Two bored housewives have affairs with two different men they meet in online chat rooms. As their relationships developed into offline relationships they often pass each other unwittingly in the hallways of the motels where they meet their lovers.

One day, the lady known as “Dew” is in a room with her aged college lover. Suddenly, her husband bursts through their door, along with police officers that he brought. The other lady known as “Small Bird” is in a adjacent room listening to what’s going on in the other room. Small Bird whispers to her lover to be quiet, because the police officer in the other room is her husband.

In particular, “Dew,” played by the very sultry Hye-su Kim, was this dynamic character that really brought the movie to life. She played a hilarious bored rich housewife, dealing with certain personal issues, that often made her seem like a teenager going through her rebellious period. Hye-Su Kim showed in “Tazza : The High Rollers” that she could deftly play the sex bomb type of character, but her performance in “A Good Day To Have An Affair” showed comedy & drama is something she can handle as adeptly. Although Dew was in her late 30’s, she lived her life as a disgruntled and, often goofy, teenager. This somewhat explains why she clicked so well with her dopey college aged lover. Beyond the comedy elements Dew’s character was also the most complex. She had a strong affinity for Edward Hopper like paintings that often appeared in “A Good Day To Have An Affair.” The paintings typically showed an empty bedroom with sunlight shining through an open door or portraits of a lady sitting by herself in a empty room near a window. Yeah if you haven’t guessed it by now, loneliness is one of the primary reasons why these women had affairs.

The other lady known as “Small Bird,” played by Jin-seo Yun (the lovestruck teenager nun in My Lovely Week), had the opposite type of personality compared to Dew. She was still relatively young, but married way to early in life. More than anything else she longed for companionship and romance that was missing from her stale married life. Her husband was a workaholic cop who rarely conversed with her beyond the daily marital duties type of chit chat.

To maybe better understand “A Good Day For An Affair,” one should look at the original Korean title for the film, which would have the literal translation of “A Windy Day.” The breezy days passing over the lives of the two female characters were fleeting but nonetheless a welcome reprieve from the dull static nature of their typical days. Loneliness is what afflicts these ladies and even with their very distinct personalities they sought the same thing, which, on the most basic level, is happiness. For Dew & Small Bird the main question would be “can happiness be attained through love, marriage, or extra-marital affairs?” In a further unexpected twist, the movie doesn’t dwell on answering this question through long diatribes between the characters. Instead the answers are given through scenes that occur naturally in the film.The most poignant moment would have been the windy scene near the end of the film, when Small Bird leaves the motel for the final time. She walked into the motel on two crutches, but walked out of that motel with the help of only one broken crutch (Symbolic? You bet). A particularly strong autumn wind was blowing against her as she walked up the street with the help of her one broken crutch.

“A Good Day for an Affair” packs a surprising amount of fun, especially the scenes between Hye-Su Kim and her college aged lover. The core of the film dwells on the loneliness that afflicts two very different women, which is dealt with in an intelligent & often fun manner that never gets overbearing. Hye-Su Kim was particularly impressive in this film. Colour me impressed on this one.