My Little Bride (2004)
Grade:
B-
Viewing
Platform: Amazon Prime
Bo-eun is a 16 year old high school
student, dealing with everything that comes at that age – grades,
potential first loves, fights with other girls – with one major
exception. Her grandfather is demanding that she marry her lifelong
friend and senior, the art major about to graduate from college,
Sang-min. The two were practically raised together, all because
Bo-eun's grandfather and Sang-min's grandfather had made a pact of
friendship that their families would one day become in-laws. After
falling ill, the living grandfather manages to manipulate the two
kids into fulfilling his wish, and they are married! Will Bo-eun be
able to keep her marriage a secret from her peers? What happens when
she tries to date a boy her own age anyway? And how will Sang-min
convince Bo-eun to return his affections?
*Compared
to most kdramas I watch, this had a much lower film quality and a
very simple, slow plot. All the dialogue felt familiar though,
despite the film's age. It was an interesting look at what might have
happened in ancient times, when women were often married as young
teenagers to older men. Sang-min was a gentleman though. For
something that could have been very awkward, it was tastefully done
(aside from one scene where Sang-min is watching porn at his newlywed
apartment...). It was also interesting to realize just how much older
he was – at first I thought he might be 24, but then they mentioned
his 3 years of military service, making his character closer to 28
years old for an age gap of 12 years. That means he felt affection
towards her as a toddler, preschooler, kindergartner, while he was in
high school – it's a very different way to view love, to consider
that it could grow along with the object of affection's age. I might
watch this again.*
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