A good friend recommended this movie to me, since I'm a sucker for Rom-Com flicks and a hopeless romantic to boot. I've never been keen on watching Thai movies except for some occassional horror flicks, but damn, I completely fell in love with this movie.
Yes, this maybe your typical, cliched love story of girl-crushes-on-popular-guy fairy tale plot, but what makes it tug you in the heartstrings is the sense of purity and innocence of a teenage first love. It starts off with this dark-skinned, geeky girl, Nam, who has a crush on popular guy Shone, 2 years her senior, who has girls fawning over him left and right but is seemingly kind and nonchalant. Nam enjoys looking from afar and thrills on the little things like walking past his classroom, watching him across the cafeteria, and such formulaic high school crush tactics. But with help of her friends, she improved herself in both in her studies and appearance, fueled by her ardent love for Shone.
I know it has that I've-seen-it-all-before appeal to the story, but what makes it endearing is the amount of comedic moments meshed with its love story. I give props to their homeroom teacher, and of course, her gang of friends who are always behind supporting her. Somehow it gives off that feeling of nostalgia as it kinda remind me of high school and all those crushes I had (Haha! Relate much?!). Also, Nam's perseverance and determination to improve herself, not to mention her being in love with the guy all those years is somehow an inspiration.
But the best part of it all is the revelation that the guy likes her too (!), ever since her ugly duckling days. Alas, his cowardice took ahold of him and it gets complicated when his friend liked Nam, too and started going out with her. Aah, the melodrama high school love brings. I bawled like a baby when it was revealed in the movie that he made this journal full of photos of her from her duckling phase to the beautiful swan she is in the present.
Anyway, i won't be spoiling all parts of the movie anymore.
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