My Sassy Girl starts off like a Korean version of the kind of film Ashton Kutcher would have appeared in a few years ago. A young man, Gyeon-woo, spots a young woman inches away from falling into the path on an oncoming subway. While both are on the subway, it becomes clear that the girl is extremely drunk, at one point vomiting on the head of one of the subway passengers. Mistakenly identified as the girl's boyfriend, Gyeon-woo finds himself taking the girl to a love hotel for the night to get her off the street. From there the relationship, more of a chaste, idiosyncratic friendship develops.

The title literally is translated as "Bizarre Girl". Sassy may be too misleading a description. Obdurate and bossy come a bit closer in fitting the girl, who like Joan Fontaine in Rebecca, remains unnamed. Jun's performance keeps this character some might find obnoxious, endearing instead. Some of the humor also comes at the expense of Tae-hyun Cha, the frequently hapless suitor of the girl.

What little I could glean from IMDb indicates that the upcoming remake will be have changes from the original version. What may make this film of some interest is that the new version is directed by Yann Samuel, who debuted with Love Me if You Dare. The French film was about two friends, male and female, that constantly dared each other with increasingly risky challenges. In some respects, there is a similarity to the girl's challenges to Gyeon-woo in My Sassy Girl with the game playing of Love Me if You Dare. That a French filmmaker is remaking a Korean film for a primarily American audience may be typical of Hollywood - by reworking an Asian story that can be easily transposed to the U.S., with a filmmaker who has learned his craft elsewhere - risk free Hollywood continues its flight from the slightest hint of originality.