Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Desertman84 Innocent Steps is a South Korean film.It stars Moon Geun-Young, Kim Byeol and Park Geon-Hyeong. The film was written and directed by Park Young-hoon. The theme of this movie is "Success can not bring you happiness if the one you love is far away".Chae-rin, without even knowing the basics of dancing, comes to Seoul to attend a national sports dancing championship as a substitute for her dancing-queen sister, who is forced to skip the Seoul event for personal reasons. Chae-rin thus manages to enter South Korea on her sister's passport. Her partner in the competition is Na Young-sae, a former member of the country's dance sport team. But Chae-rin is soon caught living a lie. After some twists and turns, she learns dancing from Young-sae and love, too.Though the movie is formulaic,clichéd and predictable,it still manages to entertain viewers who love a good romantic comedy.

Coolestmovies Typical underdog story about a fallen dance champ (Park Kyon-hyeong) forced pair up with a mousy Korean-Chinese immigrant (Moon Geun-young from A TALE OF TWO SISTERS) in need of citizenship in order to take back the crown. Plays all the familiar notes from just about any sport competition movie you'd care to remember, but cleverly opts out of the usual, predictable triumphant ending by having Moon enter the big dance finals with with Park's dirty rival (!). Moon's a doll in this, as she has been in everything she's been in so far (think LOVER'S CONCERTO or better yet, MY LITTLE BRIDE). WIth a face seemingly purpose-built for crying at the slightest hint of heartbreak, she can only be a natural; her character has to remain doe-eyed and lovestruck with Park, and typically selfless in spite of his harsh ways, while becoming a seasoned professional dancer in a very short period of time. Another reason I like a movie like this: the leads are actually required to DANCE. Their routines are modest, but frequent long tales reveal that they did indeed learn some killer moves. The championship dance is built from editing more than performer skill, but one can still see the effort being applied.

Meganeguard After nearly having dancing career destroyed when his leg is stomped upon at a dance competition, Na Young-sae is given another chance by his manager when he is paired with an ethnic Korean girl from China Jang Chae-min. In order to keep the girl in South Korea Young-sae's manager informs him that he will also have to marry her. This situation causes Young-sae little grief and he soon goes through the formalities of marrying the girl. However, things quickly turn for the worse when it is discovered that Jang Chae-min is really not Jang Chae-min but is instead Jang Chae-rin, Chae-min's little sister. It seems that Chae-min has a fiancé who is unwilling to marry her if she travels to the decadent land of South Korea. Angered by this situation, Young-sae's manager beats Chae-rin and apologizes to Young-sae. Chae-rin, played by Mun Geun-yeong, however, is determined to learn how to dance so she gets a job at a less than reputable location. After she informs Young-sae of this, he comes to pick up the young girl and bring her back to his home.In Young-sae's flat Chae-rin begins a rigorous study of dance. At first very stiff, Chae-rin soon loosens up and becomes a bit more comfortable with Young-sae. Also Young-sae, whose heart was broken when his former dance partner left him for his rival and South Korea's best dancer Jung Hyun-soo, begins to feel affection for the young girl. However, right when the fruits of their labor near the ripening point, the duo's little world falls apart when Hyun-soo enters into Young-sae's life once more.In the tradition of other dance films such as Murakami Ryu's Because of You, Suo Masayuki's Shall We Dance?, and the like, Park's film Innocent Steps displays how the passionate art form of dancing, especially the samba and the cha cha which are the primary dances in this film, can bring people closer together, however, in this film I think the subject matter is handed rather heavy handedly. A bit of the problem might be with the actress Mun Geun-yeong whose young age and inexperience, she is only eighteen, might act as a bit of a hindrance to being able to portray true romantic love. However, her teary, sniffly performance when she is looking for Park Kyun-hyeong's character is well done and will probably turn on the waterworks for more sensitive viewers. She is also a great crier a skill that is readily displayed in this film.While definitely not a great movie Innocent Steps will make a good edition to the collections of those who enjoy Korean romantic film.

Maomao Innocent Steps (international title) is a romantic Korean tale about a cute 19 year old girl (Mun Geun-yeong) from China on a dance contract. She is paid to practice and dance with her partner (Park Geon Hyeong) for the upcoming 'KDFA Cup Korea Dancesport Championship'. For the next three months, she trained hard for the competition. Love blossomed, of course. Being professional during the practices, they did not reveal their feelings to each other.A couple of twists happened and the last 30 minutes proved once again that Korean movies do not bow to mainstream stereotyped story lines or endings. It was a 30% bitter 70% sweet conclusion, not a Hollywood perfect fairy tale. Good flick to watch with your loved one.Mao points: 7/10