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Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

I've seen a lot of bad Korean movies but this one is very very good. Has all the elements of great movie making directing and cast members hits the spot .I hope to make another one or a sequel

This movie was so good that i literally just created an imdb account to rate this move. Wish more people knew about this movie. Came across it on netflix but it man it was damn good

Seoul Searching uses a trusty America formula for crude and silly comedies: a bunch of misfits are forced into a summer school where they start off misbehaving and end up sorting out their deep-seeded issues (especially parental resentment). But it takes place on a backdrop of Korean history, as the country transformed from a battle-bruised state bent on industriousness into a generation that's more welcoming to Western culture. It's filled with characters who have distinctly Korean complexes, takingon stereotypical "Breakfast Club" roles with the fun twist of being Korean kids who picked up their personalities as the ungrateful children of immigrants.The movie is silly, over-the-top, full of tropes, and shoehorns drama in with little subtlety. Yet it manages to be very funny and full of heart. It'll be especially meaningful to anyone from a Korean background or who knows something about Korean culture.

As one born in the same year as Director Benson Lee and having been raised in the west coast of the United States, I fully appreciated the homage to John Hughes films and the BRILLIANT soundtrack. I was positively thrilled/comforted to hear it, especially the Jesus and Mary Chain, Erasure, and that long lost song by Q Lazzarus.I grew up on John Hughes films, but never thought I'd ever see a film that spoke straight to my heart with characters that not only look like me, but were also talking about what it is to be Korean, as an adoptee. The Korean adoptee storyline broke my heart, then put it back again. Rosalina Leigh gave her character the right mix of sadness, surprise, and confusion. And don't get me started about the woman who played her birth mother...I've seen many amazing films made by Korean adoptees (among them, First Person Plural by Deann Borshay Liem) which feature reunions and/or issues with birth mothers. I was a bit concerned about a fictional portrayal of this reunion, but I was pleasantly surprised at how it was handled. The performance between the character Kris and her birth mother left me absolutely gutted. Also, Cha In-Pyo was predictably solid and charismatic. There were extremely clever ways in which Benson Lee portrayed the both the growth and evolution of these characters. There were many true to the 80's references with the various characters portrayed. One may say there were scenes that were a bit over the top, I still think that this film brought key themes to the minds and hearts of the audience. And while applicable and relevant to many Korean-Americans, this film has the power to grab the attention and heartstrings of a global audience. I have no doubt that this film will be cherished both with a domestic and global audience.Well-done, Benson Lee and cast. Thank you especially for including the Korean adoptee story line. You've made my 80's film nostalgia complete and with a kick ass soundtrack, no less.