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| Jeon Ji Hyun Filmography |
| The Uninvited |
Release Date May 2003
Character Yeon
Director Lee Soo Yeon
Writing Credits Lee Soo Yeon
Co-Stars Park Shin Yang, Yoo Sun
Genre Horror, Thriller
Country South Korea
Rating M15
Runtime 123 minutes
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Synopsis
Jung Won is a man with no memory of his childhood and his real family. At the beginning of the film he witnesses the deaths of two young girls.
He begins seeing the girls dead bodies sitting at his kitchen table. He meets Yeon, a narcoleptic who is a witness in a infant murder case. She can
also see the "ghosts" and he soon finds out she is psychic and can also help him recover his lost memories. After realising his horrific past Jung Won
cannot escape the miserable circumstances of his life, and is left in utter loneliness.
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Jeon Ji Hyun's Role
Yeon is a troubled, narcoleptic woman plagued by psychic visions, including a baby dropping babysitter. She's been isolated even from her family because of her
unusual gift.
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Awards
Award Winner - Fantasia International Film Festival
Award Winner - Pacific Media Expo
Best Film - Webby Awards
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Trivia
- This is the third time Ji Hyun worked with Park Shin Yang.
- The movie marks Lee Soo Yeon's directing debut.
- There have been talks of an American remake
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Reviews
Two years after her breakthrough role in 'My Sassy Girl', Ji Hyun Jeon turns in a pedestrian show as the eternally depressed Yeon Jung.
It should be said that the role is atypical of Asian horror films, in particular the Ghost Stories, and is by no means demanding. The female leads in
these films are required to do basically three things: be docile to the point of looking lifeless, sit or stand at one location staring off at empty spaces
for long stretches, and move really, really slowly. Ji Hyun Jeon does all these things really well, but it still goes without saying that anyone could
have played this role. - Nix @ Beyond Hollywood
Actress Ji Hyun Jeon displays here that she can do far more than the mere muggings, gnashings, and posturings of 'My Sassy Girl'. In fact,
she shows she does indeed have the acting chops required to survive in non-HK cinema. Her repertoire runs the gambit of shock, pain, and distress,
and she shows she can even handle the ubiquitous crying sequence. If she keeps it up, while adding a bit of nudity and finding herself in compromising
situations with a domineering geriatric white male, shell be a shoe-in for next years Oscars (Oh crap. There I go again.) - Chris Nelson @
DreamLogic
Jeon Ji Hyun's performance is especially noteworthy for its quality, especially when held up against her prior work that is of much lighter weight. In
this part there is no hint of the strong willed brassiness upon which her 'My Sassy Girl' role was built; instead, in the person of a wounded and frail
character battered by the past she evinces just the right note of vulnerability. At times it seems that she's a completely different woman that the
one we have seen in her comedic work, a gray and shaded person completely at odds with the shimmering persona that she has previously unveiled.
While not a groundbreaking performance by any means, the actress's turn in 'The Univited' at least irrevocably demonstrates that the star's popularity is
based on more than just her surface attractions. - Chris Hyde @ BoxOfficeProphets
Most will watch this for Jeon's performance in a role far removed from her halcyon 'My Sassy Girl' days. For those of us who enjoy her as a manic
honey/enemy, it might be a surprise, if not an annoyance, to discover that Jeon barely raises a smile (and not once an in-your-face pout) in her portrayal
of Yun, a sombre young woman suffering from narcolepsy. If there's a saving grace to this film, it belongs to the shots of Jeon fainting. She faints
spectacularly well, not so much falling as sighing to the ground. Oh, and she also sees dead people. - James Brown @ HerdicCinema
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