My Sassy Girl

2008

Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance

24
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 50% · 4 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 50% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 20876 20.9K

new york city romantic comedy romcom remake

Plot summary

A guy has his life planned out until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman.

Director

Yann Samuell Photo
Yann Samuell

Top cast

Elisha Cuthbert Photo
Elisha Cuthbert as Jordan Roark
Wayne Wilcox Photo
Wayne Wilcox as Bar J. Waiter
Eliyas Qureshi Photo
Eliyas Qureshi as NYC Taxi Cabby
Don Sparks Photo
Don Sparks as Security Officer
720p.WEB
875.79 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 35 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jlearned3 7 / 10

Forget your former love

(Spoilers) So, we have a film about a woman who can't let go of her first love, whom she obviously idealized. She subsequently struggles to accept a new suitor for what he is in his own terms. Instead, she wants him to magically become the old guy. It's more than ironic that so many of the critiques of this film do exactly that—fail to judge it on its own terms. So maybe your former lover really was superior, maybe Jordan's ex was better than Charlie, and, yes, maybe the original Korean version of this film was better than the American remake. I can accept that. But judge this film on its own terms, please. The way the plot unfolds – without my spoilers – allows the oddities of its characters to go unexplained until near the end. In retrospect I found Jordan's character and behavior quite plausible. Similarly, Charlie is a bit two-dimensional at first, but then what do you expect from French Lick, Indiana – an artsy guy like Larry Bird? The guy's ambition is to go into corporate agricultural, after all. There really are people like that. This mysterious girl lures him into something more alive, to use his term. She gains depth in retrospect, once we understand her, and he gains depth because of her. The plot is simply instinctive love exerting a force that carries two young lovers through well-placed doubts and formidable emotional perils. Not terribly original—perhaps even trite, but I liked it. Restrained as I once was by dull ideals, I strongly identified with Charlie's simultaneous resistance and compulsive attraction to this vector- deficient girl who takes over his life. Several times I told him to run fast and far. Yet, although I couldn't understand why, instinct told us to stay. Based on the alleged quality of the original film, this remake of My Sassy Girl probably could have been a masterpiece, but this film is just fine in its own right. I take issue with much of what Hollywood does, including falling short in remakes, bringing every film to a cliché ending, and grossly overstating the presumed wealth of most characters – none of my physician friends live in anything near the multi-floor Manhattan mansion that the doctor, maybe 15 years out of med school – inhabits. With all its flaws, however, My Sassy Girl pleasantly filled an evening and made me smile.
Reviewed by raulfaust 7 / 10

Love Ironies

First I have to say I haven't heard or seen the original version, so I'm not making any comparison to that one. "My Sassy Girl" tells a story of a lonely guy which meets an apparently crazy girl on the subway, and in a strange way they get to know each other. Both main characters are portrayed by two great actors, which makes the movie becomes more involving. One thing that called my attention is that I indeed laughed in many scenes, including the hockey one. That's incredible, given that I hardly laugh in a romantic comedy-- I usually find them dumb. Sadly, after the one hour mark it appeals to the old clichés we're tired of. This is why-- and only why-- I don't give it a higher rating. Good romantic comedy indeed.
Reviewed by dmasursky 7 / 10

Good not great

First, let me say that I didn't know this was a remake of a Korean film, so this review will not be a comparison of the two movies, it just discusses the merits of this one.I wanted to like this movie, partly because I really like Jesse Bradford, but mostly because I really love offbeat romantic comedies, and this certainly qualifies as that. I did like this movie, but I didn't love it.I think it gets better in the second half, especially after you find out more about Jordan's character. Before you understand her, she's just a really annoying person, and I couldn't imagine what this kind and gentle young man could possibly see in her.I think this movie works, but it's pretty far along the continuum of offbeat. I wouldn't discourage people from seeing this, but if you've read this far, I'll make a pitch for some offbeat romances that I liked better: Maze (2000) with Rob Morrow and Laura Linney, Dedication (2007) with Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore (don't scoff, she was great in this), Elvis and Anabelle (2007) with Max Minghella and Blake Lively. Check out all 4 of these, if you like romance without the cookie-cutter Hollywood banalities.
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