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Dad Is Pretty

2019 · 91 min

A gentle, good-natured comedy that nudges you toward empathy, with mild workplace stakes and a warm heart beneath the awkwardness.

Directed by
Kim Sung-gook, Soo-Min Park
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring
Kim Myeong-kuk, Son Min-ji, Baek Seo-bin
Overview
Duk-jae is being overlooked at his marketing job and sublimates his unhappiness by getting drunk after work. His boss tells him he’ll be fired if he doesn’t land a contract renewal for Club Hawaii, an establishment where men come to cross-dress in a safe and fun environment. The club owner is willing to renew the contract but only on one condition: that Duk-jae participates to get into the mindset of the membership.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Kim Sung-gook, Soo-Min Park
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring
Kim Myeong-kuk, Son Min-ji, Baek Seo-bin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • work
  • class
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, family
Directed by
Kim Sung-gook, Soo-Min Park
Written by
Kim Sung-gook, Soo-Min Park
Starring
Kim Myeong-kuk, Son Min-ji, Baek Seo-bin, Kim Ha-young, Kim Joon-seob, Heo Dong-won, Lee Ji-hoon, Park Chan-young
Runtime
91 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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