While I believe Korean thriller are among the best of their kind in the world, I'm less smitten with their quirky comedies, which I think play better to local audiences. HELLO GHOST is a case in point. To be fair it gets going with the concept right from the off, but we've seen this plot done time and again in the likes of THE EYE, THE SIXTH SENSE and MY LEFT EYE SEES GHOSTS, and this is a film that doesn't really add anything new apart from a few inventive special effects. Inevitably it's not really about ghosts at all, but rather family life, romance, looking after other people, respect, you name it. It all gets very cheesy and very melodramatic before long, but I was never drawn into it as the filmmakers wanted me to be.
Review of Hello Ghost
