Elisha Cuthbert Movie:

		List Price: $27.98		Label: 20th Century Fox Salesrank: 4407 Released: August 26, 2008
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		MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) Media: DVD

My Sassy Girl Reviews:
Great moving film!
2008-09-08 - I have never seen the Korean movie to compare the 2, but I thought this version was wonderful. Albeit a tad slow in the beginning, it picks up right after that. Elisha Cuthbert is wonderful in this, the star of the movie. I was never a huge fan of hers until watching her in this, she shines. The story is powerful and well acted. I thought that this movie had a bit of everything... can make you laugh, make you sad and make you happy. I would definitely recommend seeing it. I am very happy to have it as part of my movie collection.

completely lost in translation....
2008-09-03 - Wow... I loved the korean movie and I thought hey I loved it so I'll give it a chance but this was competely horrendous and it makes me sad that such a great movie was ruined. I really hope everyone just skips this movie and stick to the original.

A wonderful film!
2008-09-01 - Witty, entertaining, and clever--I loved this film. I thought the art direction and overall editting was top notch, and the story was wonderful.
It was devoid of stupid humor, which seems to be all the rage nowadays. That doesn't mean it wasn't funny, though!
Some moments of the movie brought tears to my eyes, and some moments had me laughing. All the moments in between weren't in the slightest way boring, either. I'm real picky about movies, especially those considered to be romantic comedy. This one is very well done.
I'll be watching the original version tonight, and I'll see how they both compare. Till then though, this has got to be one of my favorite films of the summer--right there with Penelope and Charlie Bartlett.

A Wonderful Film
2008-08-26 - This movie was excellent, very charming and entertaining with great acting and directing.

Elisha Cuthbert is PHENOMENAL in this!!!! If you are already a fan of hers then this should be a definite dvd purchase for you. This role is perfect for her and she plays it brilliantly. She's hilarious and very likeable in this and her antics are incredibly amusing. Easily, one of my favorite movie characters ever.

The guy in this was very good and had chemistry with Cuthbert which was important to this movie working.

Writing and directing, top notch. This movie never had a dull moment. I was constantly engaged and entertained, and there were a ton of laughs, mostly provided by Elisha Cuthbert. This movie had an awesome visual style, very pleasing to look at, with some particularly impressive shots throughout.

This is the kind of movie that I will be able to watch over and over again, so a dvd purchase is a must in my case. I really hope this movie catches on and more people give it a shot, because it's definitely one of my favorite films.

A failed attempt at re-making a popular film.
2008-08-24 - Maverick/Vertigo originally got high marks for deciding to remake a very popular Korean film of the same name, but the results were less than fantastic. The targeted audience of teen to twenty-somethings was obvious with two castings of the Bring It On actor Jesse Bradford and the popular 24 daughter Elisha Cuthbert.

The requests for this one were already pouring in because of the original piece, plus the director from the highly rated Love Me if You Dare made his next film. I'll skip the comparisons between the two films and just try this one on its own merit.

The storyline of two young strangers meeting in New York and falling in love appears quite forcefully after a novice storyboard coverage of the main character's early life. Our Cuthbert character plays the strange and mysterious rich girl with a damaged back story we know nothing about. Through the coarse of their strange meetings, dates or whatever you want to call them, all of the teens watching left the room within 20 minutes. I stuck it out to see if this dysfunctional relationship would become believable. It never really does, and as the love story grew painfully more boring and contrived, the middle-aged ladies gave up watching also.

The ending had some heart, but overall the film never materializes into anything enjoyable, believable or rewatchable. The DVD has absolutely nothing extra to it, so between there being no special features whatsoever and a disappointing love story, I had to give it the lower rating.