It's school festival day and Min-hyuk is busy dancing and singing. However, it is not the stage but a toilet that binds his destiny. He is bewitched by a daring high school girl, Mi-hyun, who comes into the men's room because the women's room is full. From that day on, Min-hyuk woos her, escorts her home at night, stuffs her locker with roses, and clears passages for her in the morning after a snow fall. For all his efforts, he doesn't get much more than a tender glance from Mi-hyun. When she suddenly vanishes "sorry" are the only words she leaves behind.
New melodrama Fly High (Saranghanikka Kwaenchana) is a story in which a young man falls in love with a young woman with a fatal disease and a limited time to live. With its cliche storyline, the film fails to show new dimensions of love and it becomes a commonplace story that we have had enough of.
Directed by Kwak Ji-gyoon and starring Ji Hyeon-woo and Lim Jeong-eun, the movie revolves around Min-hyuk (played by Ji), an 18-year-old high school student, who loves dancing, and comic books. He has never had a serious relationships with a girl until he falls in love with Mi-hyun (by Lim) at first sight. Min-hyuk believes that she is his soul mate and tries everything to win her. Min-hyuk organizes sweet and cute little events for her. He secretly puts a bunch of flowers in her locker and sweeps a street clean of snow from her house to a main road.
But she keeps rejecting Min-hyuk's gestures and simply says that she doesn't like him. Without a word to him, she leaves for the United States, devastating him. Two years later she comes back to Min-hyuk and confesses that she also loves him and there is not much time left for her as she will die soon due to her fatal disease. They decide to love each other intensely, making a day spent together as if it were 10 years.
The film can be divided into two parts _ before Mi-hyun leaves for the U.S. and after she comes back. In the first part it is fun to see Min-hyuk doing his best to win his love with many sweet actions, words and gifts. Actor Ji, who has been gaining popularity from television dramas, demonstrates his talents by playing a cute and warm-hearted guy. But in the second part, when the tragic moment arrives, the audience gets lost. |