A gentle, artistic boyfriend postpones meeting his girlfriend's parents out of fear of rejection and clashing expectations. When it finally happens, awkward, stifled laughter and superficial conversations make place for the inevitable after a few drinks too many.
My expectation heading in was this would be an intimate, touching portrait of changing Korean socio-cultural values. Instead the underlying focus steered into the contrast of knowledge versus emotion and impressionist artistic sensibilities, but to me it just didn't land that well. I'm just not certain whether the lead actor was actually supposed to portray such a Perfect Days-esque character (defying filial expectations), or whether it was instead intending to highlight his airheaded immaturity, lack of responsibility, and position of privilege, able to rely on his father's money when needed, to sustain a lifestyle of vapid philosophical thoughts and painfully superficial poetry.