Petty Romance
2010 1h 58m movie Film South Korea

Petty Romance

쩨쩨한 로맨스

Synopsis

쩨쩨한 로맨스

A comic artist and an unemployed sex columnist are trying to work together in order to win a lucrative comic-book competition. An adult cartoon contest is announced offering a W130 million prize. Da-Rim (Choi Gang-Hee) does translation work for an adult magazine. Da-Rim wants to become a writer. Due to her creativity, Da-Rim is always making mistakes and gets fired by company. Talented cartoonist Jung-Bae (Lee Sun-Kyun) is constantly turned down by publishing companies because of his poor story lines. The two, who seemed perfectly matched, team up for the adult cartoon contest. Trouble is set to brew …

The 2009–2011 South Korea Window

137 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Petty Romance sits at position #81.

  1. Tree with Deep Roots
    #1

    Tree with Deep Roots

    ★ 9.3 · 2011

  2. The Slave Hunters
    #2

    The Slave Hunters

    ★ 8.8 · 2010

  3. Dong Yi
    #3

    Dong Yi

    ★ 8.4 · 2010

  4. Running Man
    #4

    Running Man

    ★ 8.3 · 2010

  5. Silenced
    #5

    Silenced

    ★ 8.2 · 2011

  6. 49 Days
    #6

    49 Days

    ★ 8.2 · 2011

  7. The Princess' Man
    #7

    The Princess' Man

    ★ 8.1 · 2011

  8. Castaway on the Moon
    #8

    Castaway on the Moon

    ★ 8.0 · 2009

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The 2010s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Petty Romance premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.4
TMDB Rating
21
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,016 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (27th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.5 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Comedy productions specifically: #314 of 427 (top 74%).

Production Details

Primary Country South Korea
Original Language Korean
Production Companies Lotte Entertainment, Cree Pictures
Runtime 1h 58m
Release Date December 1, 2010
IMDb tt1897945

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