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This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Being a fan of Asian cinema I found "Christmas in August" by sheer luck as I was browsing through movies on Amazon. Having read through the synopsis of the movie, it really sounded like a movie that was well worth buying and watching.And it was!This Korean drama is a strong romance that really tells a very great story withing actually delving into the physical aspects of love. The unspoken attraction between Jung-won (played by Suk-kyo Han) and Da-rim (played by Eun-ha Shim) was really breathtaking and so romantic. There was not a single kiss, embrace or anything like it, but the scene where Da-rim took hold of Jung-won's arm as they walked on the street and he was telling the ghost story said it all; that scene was just so beautiful.Jung-won is terminally ill with some sickness that we never learn what actually is, and he has come to terms with his condition and wants to continue his life as normal when Da-rim walks into his photo store one day and a friendship is forming; a friendship that blooms into a love that unfortunately goes unsettled."Christmas in August" was really beautifully acted and brought to the screen, because both Suk-kyo Han and Eun-ha Shim really played their characters so well, and the chemistry between them was just amazing. There isn't a lot of characters in the movie, so they were having to really carry the movie with excellent performances, which must be said, that they also really did.This is a sad romantic story, but it is really beautiful still, despite it not ending out with everyone living happily ever after, which is a tendency to happen in romantic movies. "Christmas in August" is highly recommended that you spend an approximate 110 minutes on watching, because it is so worth it. And if you liked movies like "Failan", then you will definitely love "Christmas in August" as well.

Bespectacled photographer with fatal illness indulges in hapless hopeless non romance with meter maid."Why are you smiling at me?" she asks. Yeah, why is he? And flippin laughing all the time. Having this terminal cancer (or whatever it is) is dead funny.But he doesn't look very ill, seem ill, act ill. The ugly pain of dying from this mystery malady is mostly airbrushed out.Is his Shy Smiley Man persona a way of keeping people out? Putting an ever so brave and humble front on? Or a genuine expression of joy at the preciousness of life? Or an absurd abreaction to how funny-odd life is? (when death is all there is at the end of it) Or a surreptitious wink of denial, contrived to con the people around him to lighten up, and smile – cus I'm dying man! (but I'm being a brave little boy by not making a great big song and dance about it) I'd quite like him to stop doing that stupid little laugh. Its not funny. Its ingratiating. This diffident shy charm act is fake mate.But he still carries on insinuating the phony feel-good happy vibe with clueless girl. Smiley smile, noddy head: "Look I'm nice. I'm gonna die but i can't stop being nice about it. How happy dying makes me feel. I'm making you (meter maid) want to fall in love with me. But I'm not going to tell you. I'll keep me – and the actual Truth – quietly to myself thank you very much. I won't let love in and i won't let love out. I won't share what is really going on with me. By staying passively withheld, and impassively withdrawn, i'll hang onto some kind of sad self-effacing virtue. Which of course will make all of you watching me go "Awww" and want to give me a nice little hug".Personally, to get more empathetic response from me I'd have needed him to drop the phony nice guy act, stop the twee smile and the ingratiating laugh, stop the wanting me to feel sorry for him (as watcher of film) – and get real. Be in authentic engagement with the people around him (in the film) Tell the girl the truth instead of doing this tepid half baked withheld involvement thing with her.If i think about it – its the actors performance as much as his character i couldn't buy into. Too smoothly pathetic. Pathos superficially acted out but not internalised or deeply enriched from within. The bland smiley facade was all Suk-kyu Han's.Overall, Christmas in August is disingenuously sly. The suffering is synthetic, not sympathetic. The sweetly winsome little soundtrack strokes you to be sad every 5 minutes; pouring sugary sad sentiment into the gaps were engaged characterisation should be, enlightening script – and genuinely involving, involved emotion.A manipulative little sham this film.

I have seen the movie 'Christmas In August' two times on cable tv (one from Star Chinese and another one from Arirang TV) In my honest opinion, its one of the best asian films that i've ever seen. With those typical hollywood love story films that we often seen in movies, 'Christmas In August' breaks the monotomy. A simple love story with a deeper twist. I fell in love with Shim Eun-Ha after i watched this movie. I even surf the web just to get photos and some information of her. At any rate, this is the kind of movie that only asians can produce. And i think korean directors already reached their maturity in makingfilms such as 'Christmas In August'. And for Shim, im your avid fan with love!

If you are one of those audience that expect high impact, lots of kisses, and soap opera plots from a love story, this might not be the right movie for you. The movie is quiet and yet its pace and mode really speak for itself. There are sadness to the movie and yet many scenes bring sweetness and tenderness between the main character and the people around him. The scene of Jung-won (the main character) and his sister spitting watermelon seeds; Jung-won writing out instructions of how to use the VCR remote for his father (reminds me of Michael Keaton in "My Life"); the ticketing girl's gesture of love by sitting closer and closer to Jung-won at the park, the old lady coming back to take her very last picture in her life; all these scenes are simple and yet they are so real and really capture audiences' heart. The ticketing girl is weird and cute. Her character definitely contributes a lot to the movie.If you can sit through the first 15 minutes of the movie, then you are in for a great movie. Very well done.