Wonsuk Lee

The Royal Tailor’s stellar performances from its two leads combine with a gripping plot to create an easily accessible and enjoyable film.

A crowd pleasing blend of humour, drama, and romance, all awash in a lush and vivid world of kings, queens, fashion, and Machiavellian intrigue, it is no surprise that The Royal Tailor is one of South Korea’s most successful period films. Yet for all its bright qualities, the final third of the film slowly begins to unravel the pattern it spent the first two-thirds stitching.