KFilm to Miss: Mood of the Day (2016)

Mood of the Day (2016)

Grade: C

Viewing Platform: Amazon Prime

Bae Soo Jung has to travel to Busan via train for an important business meeting, pitching the advertising agency she works for to a potential new client. The day doesn't start off well – she is hit in the back of the head with a basketball and spills coffee all over her suit as a result, then Soo Jung hears that one of her friends is engaged to her former high school sweetheart. After that, a handsome yet crude young man shares the seat next to her on the long train ride, telling her that he will be sleeping with her that night, and then their train breaks down halfway to Busan. Kim Jae Hyun is used to one-night stands and confident in his charms, so despite Soo Jung rebuffing his efforts, once he finds out she would love to sign on the famous basketball player that Jae Hyun's agency represents, he decides to help facilitate a meeting – if they can find the elusive sports star. Will Jae Hyun convince Soo Jung to have a little fun? Or will she prove her point that sleeping around is empty and meaningless?

*The film has a few cute moments, but it felt much too similar to American movie plots with American values and the nonchalant acceptance of cheating in relationships when they're “basically over” anyway. I can't root for a couple when *spoiler alert* their relationship starts with one or both parties cheating on another person. The comic relief character was kind of gross, too. I wouldn't watch this again.