This movie follows the romantic entanglements of a shy South Korean guy, 25 years of age, who by chance meets a pretty but bossy girl with whom he (surprise surprise) falls in love with. Though the girl is not quick with expressing her feelings for the boy, she keeps coming back to him, bossing him around and humiliating him every chance she gets. Will they be able to stay together, and will we find out why the girl has such a temper, and what she really feels for the guy? The film is wonderfully acted, though maybe a tad on the long side, seeing as how I started to get annoyed by the girls actions and the passiveness of the guy. No doubt this was intentional. It makes the payoff at the end (the last quarter of the movie) that bit more moving. The movie is very funny, and features some great fantasy bits, based on the movie scripts the girl supposedly wrote.
Often hailed as the best Asian romantic comedy, it still took 14 years to complete a sequel, which is (according to IMDB) set for a 2015 release in South Korea. This, in my honest opinion, is not really a good thing, especially because leading lady Jun Ji-huyn is not reprising her role as the girl. Also, the story of the first film seems finished to me. I have not seen the Hollywood remake of My Sassy Girl, though I mostly read that you should stay away from it and just watch the original.
