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Lots of Laughs

Friend Zone is a Thai movie that had me alternately laughing and groaning basically throughout the film. It's slightly raunchy, funnier than anything I've seen from the east, and a touching look at the friends to lovers trope.

Alot of credit goes to the leads, who did their jobs and then some. This story revolves mainly around Gink (beautifully portrayed by Baifern Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul), a Thai girl whose life we see from high school to adulthood. She's best friends with Palm (wickedly handsome Nine Naphat Siangsomboon, whose mother was Miss Thailand World back in 1988, and she gave him all her good genes), who is secretly in love with her. Gink has friend-zoned Palm, however, so all he can be is her very good, patient and generous friend as she goes through her parents' divorce and then two romantic relationships that fail.

I have no idea why Palm was in love with Gink; she's crazy, rude, selfish and completely oblivious to how Palm feels for her (and how gorgeous he is, for that matter.) But as I always say, you don't get to pick who you love, so it works. The comedy is constant, especially surrounding Gink and her hijinks, and sometimes a little over the top (which is common for Asian comedy-romances.) Although it takes almost to the end of the movie to resolve the conflict, it was an easy watch, and lots of fun. Available on Viki.com.

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