6.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Big Deal (2025)
Big Deal (2025)
Overview
Corporate drama depicting the 1997 Asian financial crisis's impact on Gukbo, South Korea's leading soju company facing bankruptcy and a takeover bid from a global investment firm. Directed by Choi Yoon-Jin, starring Lee Je-hoon as CFO Pyo Jong-rok, with Yu Hae-jin, Son Hyun-joo, and Choi Young-joon.
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Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Leans Right
Diversity: Moderate
Family Values: Mixed
Viewer Rating
6.4
Overview
Corporate drama depicting the 1997 Asian financial crisis's impact on Gukbo, South Korea's leading soju company facing bankruptcy and a takeover bid from a global investment firm. Directed by Choi Yoon-Jin, starring Lee Je-hoon as CFO Pyo Jong-rok, with Yu Hae-jin, Son Hyun-joo, and Choi Young-joon.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central conflict pits a patriotic executive against a ruthless foreign investment firm during South Korea's 1997 financial crisis, championing national loyalty and traditional values over aggressive globalization as its core message.
The film employs traditional casting with a predominantly Korean male ensemble for its domestic corporate narrative, incorporating one Asian actor in a supporting foreign role. Its plot examines clashes between local loyalty and international business pressures without foregrounding critiques of gender, race, or equity dynamics.
Secondary
The film depicts corporate loyalty and business rivalries during South Korea's financial crisis, treating the company as a metaphorical family but without exploring actual family structures, roles, or values. This lack of meaningful family content results in a neutral portrayal.
The film features no LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on corporate drama during the Asian financial crisis.
The film contains no depiction of transsexual characters or themes. Its narrative focuses exclusively on corporate intrigue in the alcohol industry, offering no exploration of transgender identity or related issues.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Big Deal presents fictional characters in a corporate drama loosely inspired by the 1997 sale of Jinro soju company, without altering genders of any historical or canonical figures.
Big Deal presents fictional characters in a drama loosely inspired by the 1997 Jinro Soju sale during South Korea's IMF crisis, without adapting prior canon or depicting specific historical figures with altered races.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.3
6.5
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