Once in a while, there are movies that are so beyond expectation that you thought: Wow, I am so glad that I’ve picked it. Maybe my week has been somewhat humdrum, maybe there are just too many sad news of old wive poisoning old husband, young teen stabbing his young girlfriend to death, or the groom jumping off from the hotel’s rooftop dead while the new bride was showering, I am so in need of something funny, something to make my day. So I picked “My Girlfriend Is An Agent”, and mobilized the Movie Review Squad. Not sure why, I was half expecting something like “My Wife Is A Gangster”. But the resemblance stops at the title.
This movie is closed to two hours. And the audience was awesome! Quite a few were clapping hands and all of us were laughing out loud throughout the show. To the crowd at The Cathay for the 7.30 pm show last Friday, you guys rock!
OK. To be honest, there isn’t much storyline per se. Whether some Koreans are selling some very dangerous bio weapon ingredients to some Russians is not quite what I am interested to find out and follow through. The main storyline, to me, is merely a background and setup for the comic scenes. I was pleasantly surprised to see how happy Cynthia laughed inside the theater, knowing that Korean films are usually not her cup of tea. The overall storyline may not be memorable. But some of the comical materials certainly are.