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This drama is overall enjoyable because of the added comedy and originality that was incorporated. Personally, I thought the deliberate choice not to include romance was a great thing. Many dramas have added romance, where it derails from the storyline, or just gets super boring in some scenes. This drama brings the viewers to different levels of emotions, such as anger, sadness, and laughter throughout. Re-watch value is high if you give it some time before seeing it again.
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DRAMA WITH THE BEST BROMANCE I’VE SEEN SO FAR :)
I started watching this drama because I was head over heels about Nam Goong Min after watching Hot Stove League, and I’m clearly not disappointed at all. I have to admit that the first 4 episodes are a little boring for me, but I made the best decision to still continue.The story wasn’t really new, but it was unpredictable. The actors and actresses were spot-on, even though I don’t think they’re quite popular, the funny scenes didn’t fail to make me laugh, and the bromance scenes didn’t fail to make me melt either. What I thought was really great was how the story could balance the funny scenes, the emotional scenes, the serious scenes and made it into a very great drama.
Overall, 9.5/10. The reason why I couldn’t give this drama a perfect score was because there are some scenes that could be portrayed more entertaining, and some scenes that could have a more suitable background OSTs. But, overall this drama is seriously recommended especially for Hottests and Nam Goong Min fans out there! ⭐️
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Story: Perfection, there's no way to better it in my opinion.
Acting/Cast: I couldn't think of anyone who could have played these roles better.
Music: So perfect. The music enhance the drama without ruining it as I find often in other dramas. Sometime in dramas, I find that the music completely ruin the drama, by being to loud or giving away the plot. (Like based on music, you could tell something bad/sad/happy.. is GOING to happen, and I hate that, I don't watch dramas to listen to the music to know the plot, I watch dramas for watching it)
Rewatch Value: Often times I just give a drama a rating that matches my overall, because I don't want it to affect the overall because I generally don't rewatch. I find for most dramas, rewatching could actually ruin a drama, because you could find a fault that you didn't realize the first time. But Chief Kim is definitely 10/10, because I rewatched it, and still considered this drama 10/10.
If you are watching this drama, thinking it has romance, you are clearly in the wrong place. Each character has some chemistry with one or more other characters, I think it was done perfectly on purpose, so the audience could ship whoever they want and is not limited by the actual drama. For example for one scene you would think "Oh, are they going to end up together?" but it is so subtle and done multiple times throughout the drama with multiple characters, so you can't exactly pinpoint who's going to end up together.
This drama is very realistic, I don't know how to explain it but it's like there's no conspiracy for every character.
A little bit of a spoiler but not really... Chief Kim actually stays pretty much the same in that he doesn't believe in stealing from people who have less than you. I read a review about how they think Chief Kim got better morally, but I don't think that's the case. Chief Kim always believe in stealing from the rich and never from the poor.
SPOILER ALERT: In the beginning he taught people how to steal from their boss, and near the end he was still teaching some people how to steal from their boss, but warn them not to steal from people who worked below them.
Some people could have finished the drama, and think it's morally wrong, but to each their own.
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Excellent Bromance, give it a go once
●I really would have dropped it with the third episode. But it suddenly grew on me when he saved the lady from the accident, and became mr.righteous. I binged it for two days and completed it.He was total funny character doing his witty acts within the company.●Story- corporate politics when meets a man who himself was another level of mad person. Plotline isn't unique but the way this script Is written its a masterpiece. This one doesn't have romance but tons of bromance is there.
●Acting- Nam-goong-min as chief kim is just terrific. His dancing in the office, running throughout the company, and doing numerous pranks. This character is written very well and is played well too. NGM has made this more powerful. I had seen him before ad he is very natural.
Lee-jun-ho as seo yul was very nice too.playing the baddie he was finally infected with chief kim rib-tickling energy.
Kim-won-hae as choo nam ho. He is just awesome,any drama where he is as a supporting character he just makes the show more lovable and light with his superb acting skills.
●Music- “must be the money” by Dindin is full of energy with the lyrics,music and rap. Other tracks are also good.
●Re-watch- ofcourse yes, the story is ok but the acting takes you on a different level.
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It's super funny and contains many life lessons
The acting ! My Goodness ! The lead is a top class actor for sure. The cast was spectacular and the bromance !!!?? ooof! No wonder they won the best couple award, which is hilarious ahahahThere was no boring episode. The OST was really cool. The characters, everyone really, had so much depth which indicates a really good screenwriter. I am genuinely so impressed and happy to have watched it.
The lack of romance was just perfect for the genre of the drama. You could tell who the final couple was and there was no force fed romance, just a lot of amazing human relationships, friendships and warmth of a family of non-blood-related people...I cried many times and I never get emotional in the dramas ahaha
The ending cartoons were hilarious and super duper cute though!
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The casting is pretty great. The Titular character is amazing to watch with his little mannerisms here and there.
The story is good imo, but gets a little 'crazy' at the end. The music is great and borrows themes from certain Korean dramas, as well as some references here and there.
