‘I have no intention to attack you. I’ll allow you to into my coronary heart.’ That is what a cat kiss means.
Films that includes cats normally do effectively in cinemas and through festivals, as they converse to a large viewers and Hwang Soo-bin’s ‘Cat Kiss’ isn’t any exception. Overall, it’s a very gratifying movie, good for all the household, even when coping with tough subjects comparable to grief and loss.
Cat Kiss is screening at Asian Pop Up Cinema
Even although it has been a number of years since Yong-hee’s spouse died, the now-single dad or mum remains to be not coping. He writes kids’s books, which his spouse used as an instance, however on account of her demise he is battling author’s block. At the identical time, he is additionally been blocking out his feelings. This manifests itself bodily in his lack of ability to enter the rooms she labored in. Then, someday he begins listening to bizarre noises in that room. It seems his son Jae-in has smuggled a kitten into the home. When a leak wants fixing, Ro-an, a neighbor and carpenter, enters their lives. Her suggestion to show the deserted room right into a cat room is simply the primary of many modifications she places into movement. But Ro-an suffered a loss as effectively and is coping in her personal means.
When it involves the storytelling, it exhibits that ‘Cat Kiss’ is Hwang Soo-bin’s debut characteristic movie. Towards the second half of the movie the occasions get predictable and a few of the characters are barely excessive, bordering on caricatures. At the identical time, some fascinating seeds are being planted all through the film however sadly these usually are not adopted up upon. An instance of that is the confusion about Jae-in being a boy as an alternative of a lady, which may have led to some fascinating discussions, however now fails so as to add to the story.
However, the script additionally has quite a bit going for it, leaving room for the viewers to search out out issues at their very own tempo. The tone of the movie is light and humorous with out getting too sugary-sweet. This is partly as a result of actors and their performances. Oh Dong-min portrays the impassive father as barely aloof however on the similar time sympathetic. Ryu A-bel as Ro-an is sort of a contemporary wind each within the story and onscreen. Their performances are strong and the modifications their characters undergo are plausible. But the star of the movie is, for sure, the young actor portraying Jae-in who with a pure appeal brings a delicate and endearing efficiency. And after all, Bonjour, the cat, steals the present.
A few instances, Hwang Soo-bin has chosen to mix animation and dwell motion in the identical shot, for instance when Ro-an envisions the long run cat room. At first this might sound a wierd alternative, however as a result of the type of the animation pertains to the mom working as an illustrator, these scenes really feel like pure parts of the film. Frankly, it’s a disgrace that there aren’t extra of those scenes as they permit for a playful solution to discuss and present feelings that may go effectively with the general tone of voice.
Overall, there are greater than sufficient causes to have excessive expectations for Hwang Soo-bin’s subsequent movie. She put fairly a number of good parts into ‘Cat Kiss’, perhaps even too many. A bit extra focus and a few selections in type and story will make her subsequent endeavor not simply an gratifying however an incredible movie that will probably be cherished by a large viewers.
