Sex Is Zero (2002)

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I watched Sex is Zero again last night and remember how good it was, with all the awful comedies coming out of Hollywood right now, this is a breath of fresh air. I remember the first thing I heard from this movie was that it was the Korea's American Pie, but for my taste Sex is Zero is much better. You get all gags a sex comedy should have plus more. If you are a fan of Asian Cinema you know they like to throw dramatic twists even in comedies and Sex is Zero is not the exception. For example, let's say the do an Action comedy in Hong Kong like Rush Hour, near the end one of the 2 main characters is going to die, that throws a punch to the viewer out of nowhere, some people hate that and others like me love it, enough of Hollywood endings. Not that I'm saying anybody dies in this movie, this one is a Sex Comedy, not and Action movie. Ha Ji Won plays the lead female character, she is a sweetheart, before watching this I saw her in a Horror movie called Nightmare, she is my favorite Korean actress, last movie I saw her in is Duelist, you should look for that movie too, is one of the best pieces of cinematography I've ever seen. I'm Chang Jung plays the lead male character and he does a great job, the guy is really funny and also shows he can act when he has to. I got both the Korean DVD and the US DVD, both are great, but I got the US DVD because the extra material comes also with subtitles, one thing that the Korean release doesn't have, plus it also has a very entertaining commentary track by mrskin, he had a lot to comment since they didn't went shy on the nudity factor. Hope they keep releasing Korean movies with this quality in the US. So don't wait until Sex is Zero is remake by some money hungry studio, do yourself a favor and watch it now, you wont be disappointed.

Some movies occasionally try to mix serious drama with absurd humor. Most doesn't succeed at all. SEX IS ZERO does succeed, though! Slapstick jokes, some very funny, some very stupid and some lost in translation are mixed with extremely serious drama towards the end, and then goes slowly into the comedy genre again - with great results.Very nicely done movie that are probably most inspired by movies like BRING IT ON and American PIE. However, this is a Korean movie, and that means it's weirder, better acted, slightly more surprising and original.Be prepared for serious drama mixed with high-school humor, though. And be prepared for lots of cute girls! :) 7 of 10.

As a fan of Asian comedies and in this particular case a Korean comedy I was more than ready to witness the mixture of absurd comedy, over the top action and drama. I even started to like the unusual trio that so commonly propels from Asia these days. But what I don't like is the evident line in films where one genre takes an indefinite bow to let the other genres get to its audience by the way of deep sorrow. The flow of the film suffered a great deal towards the middle where we were subjected to believing that Eunshik was a romantic at heart, even though he seems like an out of town village idiot stuck in college, too tough to be hurt and too stupid to know how to treat one of the most popular girls in school. Somewhat reminiscent of the main male character from One Nite In Mongkok, minus the porn addiction and absence of judgement when it comes to eating nasty food.Even by disregarding the obvious jests the comedic moments are nothing to write home about (sorry Mom). I laughed a few times but the lack of established wacky characters didn't keep me interested mainly because when the dramatic part kicked in, the sexed up eye candy was replaced by unbelievable romance and drama.I could go on about the many things that don't fit together in this film, but not without saying that this movie holds some very nice looking Korean girls who bare more than most would expect from a Korean comedy. If you are tired of seeing the usual mold of American chicks being sleazy in teenage comedies like Road Trip, Tomcats and Scary Movie, and have an interest in seeing raunchy Korean girls, then this shows fistful of that. I give this movie a 5 out of 10 for being an alternative copycat of American gross-out comedy genre with some unnecessary drama mixed in. It's something worth viewing once, but don't go out of your way to see it.

SEX IS ZERO is a rather funny film in the style of, as others have noted, AMERICAN PIE. There are three differences: the characters are Korean; the scene is college; and the Third Act is Overwrought Melodrama that completely undermines all the gross out gags of the first hour.Anyone familiar with Asian films will not be all that surprised by the movie's sudden shift in themes. Tackling a serious topic like abortion in a movie where characters masturbates at just about EVERY given opportunity??? It provides an odd dichotomy, to be sure.Still, the film is reasonably funny enough, even if all of its gags are telegraphed about 10 minutes beforehand.6 out of 10(go to www.nixflix.com for a more detailed review of this movie)