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 …

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Comedy + Romance in South Korea

95 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Petty Romance itself).

The 2009–2011 South Korea Window

Petty Romance holds position #81 of 137 South Korea films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  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

The 2010s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Petty Romance premiered alongside 53 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 53 other South Korea films in 2010.

The 427th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).

Audience Engagement

21
Reviews
43rd
Review-volume percentile
12th
Popularity percentile

21 audience reviews — more than 43% of South Korea films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 12th percentile among South Korea films.

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 CountrySouth Korea
Original LanguageKorean
Production CompaniesLotte Entertainment, Cree Pictures
Runtime1h 58m
Release DateDecember 1, 2010
IMDbtt1897945