Let's see what the experts have to say about BoA's first acting role ever.
BoA's slightly uncertain English may render some of her lines askew, but she's lovely, an absolute twirling dervish in the spotlight, and her interracial romance with Hough, with its tension and comedy, has a verve-y freshness to it, which reminded me a bit of Marlon Brando and Miiko Taka way back when in 1957's Sayonara. (There's some flavor-adding cultural info as well, concerning BoA's Japanese upbringing as a Korean, and also her use of taeko drums in her dance.)
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