This is another surprise find; an upbeat film about three middle-aged men realising their college dreams of forming a band, with solid performances from the four leads. Though the tone is light-hearted, it does touch upon the Asian culture - so acutely captured by a casual comment from the teenager daughter of the band leader: being in a band is better than being unemployed. Though it is a man's film, it has a universal appeal: how we lost our dreams in the face of reality and what it takes to realise it despite of the challenges.
Jang Guan-suk's role as a guitarist and lead singer in the band predates his apparently much more high profile similar roles in television dramas such as Beethoven's Virus and You Are Beautiful. It shows that he was already a confident actor at that tender age.
The film also serves to remind me the drastic difference in Korean cinema and dramas in their deployment of cast: while the former would normally allow them to appear in their own skin, the latter is consistent in projecting an immaculate look across the board. In other words, while Korean cinema tend to look more realistic, their drama counterpart looks artificial and packed with cosmetically enhanced actresses, if not actors as well.
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