Kim Ji-young, born 1982 Movie Review

Movie: Kim Ji-young, born 1982 (1982년생 김지영)

Director: Kim Do-young

Writers: Yoo Young-ah and Cho Nam-joo (author of the novel)

Cast:- Jung Yu-mi, Gong Yoo, Kim Mi-kyung as Mi Sook (Ji Young's mother), Gong Min-jeung and Kim Sung-cheol as Kim Eun-young and Kim Ji-seok (Ji Young's sister and brother), Lee Bong-ryun and others.

About the movie:-

Kim Ji-young, born 1982 or 1982년생 김지영 is a 2019 movie adapted from the bestselling novel under the same name written by author Cho Nam-joo.

Kim Ji-young, born 1982 is a story of Kim Ji-young, an ordinary woman in her 30's, who suddenly shows signs of being inhabited by women around her like her mother, her older sister, her best friend, and also talks about stories of people connected to her.

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What I loved about the movie:-

The movie is adapted from the novel and they have presented it beautifully. The movie is fabulously made. It's every woman's story, isn't it? All of ours. My sister suggested that I read this book and I loved it with all my heart. And the movie, I loved it just as much. All the additions in the movie blended seamlessly into the story. The movie does justice to the book. I wouldn't say tribute but the book and the movie are a gift to the women around the world.

Women are addressed as someone's mother, someone's wife, someone's daughter, etc. We women want to be all that and someone else, someone much more. We want to be ourselves and feel enough. We do not need to be embarrassed, do not need to feel less, and do not need to feel like we owe our lives to anyone else.

Shouldn't we be proud to to be born as Women? Shouldn't others be proud that we were born as a woman too?

The world convinces you into thinking that you are not enough, that you need to compromise for someone else's benefit. If I continue to live the way others expect me to, I would feel like I am living in someone else's body, living someone else’s life.

Women have a lot of empathy for each other. I watched an advertisement a while ago where two women are seen complementing each other out of the blue. A kid watching this entire scene asks them why they were doing so, and one of the women replies by saying that it's us women who need to uplift each other.

About the Characters, the Actors, the Writer and the Director:

The MVPs of the book are Cho Nam-joo, the author and all the women characters that she poured so much life into. And the MVPs of the movie are director Kim Do-young and all the women characters. Each woman in the movie has so much to tell and so much to teach. Jung Yu-mi as Kim Ji-young and Kim Mi-kyung as Mi-sook are so pure and raw. Movies like this prove how extraordinary these women are as actors and as individuals in general. They are so imperfectly perfect in their portrayals, of the lives and the struggles of all the women out there and they are the best at representing us.

There are a few changes in the movie compared to the movie. Gong Yoo's character Dae-hyun is extremely supportive in the movie, in spite of all the inhibitions he holds and all the prejudices he has. Dae-hyun is willing to change himself and his thinking and support his wife and her growth despite the struggles they are going to face together. Gong Yoo is admirable in his portrayal of Dae-hyun.

The movie showed a change in the attitude and behaviour of Ji-young's father and brother and it is such a wonderful addition as well.

The movie consists of a phenomenal star cast and each and every actor is impeccable.

Director Kim Do-young- I do not have enough words to express my gratitude to Kim Do-young for creating this beautiful piece of art. It takes a lot of courage to take up a topic as sensitive as Kim Ji-young and put it out into the world. She is representing all the women and the movie is like a gift from a strong, talented, brave and hardworking woman to the women of the world. I am looking forward to more amazing and extraordinary work from director Kim Do-young because the world needs them more than I can express.

To all the Women of the world,

Thank you for teaching me that Women are amazing human beings. Thank you for teaching me that Women are strong, independent and courageous and when they are supported, uplifted, encouraged and empowered, they are capable of greater things.

If you are a book lover please do read the book and also watch the movie. But if movies are your thing, I highly recommend that you watch this astounding creation.