Hear Me: Our Summer (2024)

Film léger sans prétention

C'est un bon film un peu comme une brise d'été, simple et agréable à regarder. Les personnages sont attachants et nous donnent le sourire parce que l'on sait que ça va bien se finir, malgré le drame de mi-séance obligatoire.
Je trouve cependant dommage que l'on découvre à la fin que le personnage féminin principal n'est en fait ni sourde ni muette (alors qu'elle se dit elle-même sourde une scène plus tôt dans la piscine ?!) et que tout cela était en fait un gros malentendu. Il aurait au contraire été intéressant d'avoir ce couple bilingue qui peut déjà communiquer sans problème grâce à la langue des signes et qui n'avait dont pas besoin de ce retournement de situation.
De ce fait, j'aurais presque préféré voir le développement du couple secondaire soeur-ami pour voir justement comment ils apprennent à communiquer dans un couple bilingue.
Ici, on a l'impression que le scénariste/metteur en scéne a choisi l'option de facilité et a donc réduit de moitié l'impact de sa critique sur l'inclusion des sourds-muets dans la société en se refusant à avoir un personnage principal handicapé.
Dommage !

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Feel-good romance lacks distinctive voice and a real heart

I don't have much to say about this film except that it's cute, adorable and wholesome. Conversations are mostly backed up with whimsical music. I don't have a problem with this as the dialogues felt authentic and genuine at first. However, by the time we arrived in the second half the story became dragged and lacked the specifities I was hoping for.

The shots and cinematography could have been more creative to make it memorable. The story does not try to be groundbreaking either. This is just supposed to be a feel-good movie although I would have loved if there were more touching moments to evoke emotions considering the story revolves around deaf people.

The story starts with Yong Jun unsure of what he wants to do in life. He's surrounded with philosophy books but he doesn't know what job to apply for. By the time we get to the end, nothing has changed. He's the main character but we didn't get to know much about his thoughts and background except that he instantly fell for Yeo Reum when he saw her in the swimming pool. This is the moment where the puppy love story starts to unfold. The film also noticeably shifts it focus to Yeo Reum's point of view after this part. More or less, Yeo Reum is a more developed character than Yong Jun. We digged into Yeo Reum's background and personality but only to a certain extent and here is where my main issue lies. Her character lacks a distinctive voice and is not fleshed out as I want her to be.

The storyline is fairly simple and is quite the epitome of young love. Although, one would really expect that the film could have had more earnest and compelling scenes just to fully give us that warm, fuzzy feeling inside.

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