Disney+ K-drama Our Movie review: Namgoong Min and Jeon Yeo-been face death
3/5 stars
Lead cast: Namgoong Min, Jeon Yeo-been, Lee Seol, Seo Hyun-woo
Latest Nielsen rating: 4.1 per cent
Our Movie, a melodrama about a director making a melodrama starring a terminally ill woman playing a terminally ill woman, has no interest in defying expectations.
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