Showing posts with label music biopic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music biopic. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Review: C'EST SI BON Trades Rich 60s Music Setting for Dull Romance
By Pierce Conran
A terrific period setting is squandered in the disappointing C'est si bon, a twee and lethargic romance masquerading as a dynamic folk music biopic. Programmed as one of this year's two major Lunar New Year holiday releases (the other being period action-comedy sequel Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island), Kim Hyun-seok's sixth film seeks to expand on the director's proven credentials in the rom-com field (Cyrano Agency, 2010) by enticing older viewers with music and period detail designed to evoked their youth.
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