Lee Hong-ki and Baek Jin-hee in Warm Goodbye
by girlfriday
Here’s a look at the new feel-good comedy starring Lee Hong-ki (You’re Beautiful) in his feature film debut. The movie is called Warm Goodbye, and stars Hong-ki as a troublemaker idol who gets sent to do community service at a hospice center to repair his public image, very much against his will. It’s not a movie I’d watch for the actors alone, but the premise has ‘cute little heartwarming story’ written all over it.
The trailer starts out with a very contrite speech as the scandal-monger idol arrives at the hospital in the countryside, but that attitude lasts about as long as the cameras are rolling, and then it’s horror that the Big Star has to do actual menial labor. Baek Jin-hee (Jeon Woo-chi) stars as his no-nonsense boss, who must be used to bratty stars making the rounds for PR, because she’s prickly from the moment he arrives and doesn’t give an inch.
The hospice center is filled with quirky characters, from an ex-gangster with a brain tumor who threatens the idol for extra sausages in the lunch line and cigarettes on the sly (Ma Dong-seok), a liver cancer patient who moonlights at a nightclub, and a little girl with leukemia who spends her day spying on everyone.
What he discovers though is that the hospital is really a place where people prepare to die, and as he learns to let those people in, he grows up in the process. Throw in a little romance, a save-the-hospital concert, and you’ve got a movie — nothing groundbreaking or new, but probably really sweet and satisfying all the same.
Warm Goodbye hits theaters May 30.
Via Daum
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1 itunscrewstheotherway
May 7, 2013 at 9:22 AM
YAY! I love Hong-star and Baek Jin-Hee! I can't wait!
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2 AJ
May 7, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Why do I feel like this movie could actually be about Hong-ki's life! I like him as an actor, so I hope this movie does well!
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3 altair
May 7, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Hongki! After this, go back to dramas! We miss you!
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4 Rovi
May 7, 2013 at 9:28 AM
:)
Just love that 2nd BTS pic, I swear it has Jeremy written on it. (If only he was the one cast at TTBY over Lee Hyeon-woo, I'd still love it since Ikuta + Hyeon-woo + Jeremy = PERFECTION Nakatsu. XD)
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ilikehim
May 7, 2013 at 8:36 PM
But Lee Hyun Woo was so adorable as Cha Eun Gyul! He was the best thing about that drama, too.
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5 MsB
May 7, 2013 at 9:33 AM
My girl is double dipping! This and I Summon You Gold as Myung-Hyun (Baek Jin Hee).
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6 trotwood
May 7, 2013 at 9:37 AM
Even though I am old enough to be the mother of all the members, I actually really like Ft Island (you should see me bopping to their cds in the car-surprising my daughters' friends!) and thought Lee Hong Ki did a credible job in Noriko Goes to Seoul, but I would watch this for Ma Dong-Seouk. I love him in everything even if I don't like the project. I will be on the look out for this. Hopefully, there will be some Hong Ki fan girls that sub it soon. I could go for a good cry with some warm heartfelt uplift at the end.
And the little girl looks hilarious. What a great "stank face"!
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ys
May 7, 2013 at 10:24 AM
Nice to know there's another ahjumma fan (eemo fan?) out there! Loved Hongki in You're Beautiful but I started listening to FTIsland because of this brillllliant post by javabeans:
http://www.dramabeans.com/2010/08/pop-culture-the-fairy-and-the-woodcutter/
My favorite part of Noriko was when he was giving a singing lesson to ahjumma with an FTIsland song. Too.cute.
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7 Zarahiann
May 7, 2013 at 9:37 AM
I can't wait for this movie!! I love tehosekoittimeen puppy guys and Lee HongGi being one again? Totally all for it!
You're Beautiful was the first korean drama I watched and the main reason for it was HongGi. Just loved his overly cute character so much I always just had to go to the next episode...
Hope the movie will be good <3
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redfox
May 7, 2013 at 10:39 AM
huh, tehosekoitin? mitä.... onks se yhtye.
why are you dropping finnish words. are you a finn
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8 crazedlu
May 7, 2013 at 9:41 AM
I would watch for Baek Jinhee alone. ~
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9 Ivoire
May 7, 2013 at 9:49 AM
Thank you for the news!
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10 Russe12
May 7, 2013 at 9:54 AM
I remember being really excited when I first heard news of this film, and this just made me more excited! Can't wait to see...although it will be quite the wait...
