Synopsis
The fashionable Hye-joo is focused on her career at a brokerage house. She's making a decent living, but her co-workers look down on her. Tae-hee is sick of living under the thumb of her domineering father. She spends her time doing volunteer work for a poet with cerebral palsy. Sullen Ji-young lives in poverty with her grandparents and struggles to find work. The girls, close friends in high school, find themselves drifting apart as their adult lives begin to take shape.
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Cast
- Bae DoonaYu Tae-hie
- Lee Yo-wonShin Hye-ju
- Ok Ji-youngSeo Ji-young
- Lee Eun-silBi-ryu
- Lee Eun-juOhn-jo
- Oh Tae-kyungEom Chan-yong
- Kim Hwa-yeongTae-hie's Mother
- Park Seong-geunAssistant Manager Park
- Moon Jeong-heeTeam Leader
- Hwang Seok-jeongPassbook Lady / Beggar Woman
Recommendations
- 90
Los Angeles Times
There is a wonderful natural quality to Jeong's storytelling that is enhanced by cinematographer Young-hwan Choi's graceful camerawork and by a dynamic, contemporary score from M&F. - 80
Village Voice
As rich in incidental detail as it is narratively diffuse. - 80
The A.V. Club
Jeong's movie is at its best when it forgets about everything but the interactions of its cast, whether they're together or communicating via one of Cat's cleverly orchestrated cell-phone scenes. - 80
Variety
Engaging, highly accessible movie that marks a slick feature debut by helmer Jeong Jae-eun. - 75
Chicago Tribune
The film has many strengths, but one of its major assets is its solid sight line. Though we might expect it to go sentimental - with its cute cat, torn families and sympathetic, pretty protagonists - it doesn't. - 70
TV Guide Magazine
Refreshingly serious look at young women whose relative freedom doesn't mean they're particularly free. - 70
L.A. Weekly
Captivating coming-of-age story. - 70
Chicago Reader
Gentle, low-key first feature.
