wook Park, best known for his more violent offerings like Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) and Oldboy (2003), comes this surprisingly sweet and VERY offbeat romantic comedy!! :O It has Cha Young-goon (Su-jeong Lim), a young woman who starts to think she's a cyborg.
She's committed to a mental hospital, where she refuses to eat, as cyborg's don't eat, but she soon falls for fellow patient Park Il-sun (Rain), a young man who hops around wearing a rabbit mask, and he believes he can steal people's souls.
It's a very simple story, but it's beautifully made, and it's a surprising change of direction for Chan-wook Park, but it's a very welcome one all the same, although there are a couple of moments of excessive violence we've come to expect from him, but ultimately, it is a very sweet and innocent love story, think One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest reimagined by someone like Jean-Pierre Jeunet or Michel Gondry, and you have the idea!! ;).
This review of I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (2006) was written by Nickie L on 24 Oct 2008.
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK has generally received positive reviews.
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