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I’ve been a bum these past week doing nothing except surfing the net and watching asian dramas online. I come upon Antique Bakery when I finished watching one taiwanese drama. It’s surprisingly a wonderfully produced Korean movie under the comedy/drama genre. It stars Jun Ji Hyun (Goong), Kim Jae Won (1st shop of Coffee Prince), Choi Ji Ho and Yoo Ah In.
Antique Bakery(서양골동양과자점 앤티크) is a korean movie adapted from the Japanese manga Antique Bakery(西洋 骨董 洋菓子店, Seiyō Kottō Yōgashiten) . A man with an unreconciled past, Jin Hyuk (Ji Hyun) opens a pastry shop even though hating cakes. What’s worse he has no choice but to hire a gay patissiere (Song Woo) who makes wonderful cake just to keep his business alive. Song Woo (Jae Won) is a professed playboy and once confessed to Soo Hyun but was rejected. After the incident, he becomes a guy magnet and this became a problem with work because guys fall in love with him. Because he also has problems working with girls, Jin Hyuk tries hard to find male employees who wouldn’t fall for Jae Won to help in the store. Eventually Jin Hyuk hires a young man (Yoo Ah In) who got bribed by the cakes and wants to be Song Woo’s apprentice. Another guy enters the scene (Soo Yeong) as unofficial bodyguard of Jin Hyuk who unfortunately falls for Song Woo. So the chaotic world of Antique Bakeshop lives on.
This is a wonderful story. It’s light-hearted with a little bit of mystery in it. The 4 main characters show wonderful chemistry among them and Ji Hyun totally gave an impressive and endearing portrayal as the uptight owner of Antique Bakeshop. There’s a little bit of gay action in it without being offensive. Andy Gillet who plays Jean Baptiste Evan, the boyfriend of Song Woo is memorable too. He is funny, convincing and uninhibited. However the major attraction in this film is the cakes. They are totally mouth-watering and decadent. The director does a good job of intertwining the cakes with the characters’ personalities and the movie’s plot.
I’ve been waiting for that memorable Korean movie for a long time now and Antique Bakery enters my list as one of them. This movie is not for guys and serious people but I’ll give this movie a rating 3.5 out of 5.
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