The Worst Film Ever

Good start, but then it gets ruined

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Blistering performances.

Too Beautiful To Lie features Kim Ha-Neul, Kang Dong-Won and Song Jae- Ho. It is a romantic, melodrama comedy about a beautiful ex-con and an innocent and naive village boy.It was directed by Bae Hyeong-jun."Yeong-ju" is a cute, innocent looking girl with an excellent deception skills who is imprisoned for fraud. But using her talent she managed to go through the evaluation and able to receive a parole for her only sister's wedding. She boards a train with wooden crafted geese which she handcrafted as for her sister's wedding gift. But during the journey she is confronted by an innocent village boy "Hui-cheol". He is also on his way to propose his love to his girlfriend with his deceased mother's family heirloom ring. New problems begin when Yeong-ju witnessing pickpocket man stealing the ring from Hui-cheol. Driven mad by her own safety she stole the ring back, to make everything back to normal. But unfortunately for her, she is unable to board the train on time thus missing it and leaving her wedding gift bag on the train.Determined to find her bag, she tracks down Hui-cheol and reaches his village looking for him. Making things more complicated everybody misunderstood her and welcomed her as their daughter-in-law due to the ring. Unwilling to tell them the truth due to her own safety and get time to resumption of her bag she manages to fool everyone around the family and manipulate Hui-cheol as father of her unborn child. Meanwhile, Hui-cheol who didn't have the ring to make the marriage proposal comes back empty with a heavy heart, and is enraged when he finds the plot that has been going on while he was away. But worsening his situation, no one actually believes him, thinking he had abandoned his poor fiancée, and ended up kicked him out of the house making his life more miserable.This is a standard made-to-order romantic comedy from the Korean Cinema that is both cheesy and formulaic despite the good performance of Kim Ha-Neul, who's effective as a wacky romantic comedy lead.Practically,it offers nothing new to the genre.

First let me start by saying that two comments for this movie are far too less. This movie deserves more recognition. I'm lucky to have seen it.There are comparisons to make between this movie and My sassy girl. A movie that was even better than this one. An other reviewer also mentioned My tutor friend. I also have that movie (but still have to see it) and i'm sure it's a great movie too because Korean romantic comedy's are really good. A great difference with American romantic comedy's is that in Korean films the two leading persons create such a great atmosphere. It even isn't necessary for the person in love to kiss to see that they are in love. What rarely happens in Korean romantic comedy's.

After watching My Tutor Friend and Don't Believe Her, I am convinced that Ha-Neul is a great actress for mild sassy / girl-next-door roles.I enjoyed her expressions in this movie where she had to lie her way out of tight situations. Most of the scenes took place in a small town and there are many jokes worth laughing.The movie has a 'feel good' ending and it was quite predictable if you have watched many movies in your life.If you enjoyed this movie as much as I do, consider watching My Tutor Friend and My Sassy Girl. They are all romance/comedy movies too.Mao points: 9/10

I like this movie very much actually, even though it is a quite predictable, sappy, commercial comedy. The jokes do work out well (a major achievement for this kind of film) and the portrayal of a Korean countryside family is simply hilarious.I was surprised to see that this movie did not do as well at the Korean box office as My Tutor Friend as that movie is similar to this one (the lead actress is the same as well). In fact, I think that this movie is even better.All in all, a very well made movie. If you are looking for a night of laughs with your family go check this out! If you are looking for more depth, yes there are better films around, but Don't Believe Her/Too Beautiful To Lie (why does it have two titles??) can definitely compete with many of them.8/10