Shin Min Ah in Talks to Lead a New Romantic Comedy K-Drama Kim Yeong Ho is a personal trainer for Hollywood stars. He reluctantly comes back to Korea to face his family after a scandal with an actress. Even though he comes from a wealthy family background, he suffered a devastating injury during his childhood days. Now, he overcomes his problems with living a healthy lifestyle. Kang Joo Eun is a 33-year-old lawyer who was once the beauty of her school, nicknamed "Daegu's Venus". Over the years she has become overweight and unhealthy. She gets dumped by her boyfriend of 15 years. Kang Joo Eun meets Kim Yeong Ho, who agrees to be her personal trainer to help her get healthier. As they work on her physical transformation, they both discover they have feelings for each other. As they grow closer, they heal each other's emotional wounds and fall in love. Edit Translation
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- Native Title: 오 마이 비너스
- Also Known As: Oh My God , 오 마이 갓! , O Mai Bineoseu
- Screenwriter: Kim Eun Ji
- Director: Kim Hyoung Seok, Lee Na Jung
- Genres: Comedy, Law, Romance, Life
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Cast & Credits
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![So Ji Sub in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)]( "So Ji Sub in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)")
So Ji Sub Main Role -
![Shin Min Ah in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)]( "Shin Min Ah in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)")
Shin Min Ah Main Role -
![Jung Gyu Woon in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)]( "Jung Gyu Woon in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)")
Jung Gyu Woon Main Role -
![Yoo In Young in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)]( "Yoo In Young in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)")
Yoo In YoungOh Soo JinMain Role -
![Sung Hoon in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)]( "Sung Hoon in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)")
Sung HoonJang Joon Sung / "Korean Snake" [UFC fighter]Support Role -
![Henry Lau in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)]( "Henry Lau in Oh My Venus Korean Drama (2015)")
Henry LauKim Ji Woong [Joon Sung's manager]Support Role
Reviews
CAST:
You can not help but fall for Shin Min Ah's bubbly and attractive personality. She's so genuine that I don't think of her as an actress but as a human being. Then we So ji Sub who is naturally and effortlessly hot. The way he looks at Shin Min Ah's character, you can feel the love oozing out lol. In the end, GREAT CHEMISTRY which is one of the most important factors in a successful drama.
PLOT & MESSAGE:
I hate how in transformation dramas/movies the protagonist stops everything once they reach their goal. In Oh my Venus, the main actress kept exercising and eating healthy way after she reached her goal and I loved how they showed us that till the very end of the drama. It's a realistic reminder to keep a long healthy lifestyle instead of the yoyo method.
Other dramas also accentuate the actress's figure after the transformation and make it the main focus most of the time however in Oh my venus, I was surprised that they kept making her wear loose and sometimes unflattering clothing even after she lost weight but that reminded me that the important thing is not how you look but how healthy you are which is why she didn't only use the scale to check her progress but she also did blood tests.
In the end, I think the great elements of this drama outweighs all of the negatives making it a great and even rewatchable drama!
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The story is fairly simple but was executed wonderfully. One of the things that made Oh My Venus stand out to me compared to other dramas was the lack of cliches. I loved how the show could still be dramatic and intense at times but it avoided nearly all of the typical K-drama cliches. Even when they used cliches they were handled differently and didn't go down the path that they usually do. It was so wonderful! The story was super cute and had a really good message about health and beauty.
The acting was superb. So Ji Sub and Shin Min Ah had wonderful chemistry and I loved their characters' personalities. I loved that there was no drama between the main couple. It was really nice to see a k-drama couple being straightforward and honest with each other. They worked through their problems together rather than creating more. It was a pleasure to watch a drama with such a healthy (both mentally and physically) romantic relationship in it. Drama between couples can get old really fast and this was really refreshing.
I loved the side characters as well! Henry and Sung Hoon were the perfect side characters and I loved the chemistry they had with So Ji Sub. They're probably my favorite drama trio! The other cast members played their parts very well too. For once I didn't absolutely despise the 2nd female and male leads. They made mistakes, yes. But it was nice that they didn't constantly try to interfere with the main couple's relationship. Instead we got to see them work through their own problems and I grew to kind of like them.
The music in Oh My Venus was super catchy and cute. I already have some of the songs in my iPod and they're so fun to listen to. I liked the use of upbeat and catchy songs. There were fewer dramatic songs and more fun and happy songs. All of the songs on the OST balance each other out and come together to make a wonderful soundtrack.
Overall I absolutely adored Oh My Venus. I was very pleased with the final episode as well (though I didn't think there needed to be as many flashbacks as there were). This is one of the best dramas I've watched in a while. The whole message of the show is just so positive and everything was so unproblematic. It was a really nice change of pace.
My video review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpaVFl_Bq6c
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