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A realistic portrayal of modern day relationships
The last 10 minutes of the movie will leave you mind-blown. That's where the twist is, and you need to watch it again to get a complete grasp of the story. Thank goodness it's on Netflix! We can rewatch the scenes until we fully understand what's going on (lol). This is a well-executed film, with three equally talented stars at the forefront. It has a good balance of seriousness and humor as the characters matter-of-factly tell their story, a characterization of why relationships in this fast-paced world are short-lived. This is rated 13+ by Netflix, but it tackles a more mature topic apt for, perhaps, a more open-minded perspective on dating and relationships. If you are expecting a feel-good happily-ever-after romantic comedy sort of thing, this, without a doubt, will disappoint you. Watch something else.Chae Soo Bin impressively portrayed her role as the lively and cheerful turned lonely and weary nurse, Da Eun. She's one of the younger stars whose acting prowess is commendable. The camera immaculately captures her sweetness. A real beauty who's a class act of her own. Jang Ki Young (Jang Hyuk), nailed his role as the struggling young professional climbing up the ladder. An imperfect guy with a perfect smile. Such a charming young man! I've watched him portray different roles in dramas, he never disappoints, always a pleasure to watch. His scenes with Krystal (Bo Young) were fun and light in contrast to the serious and heavy scenes with CSB (Da Eun), yet he wonderfully delivered. He's got good chemistry with both CSB and Krystal, too. Krystal as Bo Young was exceptional. She playfully and brilliantly brought the character to life.
I love this movie. I like how it ended. I let out a satisfying chuckle at the final scene yet, at the same time, heartbroken for the sweet romance that turned sour in the end. I was left with an afterthought of what could have happened if they had done things differently. The main leads are not bad, they're just young people who still have so much to learn--perfectly flawed humans who are newbies in the real world and still have a lot of growing up to do.
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A beautiful well written story with a twist.
Just when you think you know the whole story it morphs in front of your eyes. A twist you will never expect. This story shows us that every encounter we have in life can be a temptation that will change the course of our journey. Relationships can be fragile, only trust and a strong bond can hold them together. Add love to the mix and you have something special. When infidelity intervenes can the normal reaction be overwhelmed by a woman’s instinct to protect her unborn child when she is also abandoned? Watch this entertaining story and find out.I loved Chae Soo Bin’s portrayal of Jeong Da Eun. She never disappoints. She showed so many different emotions in this movie that were critical to the making of this unique story. The other two leads were also great. Jang Ki Yong nailed his performance of Yang Hyuk, a young man climbing the ladder of success and facing all the things that can happen along the way. Krystal was also amazing in her portrayal of Han Bo Yeong a quirky co-worker who is also the other woman. If you want a happy ending then be prepared to understand the nuances of this movie. If you give this movie the attention it deserves it will show you a perfect ending that will leave you with a satisfying feeling. Not many movies with this type of twist at the end can do that.
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an underwhelming and confusing result
all i knew before watching this movie was that it had an incredible cast and iffy plot. i had no idea how they were planning to make a man cheating on his girlfriend watchable entertainment.lo and behold, the entire time we were simply watching a guy thats on the borderline of cheating on his girlfriend, with a plot twist that didnt make anything better. the script didnt evoke any emotions, the characters werent well developed, the plot was cliche, and the ending tied this all into a lopsided bow. i dont know who looked at the sweet and sour proposal and said "yes, this is so good it needs to be made into a movie."
it was minimally interesting to see the relationship between ML and FL being paralleled with ML and SML. the only other positive i can think of is the incredible team of actors. they tried to make the plot and characters relatable but i never felt any emotions except annoyance for the ML and the plot never reached peak satisfaction. i think its because they focused too much on building up for the ending, but the ending was the weakest part of the movie and a different ending mightve made it a more watchable, relatable, slowburn romance.
i especially disliked how the directors set the narrative on ML to make him appear more internally conflicted and less of a shitty cheater. i couldnt tell if they wanted us to sympathize with ML or hate him, which was probably done to help the ending flow better. unfortunately, 7 minutes of explaining and backtracking isnt enough time to "fix" or settle anything. the plot twist doesnt help the movie either, it kind of just leaves us off on an unsatisfied note, like "what just happened?". it makes me feel like i should rewatch the movie to understand it, but the movie wasnt good enough for me to want to rewatch it.
all in all, the writing and plot werent strong enough to do what the director/writer intended for it to do. the actors were great but absolutely wasted on this mediocre and confusing movie. even though i had no expectations, im still disappointed.
if you read the description and expect the "refreshing romantic comedy" it claims to be, youll be even more disappointed than i was.
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You won’t forget it!
When you watch so many kdramas sometimes they can blur together. So many of the same cliches and story lines. This one will wipe them all from your mind, all in the last 10 minutes and make you think about it for hours afterwards.My review is biased on how I’m feeling after watching it. I love it and hate it, very few dramas leave this kind of taste in my mouth and I remember each one of them. Which is why in the end, I’ll say I love it, because it evoked such strong feelings in me.
Feelings for and against JH then, feelings for and against DE. No one is perfect and it was refreshing to see it in kdrama land, realistic and messy, and, hard and kind.
I really hope you watch it without spoiling it for yourself and feel all the crazy emotions.
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Miraculously sugary and realistically acidic!
The movie started off really well with excitement that's addicting, and the pacing follows tightly as the focus of the story shifted chronologically. It may be using a more comical approach at the beginning, but the realism for the second half of the movie is extremely true to life and bizarre to watch. Then when everything's coming to an end, the ultimate reveal catches everyone off guard, by presenting a groundbreaking, mindblowing and earth-shattering closing sequence. The actors are simply superb!Was this review helpful to you?
