Nothig is exaggerated, nothing seems fake in the movie. The story is about discovering the truth behind the introverted look. And it's being discovered beautifully. Here is the school bulling theme going through the movie but it is not exaggerated, is realistic, not disguisting or cruel unlike in other movies and dramas. It's rather mild and don't make you hate anybody who's involved but lets you relate it to yourself and understand deeply. This movie is inspiring, deep, fresh, not really sad for me. You can see characters development during the story, which is so rare nowadays. The director (Lee Han) of the movie did a great work with actors. The story is based on the novel so no wonder it's really good. Btw the same novelist, Kim Ryeo-Ryeong, also wrote the novel which the film 'Punch' is based on. Ah, I'm so glad there are such artists who are capable to creat this kind of movies. p.s.: btw, Kim Hee Ae and Yoo Ah In again star together, I was pleased to see that. But as I've seen some of Yoo Ah In's works, so far I think he did really good only in 'Secret love affair'.