My Tutor Friend (Classic KDrama Review)

This film is a classic.

Genre:  Romance, School

Released Date: February 2003

 

*****

Cast:

• Kim Ha-neul – Choi Su-wan
• Kwon Sang-woo – Kim Ji-hoon
• Gong Yoo – Lee Jong-soo

This film is a laugh out loud drama with stellar cast (see above).

Though it was released in 2003, it has easily stood the test of time.

15 years had hardly touched the above thee actors.  They look the same, they have hardly aged.  The only change is in their popularity.  They are more famous and proven their acting prowess.

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Anyway the story is about Suwan (kim Ha Nuel) having been forced by her mother to tutor Kim Ji Hoon, the son of her mother’s affluent friend.

Suwan was very reluctant at first as she had had it with tutoring hormonal and temperamental boys but her mother reminded her that she needed the money more than ever as her father was currently in between jobs.

Suwan was right to be wary of Kim Ji Hoon.  He just came back from studying abroad. He was spoilt and pugnacious.  He was a very good fighter, an able pugilist, that Jong Soo, the leader of a high school gang hated him so much.   Gong Woo was hilarious as Lee Jong Soo.

Though he was in his final year in high school, Ji Hoon had been at it for the last three years.  And at 21 he was as old as Suwan who was in her second year in college.

Suwan tried her very best to tutor him but he was not receptive.  During their tutoring time, he would  often escape through his bedroom window to engage with more fights or go on dates.

Suwan would be there in his room waiting for him, sometime forced to cover for him.

He noticed how dependable she was that he started to look at her differently.

Unfortunately for him she had a crush on someone else.

But being a film, it can’t be too complicated so in the end Suwan lost out to God as her crush opted to become a priest.

In the end Jong Soo and Suwan fell for each other.  So cute.  Jong Soo turned out to be a rather jealous boyfriend.

This film is an undemanding movie.  The characters are lovable, even the baddies are tolerable.

I highly recommend it.