6.3
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Petty Romance (2010)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.3
Overview
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 ...
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Overview
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 ...
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central themes revolve around individual relationships, creative collaboration, and personal growth, which are largely apolitical in nature. It does not explicitly promote or critique any specific political ideology, focusing instead on character-driven romantic comedy tropes.
The movie features a cast that is traditional for its South Korean origin, without explicit racial or gender recasting of roles that would typically be considered white in a Western context. Its narrative, typical of a romantic comedy, does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center strong DEI themes.
Secondary
Petty Romance is a romantic comedy centered on the developing relationship between a male cartoonist and a female sex columnist. The film does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or explore related themes, resulting in no depiction.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Petty Romance is an original South Korean film from 2010. It is not an adaptation of any prior source material, nor does it feature historical figures. Therefore, no characters could have been established with a different gender in a previous canon or historical record.
This film is an original South Korean production from 2010. There is no indication of prior source material, historical figures, or previous installments from which its characters' races could have been established and subsequently changed.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.2
Critic Ratings
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