SUNNY (2011) MOVIE REVIEW
Sunny (2011)
Last Friday, I
watched this 2011 Korean Movie, Sunny. I watched this movie because of only one
reason: Kang Sora. Yes, Kang Sora, Super Junior Leeteuk’s on-screen wife in “We
Got Married.”
Plot
In the mid-80’s,
under the military dictatorship, Na-Mi (Shim Eun-Kyung), a girl from Jeolla
province moves to Seoul and enrolls in Jindeok Girls School. On her first day
at her new school, she is bullied by other girls because of her dialect but she
is helped by a group of girls with different personalities. First girl is the
outstanding fighter and loya friend, Chun-Hwa (Kang Sora), the girl who badly
desires to have a double-eye lid surgery, Jang-Mi (Kim Min-Young), the foul-mouthed
professor’s daughter, Jin-Hee (Park Jin-Joo), the girl who loves literature,
Geum-Ok (Nam Bo-Ra), the dentist’s daughter who aspires to be Ms. Korea and the
pretty but arrogant, Su-Ji (Min Hyo-Rin). Na-Mi becomes part of their group.
Na-Mi spews swear words she picked up from her grandmother when their group
confronts its arch nemesis known as Sonyeo Sidae (Girls Generation – a popular
Korean girl group of today’s generation). These seven girls with different
personalities formed their own group and named it “Sunny.” They promised to
stay together forever. At an upcoming school event, a very bad thing occurred
leading the girls to go on their own separate ways.
Twenty five years
later, Na-Mi (Yoo Ho-Jeong) is married to a business man and has a daughter.
One day, Na-Mi saw her highschool friend, Chun-Hwa (Jin Jee-Kyung) in a
hospital. The two were very happy to see each other. Chun-Hwa, who is in
terminal stages of cancer, makes a simple request to Na-Mi before she leaves.
Chun-Hwa asks Na-Mi to look up the other members of “Sunny” before she dies.
Insight
The value of
friendship was really seen in this movie. I inevitably thought of my high
school friends while watching this movie. I asked myself “What will happen to
us (me and my high school friends) after twenty five years?” Only God knows the
answer. It is not just a happy reunion of seven high school best friends after
twenty five years but also fulfilling a promise to stay together forever.
Friendship like
love, has a broad definition, and it has many meanings. For some, friends are
someone to talk to at school, friends reside next door and play with you;
friends are people you study with. In this movie, friends are everything. If
one of your friends is hurt you’ll hunt those people who hurt your friend and
you’ll fight for your friend.
High school is the
best. It is the best because all “firsts” happened in high school, first
adolescent crush, first love, first kiss (for other people but not me) and
first whatever.
The importance of
one’s life is also seen in this movie. Na-Mi’s life is almost perfect but there
is still lacking. The search for true happiness and love are the basic
ingredients for our life to blossom.
I remember when my mom
asked me to come with her at her high school reunion, different groups were
still visible and humility is missing. *Off topic* My mom’s Spanish teacher
approached me and asked me “How are you?” and I was like “WTF?!” I just said “I
am your student’s daughter. *smiles*” Before their reunion, they’re bashing
each other in facebook and I said “Come on! You’re grown up people and yet you
still fight?!”
Best Quotes
“We’ll meet again.
If you ignore us because your life is too good, we’ll go and punish you. If you
hide because your life sucks, we’ll go and make it better.” – Chun-Hwa (Kang
Sora)
“You’re the star of
your life.” – Chun- Hwa (Jin Jee-Kyung)
Comment
This movie made me
laugh and cry at the same time.
Great
cinematography. Great actresses.
80’s songs were
great even though I wasn’t born in the 80’s. I love the soundtrack.
Ratings: 8.5/10
Movie Review Link: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/sunny-movie-review-271391
This entry was written 09-16-2012.
Photos credit to the owner.
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