My Sassy Girl is an American remake of the highly successful 2001 Korean film of the same name. This remake stars Elisha Cuthbert and Jesse Bradford and was directed by Yann Samuell (Love Me If You Dare). It was a direct to DVD release on August 26, 2008, but it was released on Region 2 DVD in The United Kingdom on 25 August 2008 and was distributed by Entertainment in Video.[1]
Plot
Like the original film, this is a story of how a nice guy falls in love with a hellion. The guy is Charlie Bellow (Bradford), a polite, kind-hearted young man from the Midwestern state of Indiana, and the hellion is Jordan Roark (Cuthbert), a beautiful, fun-loving, emotionally volatile young woman who drinks too much and lives in New York City with her father, who is a wealthy physician. Charlie narrates the story.
Charlie's parents hope Charlie will one day secure a managerial position with the Tiller King agricultural company, where his father works as a maintenance mechanic. When Charlie starts business school in New York, he sees Jordan drunkenly leaning over the guard rail in a subway station, saves her from an oncoming train, and carries her to his apartment. During the following weeks, Charlie and Jordan have several fun, creative dates. Worried about Jordan's volatility, Charlie usually declines when she invites him somewhere, but she cheerfully ignores his refusal and he always gives in to her. Among other things, Jordan tells Charlie that her fiancé recently left her, tells a Tiller King representative she is pregnant with Charlie's child, sabotages Charlie's job interview with another Tiller King representative, and gives a piano recital. Charlie and Jordan have no sex during this time, but he falls deeply in love with her and she obviously enjoys being with him. Their dating is occasionally interrupted by Jordan's father, who believes Charlie is responsible for her drunkenness.
After two or three months, Jordan asks Charlie to meet her in Central Park to exchange love letters. At the park, she says she needs more time to heal from the loss of her fiancé. She insists that they bury their letters under a bonsai tree, stop seeing each other, and meet at the same place on the same day of the following year. When the day arrives, Charlie returns to the tree, but Jordan is not there. In her letter, she explains that her fiancé actually died, that Charlie reminds her of him, and that many of her dates with Charlie were reenactments of previous dates with her fiancé. She says that her absence at the bonsai tree means she has not healed yet and that this means Destiny has dictated that she and Charlie were not meant to be together. The next day, Jordan goes to the tree, where an old man tells her Charlie has visited the tree periodically, even going so far as to replace it a few months ago after it was struck by lightning. In his letter, Charlie tells Jordan she is the only woman he will ever love and says he believes he is destined to be with her.
Some time later, Jordan meets at a restaurant with her ex-fiancé's mother. The two women got along well while he was alive, and they have stayed in touch since his death. The mother has been trying to set Jordan up with another young man, and she has arranged for the two to meet today. As she begins to describe the man, Charlie walks into the restaurant. The mother is Charlie's aunt, Jordan's fiancé was Charlie's recently deceased cousin, and Charlie is the young man himself. The film ends after Charlie and Jordan share their first kiss and Charlie explains to the audience that we all need to help Destiny in shaping our lives. Repeating the old man's words, he says "You need to build a bridge to the one you love."
Synopsis
The film is set in New York City's Central Park and Upper East Side. Director Yann Samuell states "It's a fable about destiny, in the end." whilst Jesse Bradford who plays the protagonist described the movie as "a romantic comedy about how they pull each other to a more healthy place by virtue of their relationship."[2]
Cast
- Elisha Cuthbert as Jordan Roark
- Jesse Bradford as Charlie Bellow
- Austin Basis as Leo
- Chris Sarandon as Dr. Roark
- Jay Patterson as Roger Bellow
- Tom Aldredge as Old Man
- Louis Mustillo as Doorman
- Brian Reddy as Mr. Phipps
- Stark Sands as Soldier
- Joanna Gleason as Kitty / Aunt Sally
- Herene Snow as Stationmaster
- Kimberly Youngblood as Attractive Woman
- Don Sparks as Security Officer
- Sean Phillips as Swat Commander
- William Abadie as Jean-Jacques
- Kevin Kevin as Baz
- Wayne Wilcox as Bar J. Waiter
- Filippo Bozotti as Gallery Waiter
- Robert Stoeckle as Maitre D'
- Wade Allain-Marcus as College-Age Guy
- Josh Cooke as Yuppie
- Eliyas Qureshi as NYC Taxi Cabby
- Brooke Tansley as Woman of No Consequence #1
- Donna Vivino as Woman of No Consequence #2
- Janne Olivia Campbell as Woman of No Consequence #3 (as Janne Campbell)
- Christine Danelson as Woman of No Consequence #4
- Eunice Wong as Woman of No Consequence #5
- Jessalyn Wanlim as Woman of No Consequence #6
- Erin Stutland as Woman of No Consequence #7
- Tiffany Perry as Woman of No Consequence #8
- Kate Simses as Woman of No Consequence #9
- Meredith Turley as Woman of No Consequence #10
- Alanna Wilson as Woman of No Consequence #11
- Debargo Sanyal as Rickshaw Cabby
- Ken Kensei as Kendo Instructor
- Richard Sheinmel as Bart
- Jim Guarantano as Swat Team Member
- Elizabeth Newman as New Yorker
- Jeremiah Sird as New Yorker
Soundtrack listing
- "I'm In Love" by Ella Leya
- "Yadnus" by !!!
- "Incident At Bleeker Street" by Phobos
- "Thought About You" by The Beautiful Girls
- "Hip Joint Vs. Pachelbel's Canon" by Hipjoint
- "I Can Always Dream" by Beverly Valera
- "Shaken Not Stirred" by John Gintz
- "Contradictions" by Nick Howard
- "Dream Girl" by Daniel May
- "Put A Record On" by Unkle Bob
- "Feel Good About It" by Marching Band
- "Occam's Razor" by Ocha la Rocha
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