Sex Is Zero (2002)

Sadly Over-hyped

A Brilliant Conflict

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

I get Asian humor but this didn't really do it for me. With characters just acting over the top during certain situations in order to try to be funny. It's basically a Korean version of "American Pie" or that is what it tries to be. But the humor in this is a bit more messed up sometimes. The movie doesn't have much of a plot just bunch of horny and overly perverted college students doing perverted things on campus. While one of the guy in the bunch that is a complete dork but has somewhat of a good heart falls for a popular girl in school played by Ha Ji-Won when her stardom basically began. And the girl falls for a popular tool and a prick. The problem with this movie is that it seemed more serious at times because of the direction and subject matter. Also adding to what few of the characters go through makes it a bit nerve wracking. Also the build up of the relationship between the two protagonists seem way to far from being believable and seemed a bit forced at times. If this movie went in a very abnormal direction intentionally the premise and characters might have worked probably but that isn't really the case. Sometimes few comedic moments and serious tone goes well but the direction that isn't the case, except maybe the last 10 minutes. Also besides few crude humor, when it comes to the main plot it's very predictable. If your expecting a very comedic teen comedy you might be disappointed. I give this movie a 4.3/10 overall with few points added because of Jin Jae-Young is in this and she is hot and her scenes stand out for a reason. Although her character doesn't add to the plot much. But she is hot in this and I should probably slap myself for that reason. Well movies like this is about sex appeal.4.3/10

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.

Really cool intro that gets you into the whole humor thing. The whole movie is based on the same kind of stuff you'd expect from American Pie... but its just way better! No hyped movie, just plain fun!The film style is really nice, great camera work on the intro and it even has a good message to all the egocentric people who don't think about stuff happening after making love.We always have movie nights at our place and this movie just made the evening :), normally its just watching movies and just paying attention while not really watching a movie but this flick different. Even now (2 months later) my friends still talk about it when we have a movie night.Overall a great movie, Perfect for a movie night with friends! Just go check it out when ever you feel like a comedy movie!Tom, 5 November 2005 (1:47)

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.