Dulce y Amargo (2021)

This review will be very subjective...
in short, I did not like it at all. Sure, it's realistic, but it's just not it.
I felt its useless and a waste of time. I did not like the plot, and I was anticipating much more than what I got... it definitely was not satisfying...
Could've been better... it had much more potential.. I wish the story was written differently.
now im writing more because it wont let me submit my review unless its 500 characters.
lol
I already wrote what I wanted to say...
And to the previous review that said its a waste of good actors, I 1000000000000% agree.

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Realistic but genuinely boring!

I looked forward to this one but was kinda disappointed.

PLOT
Relationships should never be too sweet nor too sour. Because if you're too "sweet" you can be taken granted and if too "sour" misunderstandings and all that stuff. The focus of the movie was "modern relationships" but I don't think the movie could do much justice to it. This story is kinda realistic but boring the start of the movie was good and hilarious but rest of the plot felt empty and boring till the very end. There was nothing surprising or wow except that plot twist lol it really got me but that made the characters even MORE pathetic!

ACTING
As always Chae Soo Bin did a great job. Jang Ki Yong was pretty much good too. Krsytal 's acting kinda felt exaggerated in a scene or two. Rest all sub cast members were good to HAHA. Tho they couldn't save this messy drama they did good job! BUT IT'S WASTED POTENTIAL DEFINITELY.

MUSIC? Did they actually had any lol.

CINEMATOGRAPHY
I think some parts were really shoot well.

OVERALL. Will I watch this AGAIN? DEFINITELY NOT i watched this first time itself in 2x speed lol. This is one time watch. This ain't a must watch but it has some good moments.
If you have free time then watch something good rather than this!

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Love it

I like this movie because it is realistic and believable. Real love is not what we usually see in dramas. Romance is imperfect. I loved this version of what that means. The story was cleverly illustrated to sympathise with all four main characters, so taking sides is pretty difficult. I found the ending quite interesting, and not expected at all. I was almost thrown off by the rewind, but since nothing changed and it was used to add detail, it was okay. I think it was a bit unnecessary though, as most viewers would have understood the meaning. Either way, it's a good film that casts a shadow on love.

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Good Story Ruined By Unnecessary Twist

This was an enjoyable movie up until the last 10-15 minutes. Instead of having a mellow, thoughtful and sincere ending, Sweet & Sour blindsides you with an unnecessary twist that changes your entire viewing experience (most likely for the worst). While some people might see it as unique or creative, I strongly disagree. This should've been a slow-burn romance/melodrama about a woman desperately searching to reignite an old flame with her partner who isn't in tune with her and her emotions. In some ways, that's what you get to see but it's done very unsatisfyingly. For one, the ML simply isn't a sympathetic character. On the other hand, the FL is almost without flaw while the SFL has absolutely no personality aside from eating hamburgers and fries all day. There's not much of a push-and-pull relationship between the ML and the two female characters either. Not like the trailer implies. I'm frustrated because there's so many things this movie could've done that it didn't do. There's some symbolic moments here and there, but what it's saying as a whole isn't new or even interesting for that matter. The acting and soundtrack is pretty good, and Sweet & Sour is definitely rewatchable but not for the right reasons. It's slightly above average for me.

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Pure exposition of wasteful "SUPPOSITION OF REALISTIC" relationships

The story is niche and extremely reliant on the supposed "plot twist" - hence the low rewatch value.
This is not even a romance film God! No Character Development and the relationships made in the end are all toxic even the FL's. I was rooting for the 1st guy only to end up disappointed by the end because of his sad fate.
Both the leads are shit people. However I find the FL more obnoxious. Lots of people in the comment section paints the ML to be the more trashy but they are both similar TBH.

The ML was trashy sure! But he made an effort of going back and forth thru traffic and borderline illegal working conditions to meet the FL. This does not justify the cheating (debatable), the indifference, abortion and whatnot but there's an effort being made. He at least also tried to resist the temptation and only curb to it after the break up.

The FL on the other hand (sighs). I pity the other guy - I was hooked by the film initially because of their cute romance (only to find out that he's just a "rebound guy"). I mean she's outright cheating by the end. She did not even tried to visit the ML at least once in Seoul during the fall out. She did not even exert any effort whatsoever. Of course both of them eventually gave up but still.

In summary I don't even know the genre of this film. It did not have any sort of message. It's confuse of what it wants to do. In fact it's kind of pointless. What are we suppose to get out from it? Both leads never got any character development. They just are the way they are from start to finish. Sighs.

To be fair its entertaining.
"It's Fun but it's Pointless" and not in a good way

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Special

A movie starting as a comedy with many sweet points (e.g. nurse kissing the bag of saline fluid and telling the patient that it is a special treatment for his faster recovery), with the right cast (don't only look at the leads, the mom and dad and the hospital room mates, and the head nurse, ... just great), turns into a tragedy as everything is collapsing.
Or so it seems.
The movie maker had fooled us all along!
You have to watch it again to look at the details: when the ring went missing, when this and that.
A masterpiece, including the very matching musing to the moment when the mask fell and the truth became revealed.
One question, which I don't see people asking, and my answer is a nay: did she get the abortion? I think she got to keep the child, and the folks who give poor ratings to this movie completely missed the personality of the nurse.

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Wow a waste of 1 hour and 47 minutes

PLOT

The story had so much potential to be good but it lost it on the way . You would think the story is about a couple that breaks up but it a whole other story . And it's just every where. Like the female lead gets pregnant but she ends up losing the baby and they don't even touch on that subject . You hear about it when the main couple fights towards the end .