Overall, a very funny drama with some serious moments. Lots of feel good stuff especially near the end. The characters are what makes this show great.
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As someone who normally only watches rom-coms, this comedic business show is certainly outside of my regular preferences. The drama has the most amazing episode endings ... that kept me watching episode after episode, but in the middle of each episode there seems to end a bit of a lull. I was so happy to get to episode 16 and 17, where the bromance really starts to heat up.
The bromance between Nam Gung Min and Lee Jun Ho is of epic proportions. This Love Hate relationship is what keeps most viewers watching. The drama teases it throughout the series, but it really gains momentum from episode 16. I would venture to say that this drama is worth it just for the bromance and the comedy.
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Good Manager (2017) - Corporated greed and corruption
The Korean society must have quite a big number of issues ... especially with hirarchy, based in the old feudal structure of the Korean society which seem ro be manifested till today and despite a functional democracy.The story evolves around the TQ Group and its corrupt and power and money greedy CEO.
Namkoong Min as Kim Sung Ryong paired with Nam Sang Mi as female counterpart Yoon Ha Kyung and Lee Jun Ho as capitalistic sociaphat Seo Yool and Jung Hye Sung as enthusiastic undercover agent Hong Ga Eun give a wonderful set of characters which develop quite well in the story line and acring their alias.
Accounting is the key to uncover even most creative strategies and placing numbers in imaginairy companies/accounts. Slush founds/black money and labour rights and abuse of employees is the theme in this white colar crime story.
Sung Ryong and Sang Mi seemed to be the love affair of this story ... with Seo Yool as the rival? ... but arn´t. But sparks flew. Even with their counterpart Seo Yool ... incl. homoerotic flashes acted against a bit homophobic, taking in accounting the ridiculous anti LGBTQIA+ attitude and lack of womensrights in ultraconservative Korean society. Jokes made on the back of LGBTQIA+ is still not to accept and won´t!
Sang Mi distrusted Sung Ryong but got convinced by his fight for what is right, as she herself cna´t stand injustice, especially done by her company she is working for.
The back and forth bewtween Sung Ryong and Seo Yool is one of the highlights in this show for sure
Some bosses for real think they are the masters of desasters, or better a godlike given entity to whom everybody has to obey and bow.
Decisions are made ... with an good end the revenue is privatized and if its going wrong ... the result is socialized and empolyees are "set free", succed out and spewed out like waste. the Financial Crisis of 2007/08, in which we still are, has shown this drastically and paved the way for the far right poppolists (populists) which fish/ed among the vast numbers of losers. Which by far did not drink too much latte ...
The show shows us protesting employees for beeing succed out and lousy paid for and other employees even not paid. And the reaction of the boss? Angry and still sitting on its slush fonds, which ruined not only one of the subsidiaries.
The reations Sang Mi gets from the rivaling department and the ladies fight in the canteen but pictures too the disrespect of women as equal to men ... and the sispite 2017 when staged.
The film is a loud cry against corporations behavior and missing respect for their employees who create the lavish lifestyle of the chaebols and their family.
Here the son (Dong Ha Park Myung Seok) and heir is going a similar way as the main male heros Sung Ryong and Seo Yool from prick and sociophat to getting a social concience. His arrogance is based as usual on missing education and here accounting in special. Tzhe brat got his lecturwer in Sung Ryong. He ends as the key figure for saving his mother´s corporation.
When the guys in the cellar and Seo Yool unite their forces the team of not so white knights start to walk the winners lane ... and its a fun to see them acting one step ahead of the bosses blended by their greed in incompetence.
Only one couple does found itself as a sideline during the fierce battles ... but okay. GOOD MANAGER is not a love show.
The original CEO is ending with his croonies in front of the bar and is sentenced and even then can´t see and accept his guilt ... like so many CEOs and company owners when going down the gurgler because of fraud, shitty decisions. We can use their cases as tapestry for our homes.
Therefore we need more and stricter control mechanisms to prevent cases like pictured in GOOD MANAGER and strong and effective unions for employees.
The show staged 10 years after the ww Financial Crisis, starting 2006 with the Subprime Crisis and collapse of LEHMAN BROS. in 2007 calls for regulations of corporations. Not only for their employees, but for the nations economy and with that the ww economy.
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You'll love Chief Kim!
