When two names such as IU and Park Seojoon unite for a movie together, you bet we will be there to watch and support! Today we bring you review of the domestic hit Dream starring these two stars.
I’ve watched Dream in August but am only now getting around to writing a review for it. When I saw that IU and Park Seojoon were starring in it, it was a no-brainer to hop onto the movie ASAP, especially after seeing it became a domestic hit. Luckily, the movie is available on Netflix so I watched this with my mom and we both loved it so much! Running for about 2 hours, Dream feels like a comedy on surface but it tackles some important issues considering it revolves around Homeless World Cup so be ready for some feelings as well. Let’s review it a bit deeper.
From MyDramaList: “Dream” tells the story of a team of people trying out for the Homeless World Cup, an annual international soccer event. Yoon Hong Dae is a professional soccer player on disciplinary probation after being caught up in an unexpected incident. He becomes the coach of a thrown-together soccer team, but as time passes, comes to sincerely care for and trust in the team members, becoming a true leader. Lee So Min is a producing director who dreams of finding success through a documentary about Hong Dae’s team.
Possible minor spoilers ahead:
First of all, I don’t know what I expected from Dream (aside from great acting) but I didn’t expect to get so many feelings involved in the whole story making it quite a heartfelt comedy which I adore. The movie picks up very quickly, immediately showing us Hong Dae’s incident (which was honestly a bad-ass move) which earns him disciplinary probation and somehow drags him into this sports project to form and train the Korean team for the Homeless World Cup. Park Seojoon is great in these part comedic part heartfelt roles and this one was no exception – I loved Hong Dae and his character development throughout the movie as well as his chemistry with everyone included in the project, especially the queen Jin Joo, Bum Soo’s wife (loved her so much).
On the other hand, IU plays the role of the producing director who is in charge of following and filming the whole project, the creation of the team and their way to the championship. I liked her as well and her silly chemistry and push-and-pull relationship with Hong Dae and she was such a cutie, bringing us the stories of these characters and making us connect with all of them. The true highlight of the movie were, however, definitely the people making the football team – we get to get to know them all closely, hear about their situation and why they ended up homeless and it tugs on your heartstrings. The whole movie is done in a comedic manner, so even this aspect is sometimes a bit silly, but you cannot take away from the underlying message and the way these people are fighting to succeed and try and turn their lives around once again.
The movie follows the team through all the ups and downs and even through the whole Cup which I really enjoyed. If you’re a fan of heartfelt comedies, family stories and simply human stories with a touch of nicely-landed jokes, then Dream is just the movie for you. IU and Park Seojoon lead the movie well and I’d love to see them in more movies like this one! If you’re not a sports fan, don’t worry, because this is more of a story about people than the actual sport (also they cannot play football for the life of them anyway) so it’s just one elements of the story. 8.75/10 from me!
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