Park Heung-Sik fills the film with slightly colorful characters such as the class "bad boy", who may or may not have cut off his own finger to demonstrate his toughness, or the neighbor boy with Down's syndrome who appears to exist solely to embarrass Gwang-Ho. it is only Gwang-Ho's mother who emerges as more than a cipher, large part because Moon's ability to immerse herself into the character. Keeping her sense of humor while coping with an unnamed illness, the mother alternates between total plainness and being overly made-up. There is no moment of amazement such as in Oasis when one realizes that the woman seen through much of the film does not have cerebral palsy. In Bravo My Life, Moon's finest moment is of her simply sitting in a chair, laughing with affection about her son, and the neighbor boy who constantly sings one song off key.

The problem with Bravo My Life is that while there are several nice moments, there is not enough to cohere into a satisfying film. Among the nice touches is when Gwang-Ho sees the young assistant nurse, the object of his erotic dreams, dancing behind the paper screen to a tune by Ritchie Valens. Later the two are seen reading comic books together, seen first with their feet in the air as they read on the floor. The weakness of the narrative is that Park creates some potentially interesting characters and plot developments that end up being forgotten by the end of the film. The use of a character with Down's syndrome seems especially gimmicky at best, done for cheap laughs and cheaper pathos. I'm not the only writer to think highly of Moon So-Ri. Bravo My Life may be one of her lesser credits, but Moon almost single handedly keeps the film from being negligible.