Drama Digest
The drama movie follows a couple’s life, Jo Yoon Seok and Kang Mi Ra, who lost their three-year-old son in a departmental store; the hardships occur as the mother loses her sense of reality to grief. The struggles that continue upon discovering him 11 years later, Yoon Seok faces making it work as a family that has long forgotten from their minds.
The Feel-Good Part
Yoon Seok and Mi Ra portray straightforwardly and realistically how life continues when things go off track. Yoon Seok continues to take care of his wife and son and tries hard to get his wife, who doesn’t remember time passing and still yearns for her baby, and his son, who didn’t know his parents. The supporting cast of close family friends beautifully shows the excellent left in society. They have stood by Yoon Seok and continue to help him in different ways, even after suffering on their own, understanding that his fault is only of having lousy luck befall his family.
The Disappointing Factor
The writing could have been better, to put into perspective the plight of a mother who has lost the sense of time and fails to recognize her son, a fourteen-year-old boy whose parents and home are as good as strangers to him, and a father who is struggling to make a comfortable home for his family that is emotionally as well as financially frail gets made through the use of some very cliched tropes. However, the emotions did not fall short on their part of standing out.
In-Depth Analysis
Although the story includes expected actions from the characters with some very heart-touching reactions from Yoon Seok, whose difficulties get showcased in a much-detailed manner to the third-person perspective of the viewer, it is a story of irony, of showing how hopeful wishes will not necessarily bring happiness in the lives of people involved. Once done cannot be undone.
Star Power
Park Hyuk Kwon portrays his character’s emotions with much force, and the expressions reflected on his face in between the dialogue convey more to the story. Jang So Yeon pulls her character effortlessly through the jungle. The addition of the prominent Daegu accent different from his parents to Oh Ja Hun’s character gives an edge to the story, constantly reminding the viewer of the 11-year gap between the child and the parents and the difficulty he must be facing in living with a couple of strangers claiming to be his parents, which through this need not get announced now and then.
Overall Opinion
This one is for you for those who prioritize the storyline over everything else. It takes you through many emotions in a limited time, letting you catch the feel of how plans could go wrong at any moment. It’s a view of a grim life with gut-wrenching emotions.
