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I’m a Cyborg But That’s OK – Movie Review

I’m a Cyborg But That’s OK – Movie Review

I’m A Cyborg But That’s OK is the story of a young woman in a mental health facility. She was placed there because she believes she is a cyborg and electrocuted herself trying to “power up”. While in hospital, she meets a young man who thinks he’s a master thief. This works out for her because she needs him to steal her sympathy. It seems to be stopping her from killing all of the doctors who took her Granny away from her.

Over the past three months since I started writing movie reviews I’ve learned that there are different processes that result in reviews. Sometimes you watch a film already thinking that you might review it or sometimes you’re required to do so (i.e. if you’re sent to a screening, etc). And sometimes it’s evident within the first half hour of watching that you will most definitely be reviewing that movie. They’re the most fun to write, and usually the most fun to read.

When I sat down to watch Chan-Wook Park’s I’m A Cyborg But That’s OK it didn’t take long for me to decide that it deserved reviewing. Park is one of the cleverest filmmakers I’ve seen, making use of colours and textures to give the setting a very Sci-fi feeling. On top of this, I absolutely love the humour Park brings to each film he does (yes, even Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance). He’s quickly becoming one of my favourite directors.

I'm a Cyborg but That's OKThe film itself is adorable in its madness. Sometimes displaying the patients’ delusions as they would see them, sometimes displaying what is actually happening, it makes no judgment. The backgrounds of these incredibly interesting characters are slowly explored and offer small suggestions on the possible causes of their delusions, but not questioning what made the characters prone to them to begin with.

The point of the movie is not trying to state that people should be left alone in their madness, in fact the destructive nature of Cha Young-goon is clearly illustrated by her refusal to eat. But it does seem to suggest that true understanding can only come with experience. The support offered to Cha Young-goon when she does eventually eat is genuinely touching.

The film is South Korean so obviously you shouldn’t bother if you don’t like subtitled films, otherwise everybody should do themselves a favour and watch it. It’s enlightening, and hilarious, cute and poignant. I loved it.

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Rach Fariss is an entertainment junkie ("Hi Rach"). This concerns her far less than it ought to, but she has "normal" friends to make up for the discrepancy. By day she slogs away at a computer creating web pages for "The Man". In her spare time (and occasionally not so spare) she watches films that most people won't and reviews them. You can read her other opinions and reviews at her blog, http://rachmediaopinions.blogspot.com (Rach's Media Opinions).

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  • Posted: Saturday, March 6th, 2010
  • Author: Rach
  • Filed Under: Film,Review
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