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Miss Granny

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For the 2018 Philippine remake, see Miss Granny (2018 film). For 2024 TV remake, see Miss Granny (TV series).
Miss Granny
Promotional poster
Hangul
수상한 그녀
Hanja
殊常한 그女
Literal meaningSuspicious Girl
Revised RomanizationSusanghan Geunyeo
McCune–ReischauerSusanhan Kŭnyŏ
Directed byHwang Dong-hyuk
Written by
  • Shin Dong-ik
  • Hong Yun-jeong
  • Dong Hee-seon
Produced by
  • Jeon Jae-sun
  • Park Ji-seong
  • Lee Jae-pil
  • Im Ji-young
Starring
CinematographyKim Ji-yong
Edited byNam Na-yeong
Music byMowg
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • January 22, 2014 (2014-01-22)
Running time
124 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$3.2 million
Box officeUS$51.7 million[1]

Miss Granny (Korean: 수상한 그녀) is a 2014 South Korean fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk.[2] Na Moon-hee stars as a woman in her 70s who magically finds herself in the body of her 20-year-old self (Shim Eun-kyung) after having her picture taken at a mysterious photo studio.[3][4][5][6][7] After opening in theaters on January 22, 2014,[8] it became a huge box office hit, with 8.65 million tickets sold.

The film challenges social norms by focusing on an elderly woman, inviting the audience to connect with her. Through a magical shift between old and young, the film suggests that while modern society offers women more opportunities for self-expression, they still struggle for true agency. This is due to a conflict between hyper-individualism and relational values, which hinders them from fully realizing themselves.[9]

Plot

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Oh Mal-soon, a 74-year-old widow, lives with her son and his family. Foul-mouthed, stubborn, controlling and shameless, she has a difficult relationship with her depressed daughter-in-law Ae-ja, but is very proud of her son Hyun-chul, who became a university professor of gerontology at Seoul National University and whom she raised by herself against all odds. One day, Ae-ja gets hospitalized after suddenly collapsing. Her doctors strongly advise her to live apart from Mal-soon. On the day she is told by her son that she is being sent to a nursing home, the dismayed Mal-soon wanders the streets and comes across a mysterious photo studio that claims it captures the moments of one's youth. She takes what she believes will be her last self-portrait for her not-so-far-off funeral, but when she comes out of the studio, Mal-soon is dumbfounded by her own reflection in the mirror: she's now a fresh, young 20-year-old woman.

At first not knowing what to do, she hides from her family and soon ends up lodging with her fellow café shop worker who used to be a servant of her family. With no one recognizing her, Mal-soon decides to make the most out of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. She renames herself Oh Doo-ri after her all-time favorite actress Audrey Hepburn, gets a haircut similar to Hepburn's in Roman Holiday, and takes advantage of her youth. As the "suspicious girl" of the Korean title, all anyone sees is that Doo-ri speaks with a regional accent and walks like an old lady, and that she acts very strangely and motherly for her age. After wowing a group of pensioners with a stirring karaoke tune one day, she attracts the notice of her unknowing grandson Ji-ha, a 4th year in university, and Han Seung-woo, a TV music producer. Ji-ha invites her to join his heavy metal band, and after she convinces them to switch to more audience-pleasing melodies.

She gets caught romantically between two men: Mr. Park, her now ex-café worker friend who had always secretly loved Mal-soon, and Seung-woo, who's doing his best to track her down again.[10][11][12] Mr. Park's daughter forces her out as she thinks Doo-ri is scheming after his money and she takes refuge in Mr. Han's apartment.

Meanwhile, the band becomes successful with her as vocalist and Seung-woo decides to take them under his wing. Doo-ri is thrilled to be pursuing a career in music ― something she had to give up when she was young. They are booked for an extravaganza at the studio and Ji-ha is late due to a traffic jam. He decides to leave the taxi and bike but is hit by a lorry on the way there. He is in a critical condition at the hospital but Doo-ri decides to go on stage so as to tell him that his song was a success afterwards. As she arrives at the hospital it is found that only she has the correct blood type for a transfusion. She does the transfusion knowing that it would return her back to her aged condition.

Ji-ha's band takes off with the sister as the lead singer and Doo-ri as a fan. Mr. Park finds the same photo studio and becomes young and handsome. He picks her up at a bus stop and rides off bickering good naturedly as they always do.

