Film Review: Make Yourself at Home

October 06, 2008 When a Korean woman has her marriage arranged to a Korean-American man, the usual clash of cultures and individual feelings of displacement come to the surface in "Make Yourself at Home," the debut feature by Sohn Soopum. Unconvincing performances, characters devoid of empathy and a heavily contrived plot overwhelm some of Sohn's more pointed observations about Korean marriage beliefs, assimilation, identity and superstition. Had "Home" boasted a modicum of narrative credibility, it could have mined the same limited art house territory as "West 32nd," particularly taking into consideration the film's recognizable face (television star Song Hye-kyo) and mix of Korean and American elements.

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