Member AlbertV Posted September 29, 2017 Member Share Posted September 29, 2017 The current #1 film in Korea, the comedy I Can Speak, is getting a limited U.S. theatrical release on October 6. The film depicts an eventual friendship between a constantly complaining elderly woman and a young cilvil servant whose perfect command of English inspires the elderly lady to learn the language for a very important reason. Na Moon-Hee plays the elderly woman and Lee Je-Hoon plays her English teacher/eventual friend. In a small town, Ok-boon is known as the Goblin Granny, a feisty, elderly woman who combs through the town for any sign of trouble. Over a span of 20 years, she has filed over 8,000 complaints to the district office. Seen as a headache, Min-jae, a young government official who is a stickler for the rules is brought in to control the Goblin Granny. Tensions rise, but when Ok-boon finds out that Min-jae is fluent in English she begs him to teach her. What starts as a simple relationship between an eager student and a begrudged teacher, surprisingly evolves into a deep friendship. As Min-jae gets closer to his new friend, he slowly finds out why the Goblin Granny is so interested in speaking English and the serious problems she is facing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted October 19, 2017 Author Member Share Posted October 19, 2017 I saw this last week and while it has a bit of anti-Japanese sentiment in terms of a certain character, I did shed a tear at times and there was good chemistry between the two leads. https://worldfilmgeek.com/2017/10/03/review-i-can-speak-2017/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator One Armed Boxer Posted February 8, 2018 Moderator Share Posted February 8, 2018 Korean Blu-ray and DVD is out on March 7th - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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