In "He Was Cool", what's amazing is how accurate its depiction of how a girl can sap your strength is. During the first half, the cool guy, Ji Eun-Sung, is ordering Ye-Won around, and she grudgingly allows it. Then he has a transformation when he gets wounded in a fight; later there's an explanation about why he never allows people to become close to him. The first half will test your cuteness tolerance. You start wondering whether the film could work better if it toned downed the overwhelming puppy love aspect; and when it does, you wonder why it can't be funny again. The funny scenes in the beginning make it all worthwhile.
Overall it's pretty good, not remarkable, but watchable. It accomplishes what it sets out to be: an average romance comedy of two characters who don't particularly like each other but end up doing exactly that. Like "My Fair Lady". |
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