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Take Care of My Cat (2001)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:22
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.8/10
Theatrical Release:Oct 18, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: Director Jeong Jae-eun's debut feature, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, is a slick but sensitive portrayal of girlfriends on the cusp of adulthood. Hollywood films about recent high school grads tend to focus... [More]
Starring: Doo-na Bae, Yo-won Lee, Ji-young Ok, Eun-shil Lee
Director: Jae-eun Jeong
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Reviews for Take Care of My Cat
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Jeong's women often interact via cell phone messaging, and one of the film's primary themes arises in the way contemporary relationships exist through wireless communication. Full Review |
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Jeong's evocative visuals of the urban landscape and her savvy deployment of appliances only deepens the resemblance such stories have to our own lives. Full Review |
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["Take Care of My Cat"] is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals. Full Review |
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The film engages with the divergent paths taken, linked by childhood friendship and a mewling kitten, but a third act event is presented so abruptly it confuses the viewer until it rebounds somewhat with a satisfying closure. Full Review |
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The film wasn't preachy, but it was feminism by the book. Full Review |
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3/4 |
The problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving, and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy, pretty and gifted, it really won my heart. Full Review |
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The level of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director is astonishing, considering her inexperience and her subject matter. Full Review |
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Jae-eun Jeong's Take Care of My Cat brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant, expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the South Korean cinema. Full Review |
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A captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless age. Full Review |
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Jeong sensitively gives her film an underlying sadness as the young women cope with the changes in their lives Full Review |
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The year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible, but Take Care of My Cat emerges as the very best of them. Full Review |
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