Yara (2021): An Unfocused True Crime Narrative
The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.

Hun happens to know a basketball player Ji-Hye and incessantly tries to get close to her. On the day when she has a game, Hun goes to cheer her up with friends and comes to feel love for her. But, suddenly Hun stops meeting her. In fact, he hears from a doctor about his disease that is incurrable one. At the match, Ji-Hye's team wins the game thanks to her great activity. Ji-Hye finds Hun had fallen down under the stand and cries seeing his last humor on the stand.
The trouble with Yara (2021) is that in its attempt to tell the whole story, it struggles to tell a consistently engaging story.
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