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A young student falls madly in love with a professor's daughter. Promised by the professor that he will let him marry his daughter if he graduates from university with a law degree, the student works hard and finally succeeds. When the time comes for the professor to fulfill his promise, his daughter suddenly announces that she will marry another...

Cha Tae-hyun as  Son Tae-il
Son Ye-jin as  Ju Il-mae
Yoo Dong-geun as  Ju Young-dal
Sung Ji-ru as  Kang Cheol
Ha Joo-hee as  Ji-won
Shin Seung-hwan as  Keum-dong
Park Hyo-ju as  Indifferent woman

Reviews

Desertman84
2003/06/27

Crazy First Love is a comical portrayal of the unforgettable first love, which is part of everyone's life. Through naive but sincere-hearted Son Tae-il, who fights alone for his first love till the end, the true meaning of love is again wakened. Cast and crew members prepared 12 months to complete Tae-il's very own "Defend Your First Love Guide"? and now, through the secrets are ready to be handed down to those who are in need of guidance. His guidance and advices are simply invincible! This summer, every love battle will be won and the first love will be protected!It is a romantic comedy about people experiencing love for the first time in their life. Aside from that, it also presents characters in a funny way on how they take their relationship into the next level. Added to that, it provides the viewer the clear difference between friendship and love. The acting was great in this film. Cha Tae Hyun and Son Ye-jin were effective as the comic characters that are falling in love for the first time in their life. Also, the supporting cast were complementary to the leads' performances. Aside from that, the story has a great theme about love despite of being a romantic comedy.

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Brian Thibodeau
2003/06/28

CRAZY FIRST LOVE (2003) Directed by Oh Jong-rok. Typically overblown tragicomedy that signifies much of what westerners find inaccessible about Korean cinema and, to some extent, the Korean psyche. Let's call this lecture Misogyny and the Posessive, Overgrown Man-Child. To protect the virtue of his daughter (Son Ye-jin), an authoritarian high-school teacher (Yoo Dong-geun) sets - and keeps changing - unreasonable standards for the young slacker (MY SASSY GIRL's Cha Tae-hyn) who has loved her since childhood, then must work WITH him when she grows tired of their constant meddling and surveillance and becomes involved with another man. Korean men do not come off particularly well in this film (but then,that would depend on who you asked). They're either shallow gadflies or control freaks with maturity issues. How fitting, then, that the only way the male filmmakers could rationalize their crazed behaviour in the greater social theme of things is to slap the progressive-minded female lead with myelodysplastic syndrome, the same terminal disease - read punishment - that killed her mother at 18. Faced with her own immortality, and in a scene far, FAR too reminiscent of MY SASSY GIRL, we FINALLY discover why she couldn't be with the man who has gone to insane lengths to win her affection and why she COULD be with a lothario who will one day find happiness with yet another woman.While it's tough to deny the calculation behind emotional scenes like those that end this film - and in Korean cinema scenes like these are legion - one can't shake the feeling that for Korean comedic cinema - indeed MUCH of Korean cinema in general - to truly move on and perhaps capture a larger international audience, Korean filmmakers may need to dispense with a great deal of the contrived, subtly misogynistic heart string manipulation that, ultimately, reinforces dated stereotypes about patriarchy, makes childish men look like pariahs and punishes women for thinking outside the box. People crying on mountaintops (and this film is has one!) are starting to wear thin. See also SEX IS ZERO for a similar treatment of these themes. 3

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krankcolc
2003/06/29

This is a painfully awful film. I've seen worse, but not lately (It's worse than CATWOMAN, even!). I usually find something good to write about in all the Asian films I watch, especially the Korean comedies. This one has absolutely nothing. It's not funny, it's not romantic, and i already have 4 year old that whines all day long, so why would i want to kill nearly 2 more hours of my day listening to a grown man do it. The only saving grace is the lead actress, but unfortunately it is for her beauty and not her acting.Save your dollars for the "better" comedic films like "My Wife is a Gangster", "100 Days with Mr. Arrogant" or even "Please Teach Me English". Your brain will thank you (maybe).

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jhemps_star
2003/06/30

--->> spoiler alert <<---The movie is filled with fun and laughter. Although in the end, (since this was a Korean film), I already expect the smooth flow of drama that really makes me so fond watching Korean Films. It starts with a slight animation about two babies, Il Mae and Tae-il. The two have been best friends ever since Tae-il's mother breastfed Il Mae after her mother died. Her father bestows her to Tae Il, who first has to achieve certain conditions which include getting into university, passing the judicial exams and including the size of his... hahaha!!!Tae-il was always been a trouble-maker. That's probably the reason why Il-mae's dad hesitate to allow him to be with his daughter. Il-Mae's dad which is also Tae-il's teacher has so many condition before he can be with his daughter. Because of that Tae-il was challenge to change his stupid behavior and tries to be serious as he can be until the time that he accomplish his career.Il-mae's character was so mysterious. On the first part of the movie, you'll notice that she really hates Tae-il. Maybe because of his dense attitude. But deep inside she also feel affection for Tae-il no matter who he is. Wherein you will become aware of at the last part. Il-mae's mom died because of a certain disease. Since then she always comprehend and felt so sorry for her dad. She loves her dad so much. She always notice that her dad was in great sorrow about her mom. Unfortunately, she don't like to see Tae-il the same way she sees on her dad. Because she inherited her mom's disease.The ending was so remarkable. It's my favorite part. It's similar to a fairy tale that will find a way to have a blissful ending.

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