On Your Wedding Day (2018)

Quick Take: On Your Wedding Day (2018), starring Kim Young-kwan and Park Bo-young.  8.7/10. 110 Minutes

Synopsis:   Synopsis:   On Your Wedding Day tells the story of a relationship over ten years, from high school through college till early adulthood.   The movie was a box-office success and Kim Young-kwan received a Best New Actor award for his performance.

Review: This is one of the few Korean productions I’ve watched on Prime, which offers more movies than series dramas.  A movie is equivalent to a two-episode series, and sometimes less of a commitment has a certain charm.  This one is sweet.  It does particularly well depicting the cringe-worthy moments of first love; we can all relate to that.  It does less well depicting the reasons for the break-up.  Two hours just doesn’t allow a lot of time for relationships to evolve.

Rewatchable - 3, Compelling - 4, Plot/ Story/Writing - 8,  Acting/Casting - 9, Production - 10,  Bonus -  3.   Bonus points for depiction young love.

Notes:

Kim Young-kwang

began his career as a fashion model. Interestingly, his father was a Viet Nam veteran and because of this, Kim’s military service was reduced from two years to six months. He has been acting in films and dramas since 2008. See him also in Hello Me! (2021) and Somebody (2022).

Park Bo-young

has been acting since 2005. She is best known for her leading roles in the hit films Scandal Makers (2008), A Werewolf Boy (2012), and the television series Oh My Ghost (2015), Strong Girl Bong-soon (2017), Abyss (2019), and Doom at Your Service (2021).