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Men of Plastic

2022 · 112 min

A breezy, good-natured comedy about hustlers and strivers, easy to watch and lightly satirical about beauty and business.

Tagline
Back in business.
Overview
Dae-guk, a nosy man from Apgujeong, and Ji-woo, a cold but skillful plastic surgeon, open a plastic surgery business in Gangnam. Dae-guk is an unemployed man who likes to pry into other people’s businesses.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • work
  • friendship
  • class
  • identity
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
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Im Jin-soon
Written by
Im Jin-soon, Shin Yeon-shick
Starring
Don Lee, Jung Kyung-ho, Oh Na-ra, Choi Byung-mo, Im Hyung-jun, Na Kwang-hoon, Kil Hae-yeon, Cha Woo-jin
Music
Kim Hong-jip, Lee Jin-hee
Cinematography
Lee Seong-je
Runtime
112 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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