I Wish I Had a Wife (2001) User Reviews

I Wish I Had a (L)ife

[tay-15 · 7/10 · 19 June 2005]

Likable romantic comedy offers a familiar story that is still appealing thanks to the actors' charisma and some stylish touches from the director. Kyung-gu Sol plays a lonely banker who's generally burned out and perks up only when chasing a woman who may or may not be right for him. Do-yeon Jeon is cute as an equally lonely school teacher who starts to cross his path. No huge surprises, and the film seems to continue past the point it should logically conclude (a minor quibble) – yet the characters act more like real people than those that populate comparable Hollywood films, and thus hold your attention.

Effectively diverting as light entertainment, with some thoughtful, adult overtones.

Only the Lonely

[Pro Jury · 7/10 · 14 June 2005]

*** May contain spoilers. ***

Single Kim Bong-soo is a mild-mannered bank manager who sees all his friends getting married and settling down. Kim Bong-soo also wants a wife.

Unmarried Jung Won-ju is a kind and humble school teacher who sees cute children every day. Jung Won-ju wants to be married and have a family of her own.

Luckily for them, Jung Won-ju's school is directly across the street from Kim Bong-soo's bank. Unfortunately for Jung Won-ju, Kim Bong-soo find a fast girlfriend who takes his time and distracts him. The relationship is unlikely to lead to marriage. Will Jung Won-ju and Kim Bong-soo successfully connect? How this all plays out is the charm of I WISH I HAD A WIFE.

a little boring*spoiler*

[henry325 · 5/10 · 11 January 2007]

The movie is centered around a lonely banker and a lonely school teacher. Unfortunately for the school teacher the banker seems rather indifferent to the fact that she wants him. Unfortunately for her, he only really begins to interact with her other than treating her as a stranger when he gets a girlfriend which he loses. So our lonely banker turns to the school teacher and eventually what you knew was gonna happen happens.

I found the flirting in this movie childish and unromantic. It was too PG to really be any fun. There is practically no dialouge that lead to the hookups. Also, there are a lot of unexplained characters. For example, the scene with the dog and the two girls on the roof, who is that other woman and if she is the soon to be ex-girlfriend how come they didn't go with a love triangle, that'd have been a pretty dramatic twist. Also the whose the guy when they're praying to the dead father? a brother? What is he there for? Why doesn't the main character share about his dead mother from the beginning of the movie when she says her father died? I'll give this movie credit for being realistic, this is exactly what would happen when you get two lonely people together. Shes cute, not gorgeous, and a man could do far worse. I guess there were some scenes that were suppose to be touching and/or funny. I found them either very mildly entertaining or infuriating because I thought it was stupid for that action to be so meaningful, ie: cleaning the glasses.

My FAVORITE !

[meltemntas · 10/10 · 9 August 2020]

My favorite romantic movie ! Everything about this movie is great ✨