Everybody Has a Little Secret (2004)
"Nuguna bimileun itda" (original title)

From writer/director Jang Hyeon-Su (Born to Kill) comes Everybody Has Secrets, a comic tale of sex and secrecy that argues that not all secrets need to be revealed... See full synopsis »

Director:

Hyeon-su Jang

Writer:

Yeong-chan Kim

Stars:

Byung-hun Lee, Sang-mi Choo, Hyo-jin Kim

Cast

Credited cast:
Byung-hun Lee	...	Choi Su-hyeon
Sang-mi Choo	...	Han Ji-yeong
Hyo-jin Kim	...	Han Mi-yeong
Ji-Woo Choi	...	Han Seon-yeong
Yongnyeo Seonwoo	...	Mother
Hae-gon Kim	...	Ji-yeong's husband
Jae-hyeong Jeon	...	Han Dae-yeong
Jae-hun Tak	...	Sang-il
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Min-a Jang
Bo-seok Jeong
Jun-ha Jeong
Hyeong-jin Kong
Yeon-su Oh
Yi Shin

Storyline

From writer/director Jang Hyeon-Su (Born to Kill) comes Everybody Has Secrets, a comic tale of sex and secrecy that argues that not all secrets need to be revealed... See full synopsis »

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Plot Keywords:

remake | female to male footsie playing | male feet in socks | female stockinged foot | male stockinged feet | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

30 July 2004 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Everybody Has Secrets

Box Office

Budget:

$4,400,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$24,615 (Hong Kong) (2 December 2005)

Gross:

$24,615 (Hong Kong) (2 December 2005)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Taewon Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Remake of About Adam (2000)

User Reviews

Ironically, seemed to be a bio of the lead actor!

I will watch any movie that stars Lee Byung Hun because he is the most handsome Korean actor, and he does actually have genuine acting ability. However, this was a movie in which he wasn't really allowed to reveal his range of acting skills, and is largely a disposable movie which will probably be long forgotten in years to come.

This movie essentially fits in to the current Korean fad for 'romantic comedies' with added inspiration from the U.S. series Sex and The City. (In fact, I couldn't really see why this movie wasn't just made as a TV production rather than wasting good money as a movie format.) The lead actor played by Lee Byung Hun plays around with 3 sisters of very differing personalities. We get to see him pair up again with the actress Choi Ji Woo, who plays one of the sisters. Previously, Lee Byung Hun had starred in the highly successful TV drama series Beautiful Days with Choi Ji Woo. In that drama series, Choi Ji Woo played a very quiet, ailing, angelic figure. It was therefore quite surprising to see her play a comic role in Everybody Has A Secret so well. As a result, I thought Choi Ji Woo's character was the strongest in the whole movie, and not only that, but even perhaps the ONLY personality in the movie. Everyone else was a rather two-dimensional cut out figure. I felt I couldn't really care about the fate of any of them overall. In fact, by the end, no character has achieved anything worthy of note. I couldn't even possibly remember any of the character's names, too. That says a lot for the impact of the film.

I think this is only a movie for die-hard Lee Byung Hun fans or for someone who desperately needs to get through a rainy afternoon. It's purely an excuse to ogle at him for an hour or two. It's not a movie about acting standards. Anyone who knows Lee Byung Hun's reputation amongst Koreans as a 'player' will start to wonder how much they see on screen might ironically be some reflection of Lee Byung Hun's real life. That was the only thought that remained with me after the movie finished.