Movie Review: A Werewolf Boy

A Werewolf Boy (2012) is a South Korean melodrama that is written and directed by Sung Hee Jo. The movie is starring Song Joong Ki as Cheol Soo and Park Bo Young as young Kim Suni.

PLOT
Kim Suni, an elderly woman in sixites living in the USA, recieves a phone call from Korea about her old family house being in sale. Returning to her old house and stay the night with her grand-daughter Eun Joo recall her old memories 47 years ago when she was a young girl.

She moved to the house with her mother and sister because of her lung problems. The Kims actually lived in poverty, especially after their father died. With the mercy of their father business colleague, Ji Tae, bought the house for the Kims located in the village which only lived three families. Her weak health condition made Suni, the beautiful yet introverted, lived with no friend at all. 

One night in the new house, Suni felt a shadow appear in the window. The next day she discovered there was actually a living boy around 19 with strange condition. Beggar-like, smelly, couldn't speak at all, always hungry, eat wildly, and having a high body temperature reach up to 46 degrees celcius. He was unidentified at all.

Even though the boy considered as wild and unidentified, Suni's kindhearted mother adopted him and named him Cheol Soo. She also thought that he was one of 60.000 orphaned children during the war.

At first Suni considered him as a nuisance, but after she tried to train him with dog-training-manual she found that he was totally fun. She taught him how to wait for meal, to write, to wear clothes, to speak, and other normal behaviours so he looked like a normal young 19 boy. This happened perfectly and changed Suni became more cheerful. All three families were happy with the existence of Cheol Soo. Ji Tae knew this and envied Cheol Soo, because his lust of Suni. 

Day by day passed, Kim Suni and the wild beast Cheol Soo became very close each other. Suni opened her heart, and they began to fall in love. But their relationship became so hard with the existence of Ji Tae. He made troubles for all people in the village. This made Cheol Soo felt threatened and his wild side appear, soon he changed into a werewolf boy. Ji Tae made this as a reason to kill Cheol Soo, so Suni and him could be together. 

Suni didn't give her best up immediately. She and Cheol Soo kept trying to be together, but the power of Ji Tae destroyed all of their best. Many hard things hit them. For all the people safe, especially Cheol Soo, Kim Suni decided to leave Cheol Soo and the village. She promised Cheol Soo that she will come back and asked him to wait for her.

The memories playing in Suni's head. Then in the middle of the night, she walk through the house and come to the very first place when she found Cheol Soo. 

She find him there. Nothing changes in him, stay young and cute just like the last time she left him in the forest. But now he can speak. This touch the deepest heart of Kim Suni. They cherish the memories for a night before Suni leave him for real. 

In the morning, Kim Suni with her grand-daughter Eun Joo go back to the city. Suni decided to go back to USA and keep the house, the trade is canceled. I guess she want to keep the house because of the memory with Cheol Soo.

MY OPINION

I think the movie is awesome. It spell the audience for 122 minutes. The movie really touched my deepest heart and made my tears wash my eyes as well. It brought me up at first and fall me down hardly at last. I think this is the best melodrama that I've ever watched. Highly reccomended, especially for you who loves romance, comedy, and sad story.

Happy watching :) 

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