CHARATERS
. THE FEMAL LEAD HAS NO GROUND . SHE IS SO WEAK THAT ITS IS SO BAD.SHE MAKES YOU WANT TO SLAP HER ACROSS THE FACE SO THAT SHE CAN WAKE UP . AND SHE FALLS IN LOVS SO EASILY (just be sick and treat her good and she falls in love with you )
MALE LEAD WHERE DO I EVEN BEGIN . THAT MAN IS A WALKING RED FLAG . THE FACT THST HE COULD NOT TELL HIS GIRLFRIEND THAT HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME AT WORK AND JUST BE HONEST THAT HE WAS NOT HAPPY ABBOUT THE FACT THAT THEY WHERE ABOUT TI HAVE CHILD WAS SO CHILDISH. AND HE COLULD NOT TELL HIS FEMALE CO WORKER TJAT SHE HAD A LADY IN HIS LIFE WAS ALSO WRONG . THINK HE DOES NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING ALONE THAT IS WHY HE JUMPS FROM ONE GIRL TO THE OTHER .


CONCLUSION.
DONT WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS MOIVE IT WILL ONLY MAKE YOU MAD . BAD BAD BAD

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This is not a simple romance.

If you are looking for something fairytale-ish or you're watching "My Roommate Is a Gumiho" and thought that this film would be the candy that you need in your life... I'm sorry. THIS IS NOT A ROMANCE! That's said, let's beginning.

"Sweet and Sour" tells the love story of Jeong Da Eun (Chae Soo Bin), a nurse that works very hard but found out the sweetness in the little things of her life. One of them is Jang Hyuk (Jang Ki Yong), her boyfriend who loves her pretty much. After getting a promotion in his job, Jang Hyuk needed to move to Incheon, and there he meet Han Bo Yeong (Crystal), an ambitious woman who will mess up his head. When I started the movie, I was pretty sure that it will be a lovely story about pure love and hold on tight in your conviction, but it turns out very different. I won't give spoilers here, but I'll try to describe what I think this movie is really about.

I saw many people saying that the story was superficial and nonsense, but I think that everything was made to be that way. The superficiality was what we need to develop the characters in our mind, and give to them the burden that we thought was right. We made deductions following the formula of the perfect romance, and then the end comes and punches our face.

I think this movie was made to show that the life in fact isn't just sweet, that we have sour things that cross by, and it that. The frustration that I experienced was based on my own expectations and my idea of perfection. I wanted to see perfection in a relationship that wasn't perfect at all. This made me think a lot that we really only see what we wanna see.

For me, this movie was a pretty good one (★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★). It wasn't the best script in some moments or the best edition either, but the idea was very good. If you are looking for a simple romance, stay away from this.

See you soon,
Mari.

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BIG LETDOWN

In the beginning, i thought i'd like the movie. But there are so many reasons why i gave this one a 1 star.

First of all, the star is for Chae Soo-Bin, whom I love as an actress. The rest, zero.

Reasons why I rate this one so low:

1. I hate cheaters.
2. I hate Jang Hyuk all around.
3. I hate his female colleague for keep trying to seduce him
4. I hate the old man who kept trying to hook them up.
5. Hate that Jang Hyuk still slept with his stupid coworker; he was caught up in his emotions and not man enough that he went with his lust after fighting with poor Da-eun.
6. WTF what about Da-Eun's pregnancy?! They were just gonna leave us hanging?! Poor girl
7. When the twist happened, I thought something good was going to come out of it, but NOPE. Did absolutely nothing.

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Sweet & Sour is your typical rom-com, but that does not mean it's bad.

The problem that many couples face today is how they can survive in a highly industrialized and work focused society. It is no wonder that couple success rates are lower and lower each year, since so many struggle to balance their life in terms of work and love. So, are you willing to sacrifice your job for your relationship? That is the not so simple question this film poses.

This film simply shows you how easily a huge workload can tear your relationship, especially a long-distance one. This isn't done in a revolutionary way, but it is interesting enough that it'll want you to keep watching. It might even make viewers rethink their values and life choices. And it has a nice little twist at the end that I'm sure many will enjoy.

The overall atmosphere of this movie is cosy and the cinematography and music are good but, again, nothing revolutionary.

I would recommend you to watch this during a rainy afternoon when you don't have much to do, and when you might be feeling a bit down. That's exactly what I did, and it even made me shed a few tears.

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A bit sweet. More sour!! The Plot twist was like WT*!

Was shocked and suddenly got confused with the plot twist. But still. The plot twist is a good one.

It's hard to give it a review without mentioning any spolier. But I'll try to review without giving much.

The ML is really a douchebag. Although initially I appreciate the efforts he is doing for the FL even though he's busy. I also appreciate that he didn't easily give in to temptation. BUT, BUT he becomes the worst character. He started lying, started to reason out just to cancel dates and then cheated.

Beoyoung, I think, is a character that's just wants a casual relationship. She and the ML happens to be colleague so she just had fun. And that's it. Nothing serious for her, just something casual.

And then FL, at first it was like the FL was leading the fat guy patient . And I feel like her feelings was not sincere. Maybe, she's just switching her attention to him because she felt lonely.

I guess I really can't blame the FL. But still, what she did is still cheating. And maybe because she really needed the attention. I felt bad for the fat guy patient. She's just using him.

I was hopping for the ML and FL to end up together because I feel like they genuinely like each other. It's just that there are circumstances that's making it hard for their relationship to work out. I was happy when the ML rushed to FL to propose. But was totally disappointed when he learned about the FL's other guy. And then he rushed back to the party and then proposes to another girl. Like WTH, I thought he really loves the FL and he was just tempted. Turns out he's a total jerk.

So there, if you like story about cheating you can try watching it.

I, somehow, in some ways enjoyed it a bit. The story is just so wrong. I mean, cheating is just SO WRONG. Although it happens in real life.

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