Lee Seok-Hoon, a famous Korean movie director, has produced another movie called “Dancing Queen” that earned high ratings from the Korean audience. The movie became so popular partly due to the famous cast members, including Uhm Jung-Hwa and Hwang Jung-Min. In this very typical romantic-comedy movie, the director uses humor while tackling the current age and sexual discrimination issue in Korea.
During this film, the audience will laugh and cry together as they watch and relate to how this typical Korean, middle-aged married couple, Jung-Hwa and Jung-Min, slowly achieve their long-lost dreams from their childhood. Jung-Hwa, who once dreamt of becoming a singer, signs a contract to become a celebrity secretly without telling her husband, Jung-Min. She now has to live a double life without getting caught because Jung-Min has become a politician. ]
However, a weak aspect of this movie is its predictable plot. After watching this movie, Angela Shin, a second generation Korean student, said, “The movie had a plot that is overused in the romantic comedies. Still, this film taught me a powerful lesson that made me think about the Korean society today: the director subtly attacks the current problem regarding discrimination in Korea based on age and gender.” As a result, the audience feels a stronger connection to the main characters and feels a sense of hope in their society.
The review was detailed and convincing. Your review provided enough context and detail to support your argument. Especially the quote was supportive. Personally, I have not seen the movie but this review encourages me to see it, despite the predictable plot. Your review could be improved by adding an analysis of elements: acting, costumes, scene set-up etc.
Interesting topic, Ashley! I’ve never heard of “Dancing Queen,” but it sounds like a movie with a good message and theme.
Hi Ashley, you’re article is good–it gives enough summary to intrigue the reader, but not too much so that you give away the entire movie.
You could have commented on the acting, directing, or other aspects of the film to improve the review, though.