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11 saturtledaisy
May 7, 2013 at 10:29 AM
Ah the premise definitely sounds like this movie will be fun to watch~ The characters seem like a fu bunch. But at the same time it sounds so sad. I mean, it's set in a hospital. With people who are 'preparing to die'. I'll be sure to stock up on tissues before this movie comes out.
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saturtledaisy
May 7, 2013 at 10:30 AM
*fun bunch D:
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12 Jill
May 7, 2013 at 10:31 AM
wow... it actually didn't sound that amazing to me, but after watching the trailer I know I have to watch it!
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13 redfox
May 7, 2013 at 10:47 AM
I reaaly like that ahjussi there, I cant tell you how much. of course Hong-Ki too. I am watching, even if it is cliché.
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14 Ace
May 7, 2013 at 11:18 AM
Jeremy! And cute little girl Bo-ri in All About My Romance!
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15 snow_white
May 7, 2013 at 11:28 AM
oh it looks so heartwarming and sweet :)
I wonder why Lee Hong-ki didn't appear in any acting projects after You're Beautiful as he did a very good job in it !!
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16 Sur
May 7, 2013 at 12:02 PM
sounds good
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17 jubilantia
May 7, 2013 at 12:14 PM
I don't know about original, but it seems sweet and heartwarming, and that emotionally manipulative music get me every. time.
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18 Laurita
May 7, 2013 at 12:25 PM
Looks really nice :0 Buuut "troublemaker idol who gets sent to do community service" or "save-the-hospital concert" and other cliches... They don't look far for new ideas, do they?
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19 Noelle
May 7, 2013 at 12:33 PM
Wait isn't that the guy from the Man Ramen commercial?
Looks like a feel good movie. Hospice isn't easy. I know that. So I hope they do as much as they can realistically.
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20 pogo - now sailing HMS Queen of Tears with Corn Salad on deck🍉
May 7, 2013 at 1:21 PM
I loved him in YAB and her in High Kick 3, so this might actually be worth watching even if the plot sounds recycled.
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21 fab
May 7, 2013 at 2:00 PM
Omg, I am crying already... better remember this one!
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22 Faye
May 7, 2013 at 2:27 PM
So, basically, Hong Ki plays Yoo Hye Si at first, then gets a personality makeover? :)
It sounds cute and touching; I'll give it a chance. Hospice is pretty deep stuff, though, so I hope they handle that well.
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23 1crazynt
May 7, 2013 at 7:00 PM
I love Baek Jin Hee. Thats why I started watching I summon you, gold because of her and surprisingly, she has a great chemistry with her partner in the drama. I like her playing demure role. I hope to see her playing a leading lady role in a drama soon.
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24 DAEBAK!
May 7, 2013 at 7:14 PM
just reading about this movie makes my heart flutter^.^ so i will definitely be watching this! thank you for the news^^
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25 goldeng
May 7, 2013 at 7:36 PM
omg with that hair, mir and him could pass as twins!! I dont if it is because i'm obsessed with Jeremy but he kinda gives a Jeremy vibe in the stills :33 I watched him in YAB, Noriko goes to Seoul and Muscle Girl!, i really like his acting! and the girl i'm currently watching her in I summon you, Gold! and shes delivering her character well! i cant wait to watch this
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26 mai09
May 7, 2013 at 10:48 PM
It must be a great movie...
and will make me cry with the storyline..
A must watch movie for me !!
I can't wait..
The poster is beautiful ^^
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27 thatsoumia
May 8, 2013 at 5:30 AM
nicholas spark-ish..
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28 wenlin
May 8, 2013 at 6:36 AM
Lee hong ki <3 his performance in you re beautiful
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29 smolo
May 8, 2013 at 8:17 AM
I'm happy that Hongki's always making good acting choices :) allof his dramas and movies were good. I don't know about the earnings, but good because the content has sense and he was able to pull it off with his acting :) hingki and ftisland fighting!
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30 Lilian
May 8, 2013 at 9:30 AM
Ooh...totally reminds me of the cute Jeremy! Too bad Korean movies like this seldom make it to cinemas. Hope he does a drama soon
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31 zandria
May 9, 2013 at 11:58 AM
This is the kind of drama korea does well. Looking forward to it.
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32 Elfie
May 9, 2013 at 7:26 PM
Sounds good!!
I'm excited to watch BJH in this, I'm currently liking her role in 'I Summon You, Gold'
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33 taranom
July 28, 2013 at 2:11 AM
hong ki is well fovored
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