I think I have never ever eaten a dog myself

Barking Dogs Never Bite

On the website for „Take Care of My Cat“, the author of the film said that Korea is a dog country, while cats are just as neglected as the main characters in the film. When I look at „Barking Dogs Never Bite“, this totally seems to be the case.

So, what can I say. I have been anticipating this film for quite awhile, but I couldn’t play region 3 DVDs for all the time. Now that I can, I am glad to have finally seen the film, although it’s probably the first film in quite awhile that I have had too high anticipations for. After „Take Care of My Cat“ was such a pleasant surprise of a high quality film, I might have expected something similar for „Barking Dogs Never Bite“. Now, my expectations were not entirely unfulfilled, it’s more that it took me awhile to get into the film.

At the beginning, we just saw this guy being a louse and living together with his horrible wife, along with other characters from the apartment complex who were even less likeable. It took a long time until the first meeting of the two main characters actually took place: And what a scene it was. I think I have started enjoying the film heavily starting the very point when Bae Doona started running. She really is the light of the movie and her so beautifully natural :3 face makes me want to smile as well. I think she has a great chemistry with the other main protagonist of the story, and the very last scene with the two of them together was splendid. It also made the main character more likeable, and I approve of that.

All in all, one needs to appreciate the randomness that comes with this movie at times, but when you got into that, this is quite a little gem of a movie despite all the silliness. I think I would even want to watch it again in a some years. Somehow I even am really glad about the happy end.