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The background is set in modern day Korean entertainment industry. The story is about two top stars entering into a fake marriage with their own secret agendas, and through their efforts to defend their fake marriage in public, they learn about each other's pains and weaknesses and eventually end up together. The male lead comes from a poor background and through hard work becomes a top star. He finds himself emotionally involved with his first love, fake wife and admirer. The female lead comes from a chaebol family and is an arrogant top star. She is neglected by her parents and due to a family feud/conspiracy, she must act strong in order to survive even though she is weak at times. Through a fake marriage, these two people find true love and their true selves. (Source: Soompi) Edit Translation

  • English
  • magyar / magyar nyelv
  • dansk
  • Norsk
  • Country: China
  • Type: Drama
  • Episodes: 16
  • Aired: Nov 14, 2016 - Dec 27, 2016
  • Original Network: Youku
  • Duration: 30 min.
  • Score: 7.2 (scored by 2,512 users)
  • Ranked: #8290
  • Popularity: #2616
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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Completed
twinsizedmattress
36 people found this review helpful
Jan 6, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 4.5
Rewatch Value 4.0
If you're bored and looking for a silly story involving "suspense," romance, angst etc etc this is the perfect show to pick up! I love contract marriage plot lines and breezed through this show due to its out of this world plot. yes there is some bad acting, not much character development, and the choices the characters make aren't logical at times, but at the end of the day everyone ends up happy (which is why we watch these unrealistic shows in the first place right?!?!)
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Completed
AmieLin
18 people found this review helpful
May 18, 2017
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
To start off, I was interested in watching this drama since it has a contract relationship with the leads and personally I enjoy that kinds of stuff. The leads hate each other at first but then will end up loving each other. This drama is the same but then I really didn't feel their chemistry. I know Lee Da Hae is such a great actress and she can be paired up with different actors and really can pull it off but I feel like she is the only one working on this one. No hate intended but the male lead really needs more improvement in acting. I just couldn't feel their love at all.

One word that I can use to describe this drama is "FRUSTRATING". Yep, this drama is so frustrating to watch. At first it started out just fine and the leads were actually pretty cute. I thought that this would turn out to be quite interesting but then at the end it became so draggy and so frustrating. I was so frustrated at Xie Cheng since he is so indecisive. Like, MAN UP! Who the hell do you really love?! Stop meeting Jia Ren! And also stop giving hopes to Xian Hua! And then out of the sudden he would just decide and tell Huan Ying that he loves her. Like what?! All of the sudden? I just really didn't feel his love for her. Kudos to Huan Ying tho, she really is willing to sacrifice just for Xie Cheng. That's love! Sometimes I feel like Xie Cheng doesn't deserve Huan Ying at all.

Oh yeah and I really hated the female antagonist. I wanted to pull her hair so bad and drag her off the drama. Well I guess she succeeded in becoming the female antagonist then.

Even though there's a lot of bad points in this drama, there's also some good points. I actually find some of the parts funny and entertaining. I was also so touched by Xie Cheng's mom. She was so kind to Huan Ying. I actually loved her relationship with her. I basically loved the family love of the characters. I actually liked the leads together but they could've worked harder.

Overall, this drama has a lot of potential. More acting improvements needed on Zhou Mi. Although I actually find him very cute. He has the same vibe as Zhang Han.

To sum this up this drama has a lot of bad acting, no character development between the leads, the male lead is so not loyal and indecisive. But then there's also many fun parts in this drama. I especially loved Lee Da Hae's outfits in this drama.

If you're finding a rom-com that would frustrate the heck out of you then I highly recommend this drama.

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  • Drama: Best Lover
  • Country: China
  • Episodes: 16
  • Aired: Nov 14, 2016 - Dec 27, 2016
  • Original Network: Youku
  • Duration: 30 min.
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 7.2 (scored by 2,512 users)
  • Ranked: #8290
  • Popularity: #2616
  • Watchers: 5,350

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