Ae Jung was once the most popular member of girl band The National Treasure Girls. However 10 years ago the band broke up and she received most of the blame. Despite her warm personality her career has suffered ever since and she now spends her time fighting for air time on variety shows. Dokko Jin is a top movie star at the height of his career. The two meet and become involved in each other's careers. Yoon Pil Joo is a doctor of oriental medicine who has no interest in the entertainment industry but agrees to make a dating show. Dokko Jin helps get Ae Jung a role on a new reality show called Couple Making. Pil Joo is the bachelor being set up on Couple Making. Both men fall for Ae Jung both off and on the screen.

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  Gong Hyo Jin (Gu Ae Jung)

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  Gong Hyo Jin and So Ji Sub to star in the Hong Sisters' Latest

  A new genre, romcom-horror, starring So Ji Sub and Gong Hyo Jin, by the Hong Sisters, is scheduled to air on SBS come August 2013.

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  In the Know with Purplenette

  The latest on airing and upcoming dramas and movies...Includes details on a fourth Flower Boy Drama!

  • Apr 14, 2013

• Jun 18, 2011 14 of 16 episodes seen

  Jeaniessi
  48 of 56 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  10
  • Story  10
  • Acting/Cast  10
  • Music  10
  • Rewatch Value  10

  There are a few kdramas out there that reach a level in quality far above others for smart writing, snappy dialog, rich plot and character development. Add the spice of comedy and the satisfying element of a very well told dramatic story and The Greatest Love is in this top tier. It is a Great story.
  
  Cha Seung Won and Gong Hyo Jin: They are both amazing actors. They are perfectly cast and it shows through every goofy moment and every scene that pulls at your heart.
  
  This story is set in the entertainment world and probably sheds a glaring spotlight on the trappings and "traps" of fame. Each character is fame's satelite planet spinning in orbit around it's shiny tempting sun.
  
  Dokko Jin is a man with a lot of hits under his belt. His image is stellar and it wins him the best CF's and shields him from getting laid low when a movie release isn't quite up to par. He can play the press like a finely tuned piano. He understands his world and he's comfortable there...on top. Everything is image...even love. Gu Ae Jung is a woman who had a taste of fleeting fame in her young 20's and knows exactly what it feels like when you are knocked from that pedestal. She has learned how to work her bad reputation to make a living. She knows what to do, how to act and dress and she's comfortable at the bottom so long as she can keep working. When they meet it throws their perspective worlds into chaos. It is a chaos neither of them are ready for.
  
  Dokko Jin doesn't know what to do with the feelings he has outside of and in spite of, the image he has cultivated. He has lived so long in his fame bubble he is emotionally stunted. What he has come to expect is completely different than what the real world will hand him. We get to watch him open his eyes, watch his dumbfounded, drunken baby steps toward the light. ...And it's funny! It's clumsy and awkward. It's so completely tender and heart wrenching as well.
  
  Gu Ae Jung doesn't know how to handle this mess of a man; who invades her life, pulls her into his bubble and goes after her with all the grace and finesse of a bull in a china shop. She has lived so long understanding that one word taken out of context can flay her and one mistaken step can shove her down to the bottom and cause pain. She knows she has to be careful in this world that drags her into a light which seems warm and friendly at first only to burn her when she dares to step to close. She knows better.
  
  ...and yet when the heart starts beating of its own accord and the petals strewn across the path lead to someone you can't stop loving, you have to be brave and make choices.
  
  Gu Ae Jung is our everywoman in this story. She is the one we identify with and root for. She is the reluctant hero. Dokko Jin is our damsel in distress. The charm of this show is that it is so well written and entertaining you don't realize at first and when you do, you realize its genius!
  
  The second leads and side characters are written smartly as well. They aren't just comic relief or one dimensional characters built as foils for the OTP. They have good reasons to be in our main character's lives. Best friends, brothers, agents and managers etc... They serve the narrative of the story rather than break us apart from it as if we need some sort of forced breather from the action or story filler. Smart Hong Sisters!
  
  Yoon Pil Joo: Best second lead ever! I fell in love with him falling in love. Yoon Kye Sang is amazing. Time to go find every other thing he's ever acted in and watch it.
  
  I found this show sublime. 'Crack me up' hilarious and 'Wrench my heart, why don't you?' emotional. Don't miss it. It is extraordinary. read more

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• May 1, 2012 16 of 16 episodes seen

  educto1
  26 of 31 people found this review helpful
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  • Overall  10
  • Story  10
  • Acting/Cast  10
  • Music  10
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  Curiosity... curiosity led me to watch this movie. Wondering why does everybody give it the highest rating? There's no question about the story because for me, it was the best plus it is humorous and romantic at the same time. Well, regarding about the characters, I was quite unaware of them except for that Manager Jang who is also a North Korean soldier in the K2H. Who are these lead characters? I first researched about them. Woah, the main guy is 42y/o??? How come he's gotten so so HOT!!! HAHAHA. As for the lead girl, never really knew her. So I gave it a try.
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  1. CSW's perfect delivery of lines
  2. Funny acts
  3. OSTs (totally love Du Geun2x)
  4. the potato
  5. Dingdong kid
  6. CSW's extremely HOOOOOOT body!
  7. plot
  8. ending message of CSW (my first time to watch a drama with an ending msg from one of the characters)
  9. sneakers
  10. their love for each other
  
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  Secret Garden

  When i saw Hyun Bin (Kim Joo Won) character reminded me of Cha Seung Won (Dokko Jin) from The Greatest Love. Both fall first for the girl and since they are both rich and are both arrogant they find themselves perfect and act weird and hilarious(in a good way :P) towards the girls they fell for ^__^

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  Why Why Love

  They have some things in common: love triangles, one character is rich the other is poor, they make you smile, laugh, melt your heart and shed tears, etc. In "Why why love" there are (in my opinion) more 'drama moments'.

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