Cast

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Original soundtrack

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Miss Granny OST
No.TitleArtistLength
1."나성에 가면" (If You Go to Los Angeles)Shim Eun-kyung2:56
2."반지하 인생" (Life of Half Underground)Han Soo-yeon3:26
3."하얀나비" (White Butterfly)Shim Eun-kyung3:39
4."한번 더" (Once More)Shim Eun-kyung4:05
5."Waltz for Mother"Mowg3:43
Raindrop (Miss Granny OST)
No.TitleArtistLength
1."빗물" (Raindrop)Shim Eun-kyung3:44
2."빗물 (Inst.)" (Raindrop (Inst.)) 3:44
Miss Granny - If You Go to Los Angeles (Special Collaboration)
No.TitleArtistLength
1."나성에 가면" (If You Go to Los Angeles)Rose Motel, Shim Eun-kyung3:02

Box office

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Miss Granny was released in South Korea on January 22, 2014. It drew 850,000 admissions on its opening day, placing it second behind Hollywood animated film Frozen at the box office.[13]

By its second week, good word of mouth caused ticket sales to rise 106%, and Miss Granny became the surprise chart topper after accruing 1.76 million viewers over the Lunar New Year weekend.[14][15][16] After only 12 days in theaters, it reached close to 4 million admissions.[17][18][19] Miss Granny crossed 7 million admissions on February 17 after 27 days on release, with a gross of ₩51.1 billion (US$48.1 million).[20] To date, the film has had 8,656,417 admissions, earning ₩62.5 billion (US$61.8 million);[21] it climbed to number 13 on the all-time Korean box office chart in its eighth week.[22][23] Miss Granny grossed a total of US$59.6 million internationally.[24]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2014 19th Chunsa Film Art Awards Best Actress Shim Eun-kyung Won [25][26]
Best Screenplay Shin Dong-ik, Hong Yun-jeong, Dong Hee-seon Won
5th Okinawa International Movie Festival Uminchu Prize Grand Prix, Peace category Miss Granny Won [27][28][29][30]
50th Baeksang Arts Awards Best Actress Shim Eun-kyung Won [31][32]
Best Screenplay Shin Dong-ik, Hong Yun-jeong, Dong Hee-seon Nominated
18th Fantasia International Film Festival Audience Award, Best Asian Film - Gold Miss Granny Won
14th Director's Cut Awards Best Actress Shim Eun-kyung Won
23rd Buil Film Awards Best Actress Shim Eun-kyung Won [33]
Best Screenplay Shin Dong-ik, Hong Yun-jeong, Dong Hee-seon Nominated
Best Music Mowg Nominated
34th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards Critics' Top 10 Miss Granny Won
51st Grand Bell Awards Best Actress Shim Eun-kyung Nominated [34][35]
Best Screenplay Shin Dong-ik, Hong Yun-jeong, Dong Hee-seon Nominated
Best Music Mowg Won
15th Women in Film Korea Awards Best Producer Im Ji-young Won
Best Marketing Won
35th Blue Dragon Film Awards Best Film Miss Granny Nominated
Best Director Hwang Dong-hyuk Nominated
Best Actress Shim Eun-kyung Nominated
Best Screenplay Shin Dong-ik, Hong Yun-jeong, Dong Hee-seon Nominated
Best Music Mowg Nominated
1st Korean Film Producers Association Awards Best Actress Shim Eun-kyung Won
2015 10th Max Movie Awards Best Film Miss Granny Nominated
Best Director Hwang Dong-hyuk Nominated
Best Actress Shim Eun-kyung Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Jinyoung Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Na Moon-hee Won
Shim Eun-kyung Nominated
Kim Seul-gi Nominated
Best Trailer Miss Granny Nominated
Best Poster Miss Granny Nominated

Remakes

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Miss Granny has received several remakes in different countries and languages.

Film

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Year English title Country
2015 20 Once Again China and Taiwan
2015 Sweet 20 Vietnam
2016 Sing My Life Japan
2016 Suddenly Twenty Thailand
2017 Sweet 20 Indonesia
2018 Miss Granny Philippines
2019 Oh! Baby India
2022 Cuando sea joven Mexico
TBA Ms. Granny[36] United States

Television

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Year English title Country
2018 20 Once Again China
2024 Who Is She[37] South Korea

See also

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References

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  2. ^ "An interview with movie director Hwang Dong-hyuk". The Dong-a Ilbo. 10 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2014-02-25.
  3. ^ Song, Soon-jin (20 December 2013). "Press Conference Held for MISS GRANNY". Korean Film Council. Archived from the original on 2021-10-03. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
  4. ^ Baek, Hee-youn (20 December 2013). "Age meets youth with comedy Miss Granny". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16. Retrieved 2014-02-09.
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  9. ^ Aharoni Lir, Shlomit; Ayalon, Liat (2023-10-03). "An old mind in a young body: womanhood between oppression and expression in Miss Granny". Feminist Media Studies. 23 (7): 3650–3665. doi:10.1080/14680777.2022.2129416. ISSN 1468-0777.
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