Ji-Woo (Su-jeong Lim) is the stage director of a high end musical production called "The Last Show". While in the middle of rehersals, her boyfriend meets her at a coffee shop and proposes to her. She says she isn't ready to get married and they break it off. When her father hears about the break up he flips shit. When he demands a reason Ji-Woo says it's because she isn't over her first love, Jong-Ok Kim (Ki-joon Uhm). Her father drags her to go see Gi-Joon (Yoo Gong).
Gi-Joon use to work for a travel company, but he kept warning travelers of their impending doom. Needless to say he didn't last long at the company. He decides to start his own business where he helps people track down their first love. And his first client is Ji-Woo. Ji-Woo tells how she meet Jong-Ok in India and they had a whirlwind of a romance. Gi-Joon agrees to help her track him down.
The two hate each other at first. They are complete opposites. Ji-Woo is a total slob that works in a creative field and Gi-Joon is an uptight, obsessive compulsive young professional (or as I like to call a total goober). Forced to spend time together they very very slowly become friends. One night when Gi-Joon is being his pathetic self, Ji-Woo feels sorry for him and kisses him. From their there relationship shifts as they continue to look for Jong-Ok.
The movie was confusing at first. They kept jumping around in the time line and introducing too many characters at once. It was tough to keep up with. But once it got past the jerky beginning it wasn't so bad. There were bits of humor that might have gotten lost in translation and the two didn't seem to have much chemistry until the end, but it had it's moments. Although I was routing for her to be with her first love the whole time. There were times when they set up classic cliches in any rom com but they would make fun of it. So that was pretty refreshing. For instance there was a time when they missed a ferry and she accused him of planning it and that there wouldn't be another one. But in fact there was. Overall it wasn't the greatest love story ever, but it had its cute moments.
Rating: ***
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