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.
