I Married an Anti-Fan (2016) Online

Being a big fan of the Asian cinema for more than 20 years, I am always excited to get the chance to watch something I haven't already seen. And I happened to come across "I Married an Anti-Fan" by cosmic luck. Reading the synopsis made me sort of excited to sit down and watch the movie, because it sounded like it had potential to be a great romantic comedy.

And it did... have potential. However director Jae-Young Kim didn't really grasp onto this potential and took full advantage of what readily available. As such, then "I Married an Anti-Fan" sort of turned out to be nothing more than a lukewarm and generic romantic comedy. A movie that offered absolutely nothing new to the genre.

The story is about Miaomiao Fang (played by Yuan Shanshan) who is no great fan of Korean pop sensation Zhun Hou (played by Park Chanyeol). She lost her job because of the pop-star and is bent on doing everything in her power to make him pay for that. When an unforeseen chance to be in a reality TV show with him, she leaps at the opportunity for her revenge. However, being forced to be together all the time starts to tear down her anger and resentment towards the pop-star.

Right, it was a fairly average storyline. Actually the plot is something that has been seen countless of times in other romantic comedies, just with a different setting of course. So don't expect anything new or innovating from "I Married an Anti-Fan".

I will say that the acting in "I Married an Anti-Fan" was quite good, and the two leads, Yuan Shanshan and Park Chanyeol, did perform quite well and more than did their parts to lift up the movie. And they did have some good chemistry together on the screen.

There were also some genuinely fun and good moments throughout the movie, but they just couldn't lift the rest of the movie out of mediocrity.

Perhaps I am just getting old or because I am not in the loop of the Asian fashion industries, but why did the glasses and spectacles worn by the cast in the movie have no optical glass in them? A fashion statement or just downright idiocy on the props department? "I Married an Anti-Fan" is a generic run-of-the-mill-romantic-comedy movie. You know, the girl-hates-boy-then-girl-falls-in-love-with-boy type of romantic comedy.

I am rating this movie a mediocre five out of ten stars. I will say that "I Married an Anti-Fan" is worth spending about two hours on if you enjoy Asian cinema and have nothing else better to watch. However, this is hardly the type of movie that you will watch more than once. It just didn't stand out in a flooded romantic-comedy genre.

The plot is monotonous and childish, emotional affectation, acting vacation flying, the characters are made of wood faces. Sum up

After reading the summery of the movie, I was kind of disappointed. The plot sounded silly and too cheesy. Alas, I was wrong. Even though the story wasn't much, the movie was quite entertaining and funny. The movie is about a journalist who loses her job because of a celebrity. And so she decides to become his number one anti fan. Her actions attract a variety show producer, who asks her to participate in a show where she and her most hated celebrity. Well, the girl was hilarious. She certainly is the main reason why the movie was so entertaining. She pulled off the silly, light headed but determined anti fan with a performance that seemed effortless. Her costar did a good job as well, and he seems to have a bright future as a Rom com actor. However, as he's a Korean playing in a Chinese movie, his accent didn't sound very good (even though I don't speak Chinese, however his pronunciation seemed more flat compared to the rest of the cast). Therefore, I'll give him another kudos, because he didn't let the language barrier influence his performance. Other than that, the movie was just a so so, with the soundtrack not really helping the mood to built and the story being way too cliché. Another thing that was the major disadvantage of the movie was the love chemistry between the two actors. I guess they tried their best, but he looked like her younger brother! Couldn't they had picked a more mature looking actor? Or a less mature looking actress? In any case it was awkward. Finally, I would have liked if the guy's "online photos" were original and not the ones someone can find online if he googles him for real! So, all in all, 4 out of 10.