Now THAT’S what I’m talking about! I had seen scenes of this show and I’ve read a few of the reviews. I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to like this show because 1) it’s not a romance; 2) I don’t care for over-the-top or slapstick comedy; 3) I don’t like when shows have a ton of villains. Since I’ve not recently had terrific luck with finding a fabulous romance, I thought I’d give it a try. This show was a pure joy from beginning to end. It had me laughing out loud one moment and in tears the next.WRITING/STORY: Extremely well-written. For me, there were no draggy parts (hard to find in K-dramas, unfortunately) and there was no “throw away” dialogue. Every word spoken had a purpose, which might be confusing at the moment, but it would be explained in later scenes. I loved how they used flashbacks – something would happen that didn’t make sense, and they would go back and show what had happened behind the scenes to lead up to that point. It’s hard to find a show, especially one with a cast this large, that has fully fleshed out characters, from the main leads, all the way through the supporting characters. I have to like the characters to really be invested in them and I was worried about the character of Chief Kim, because he was a con man and his facial expressions often seemed cartoon-ish. His character development was fun to watch. Watching him grow as a person, but also seeing how much he helped everyone that he worked with, how his co-workers gained strength from what they learned from him…it was so special. The writers did a great job of letting us delve deeply into each character, get to know them better, and then you can’t help but root for them. They were very three dimensional and completely developed. The humor was often very exaggerated, but it fit in very well with the story. There was A LOT going on in this show – multiple villains, and lots of accounting stuff – I have arithmophobia so that was kind of painful, but the journey was just so much fun.
ACTING: Everyone in this show was absolutely amazing, but I have to call out a few that were complete stand-outs for me. Most of the other actors I’ve seen in other shows, and they were so good in this. It was fun to see Kim Seon Ho and his dimples, as a bespectacled nerd, which was a change!
Namkoong Min as Chief Kim – I was so impressed with him. He completely owned the part of Chief Kim. He was funny, playful, eccentric, and yes, a little bit crazy. He would pull these faces that would have me laughing out loud. He had to display such a wide array of emotions, and when he wasn’t being goofy, his intenseness was spot-on. You could feel his confusion as he started to leave his old life behind and actually let others into his life. There’s a line early in the show about him “fake crying” because what he feels isn’t real. Later on, when he cried, it just about broke my heart.
Lee Jun Ho as Yool – now, here is a villain you love to hate! I’ll start by saying that he’s just so beautiful, I got a little lost in him every time he was on screen. I was hoping that he would redeem himself, and the way the writers handled his storyline was excellent. I loved watching how he reacted to the female lead – a hint of a romance that is never actually addressed. (If you haven’t seen him in Just Between Lovers, he’s excellent in that as well!)
Kim Won Hae as General Manager Choo. This is an actor that is normally used for comic relief. He was extremely funny in this, but we got to see so much vulnerability and caring from his character. I especially loved his scenes with Chief Kim.
MUSIC: At the beginning, the romantic songs just didn’t fit with what was going on, but later on they made more sense. I absolutely LOVED hearing the Descendants of the Sun music when one couple met for the first time, so funny!
REWATCH VALUE: There aren’t a lot of shows that I would re-watch, but I think I’ll watch this again in a couple of weeks. It might be fun to watch it, already knowing the end.
So, I can wholeheartedly recommend this show. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll love the characters, and you’ll be glad you watched.
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Loved every episode of this!
Namkoong Min was absolutely phenomenal as he is in all his dramas like Doctor Prisoner, Veil, Awaken. The rest of the cast was good too.I'm glad it didn't have the typical office romance you see in office dramas. The plot and flow was executed well from the 1st episode to the end i actually binged it all! Particularly loved the undercover agent Jung Hye-Sung (Ga Eun) her vibes were really great and funny . Loved how he always teased Lee Hun-Ho (Seo Yool) and end up working together in the end One of the best dramas I've ever watched for sure.Was this review helpful to you?
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I was introduced to Namgoong Min through Remember and I was woah! I need to see this guy more. Good manager had been in my watch list for soooooo long, and then one day I saw that he and seo yool got best couple award, so I decide to watch this. And damn! I was blown away! It is such a good drama. It had everything - comedy, suspense, thriller and a good message. All I can say is that guys, u have to watch this drama.The plot, story, characters, cast everything was so gud. Especially the character development.....how each of the characters changed was amazing!
And I seriously loved the acting! It was so gud!!!! Namgoong min was so eccentric playing chief Kim. His insanity, OMG! Even seo yool did such a gud job, showing those minor emotions evrytime he saw ha Kyung. And park myeong! Wow what an actor he is! I saw him in suspicious partner and. here again. He definitely deserves more dramas where he is the main lead.
Although seo yool and ha Kyung didn't get much screen time, I ship them so hard. They are such a good couple and I was so glad when they finnaly came together in the end.
The climax was as gud as everything else. Usually, when there's a fight between the weak and the rich, the end is just somewhat ubrupt. But not for this guys.... The writers did such a gud job, slowly making chief Kim weaken all the stumps of TQ and then the bull's eye, the chairman. It was so elaborated, but in the right amount so u don't feel too rush or don't get annoyed seeing it. It was just perfect.
Honestly, the only reason I gave this drama 9 for re-watch value was because of chief Kim's wacky attitude and seo yol and his bromance. Once again, u just can't get enough of them. You would really wanna watch it again and again and again.
All I can say is that u will be missing something if u don't watch this drama.
P.S. Chief Kim and seo yol are seriously such a. Good couple! Their fights in the start and chief Kim's somewhat gay-ish actions in the end were really gud.
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