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CAST & CREW
Doo-na Bae, Yo-won Lee, Ji-young Ok
Directed by Jae-eun Jeong
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SYNOPSIS
Director Jeong Jae-eun's debut feature, TAKE CARE OF MY CAT, is a slick but sensitive portrayal of girlfriends on the cusp of adulthood. more...
MPAA RATING
Not Rated
RUNTIME
1 hour, 52 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Oct 18, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Kino International
GENRE
Foreign Films, Korean, Friends, Coming Of Age, Friendships, High School Friends
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Take Care of My Cat Site
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TRAILER & MEDIA
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "The year 2002 has conjured up more coming-of-age stories than seem possible, but Take Care of My Cat emerges as the very best of them."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"The film engages with the divergent paths taken, linked by childhood friendship and a mewling kitten, but a third act event is presented so abruptly it confuses the viewer until it rebounds somewhat with a satisfying closure."
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"Evokes a palpable sense of disconnection, made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones."
-- Mike D'Angelo, TIME OUT NEW YORK
"Although laced with humor and a few fanciful touches, the film is a refreshingly serious look at young women."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
"The level of maturity displayed by this 33-year-old first-time feature director is astonishing, considering her inexperience and her subject matter."
-- G. Allen Johnson, FILM THREAT
"A captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless age."
-- Paul Malcolm, L.A. WEEKLY
"Take Care of My Cat offers a refreshingly different slice of Asian cinema."
-- Jamie Russell, BBCI FILMS
 "The film wasn't preachy, but it was feminism by the book."
-- Dennis Schwartz, OZUS' WORLD MOVIE REVIEWS
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"A refreshing Korean film about five female high school friends who face an uphill battle when they try to take their relationships into deeper waters."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"["Take Care of My Cat"] is an honestly nice little film that takes us on an examination of young adult life in urban South Korea through the hearts and minds of the five principals."
-- Robin Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"The filmmakers' eye for detail and the high standards of performance convey a strong sense of the girls' environment."
-- El Topo, IOFILM.CO.UK
"In this vivid, emotionally complex ensemble piece, Korean writer-director Jeong Jae-eun portrays this extraordinary turning point in every woman's life."
-- Maria Garcia, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"... a carefully orchestrated character study that illuminates the insecurities and challenges of South Korea's marginalized youth."
-- Anthony Leong, MEDIACIRCUS
"Sluggishly paced but otherwise harmless drama about coming of age in South Korea."
-- Jon Popick, PLANET SICK-BOY
"Jeong sensitively gives her film an underlying sadness as the young women cope with the changes in their lives"
-- Ed Scheid, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
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-- Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, POPMATTERS
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FRESH 63%
Avg. Rating: 7/10 |
"Take Care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses, but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length."
-- Edward Guthmann, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"As it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends, it fails to lend the characters' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
"A sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women."
-- Kirk Honeycutt, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"The episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life. But the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored."
-- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
"A world in small, subtly acknowledging larger economic and cultural forces one moment, and in the next patiently observing the way a bowl of medicinal tea, seen turning in a microwave carousel, begins to describe its own slow epicycles."
-- Ed Park, VILLAGE VOICE
"Jae-eun Jeong's Take Care of My Cat brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant, expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the South Korean cinema."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"The problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving, and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy, pretty and gifted, it really won my heart."
-- Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE
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-- NEWSDAY
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