There is a Gallic quality to Lee's debut film. That may be simply due to the music, often a duet of guitar and accordian. The film is observational, with the camera at a distance allowing the viewer to watch the characters interact with each other. There are echoes of Truffaut in the narrative, most obviously with Jules and Jim with men fighting each other for a woman who could well live without any of them. There is also a scene that recalls a visual joke from Shoot the Piano Player. One of the men swears on the life of his mother that he is telling the truth. The mother suddenly dies. Lee's film is much darker in its humor than anything Truffaut made, while the sex is more explicit. Additionally, Eun is reunited by chance with someone from her youth, with the two sharing a secret that makes their relationship more volatile. Again, this recalls several of Truffaut's films, usually with former lovers forced together by circumstance.

While the men act foolishly in the name of love, Eun is looking for ways to advance herself beyond her teaching career. Everyone does the wrong thing for the wrong reason, in a variety of acts of self-destruction. In the end of Bewitching Attraction, Eun compares herself to a red flower. Unlike flowers, Eun is more resilient than fragile. But like some flowers, Eun is best appreciated observed from a safe distance.