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Disgusting plot!
What a waste of good actors.The plot is very boring and disgusting. Now,I always look for spoilers that includes the ending,so I will decide if I want to watch it or not.Unfortunately there was none for this ,as it just came out today,so decided to watch it anyway because of the good actors.Big, major disappointment.So,here are major spoilers for people like me who try to decide if the movie/series will be worth their time.
MAJOR SPOILERS !!!!
PLEASE DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS!!!
The story is about Da Eun,who exhausted from work and ignored by her boyfriend Jang Hyeok,who started having interest in his colleague Bo Yeong,found refuge in one of her patients who happens to have the same name as her boyfriend (Lee Jang Hyeok).
The boyfriend kept on lying to her to hide the fact that he was already interested in Bo Yeong.After finding out she is 4 weeks pregnant ,she was pretty much forced into terminating the pregnancy.After coming home from the clinic,and him kept getting messages, he decided to leave her broken and crying ( though she did say she was ok with him leaving, but what crazy guy will do that)
Eventually they break up when he calls her by his colleague's name,and she gets out of the car,while he is pissed ar her (have no freaking idea why he is the one pissed).
He not only ends up kissing Bo Yeong,but he also sleeps with her,and end up in a relationship.
After being there for Da Eun when she is sad,lonely,depressed,Lee Jang Hyeok and Da Eun ends up in a relationship.
While Jang Hyeok is going out with his new girlfriend,things around him starts reminding him about Da Eun.At the party, while being sad that he may not be hired as a permanent employee,he is again reminded about Da Eun after finding out that the prize was a 5 days Jeju Island vacation.He takes Da Eun's ring and runs to the airport (they were supposed to go to Jeju Island together) trying to get her back (after sleeping with Bo Yeong ,yeah right) .There he bumps into Lee Jang Hyeok,who so happily was trying his new shoes which Da Eun bought for him.
Da Eun and Jang Hyeok's eyes meet in shock,and she gives Lee Jang Hyeok a hand to help him get up.They both leave for the plane flight,while Jang Hyeok stays there in shock .He then leaves swearing at her (Again,have no freaking idea why he is pissed at her) and goes back to the party where Bo Yeong is waiting happily after she ends up winning the Jeju Island prize.He then tries to figure out where things started to go wrong,ending up blaming his ex boss for everything that happened to him.At this point he puts Da Eun's ring on Bo Yeong's finger,asking her not to leave abroad
and telling he loves her,but she refuses saying she's not there yet.
The movie ends with him saying "Shit! " after a sip of water? (or whatever was inside that glass)
Garbage!
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The roller coaster that just goes up
Despite the plot twist, the movie felt like I didn't finish the marathon, did not jump the bunjee and I was on a roller coaster that just goes up. This film is a bitter example of how a realistic approach doesn't guarantee peak emotions. Even though the film is pretty rooted in mundane emotions people might relate to, it somehow stifles the whole point of it.The actors have gotten the point across. But the script fails to evoke any emotion and I was waiting to feel something (anything) till the end. The characters failed to grow (even if they are supposed to fail to 'grow up'). What a waste of good actors. Most stereotypical subplots found in movies are just sewn together in a messy patch that I do not want to buy.
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first off, i was really looking forward to watch this just because of the cast: kiyong, krystal and soobin ?? perfect cast!
let's add that i didnt even read the synopsis nor watch the trailer so i wasn't sure of what the movie was about, which was a good start.
i really enjoyed the first part but not too much, thought it was going to get boring soon but it didn't.
the part i enjoyed the most was the shocking ending, a perfectly made plot twist and only for that, i think it is worth watching.
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Never has a movie had a name that fit it so well
I do not think I have ever seen a movie with such a wide rage of ratings some love it others hate it so going in to this I did not really know what to expect so my expectations where low. The beginning is sweet and kind of funny, the middle kept me wondering when, what and where something was going to go wrong and then came the twists and while they are obviously not everyones cup of tea I enjoyed them very much and found the ending pretty satisfying.The acting was god, the OST hit the spot, the romance was definitely sweet and sour and seeing its available on Netflix and only 1 hour and 42 minutes I recommend you watch it and form your own opinion about it will you hate it or love it,
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in short, I did not like it at all. Sure, it's realistic, but it's just not it.
I felt its useless and a waste of time. I did not like the plot, and I was anticipating much more than what I got... it definitely was not satisfying...
Could've been better... it had much more potential.. I wish the story was written differently.
now im writing more because it wont let me submit my review unless its 500 characters.
lol
I already wrote what I wanted to say...
And to the previous review that said its a waste of good actors, I 1000000000000% agree.
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Realistic but genuinely boring!
I looked forward to this one but was kinda disappointed.PLOT
Relationships should never be too sweet nor too sour. Because if you're too "sweet" you can be taken granted and if too "sour" misunderstandings and all that stuff. The focus of the movie was "modern relationships" but I don't think the movie could do much justice to it. This story is kinda realistic but boring the start of the movie was good and hilarious but rest of the plot felt empty and boring till the very end. There was nothing surprising or wow except that plot twist lol it really got me but that made the characters even MORE pathetic!
ACTING
As always Chae Soo Bin did a great job. Jang Ki Yong was pretty much good too. Krsytal 's acting kinda felt exaggerated in a scene or two. Rest all sub cast members were good to HAHA. Tho they couldn't save this messy drama they did good job! BUT IT'S WASTED POTENTIAL DEFINITELY.
MUSIC? Did they actually had any lol.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
I think some parts were really shoot well.
OVERALL. Will I watch this AGAIN? DEFINITELY NOT i watched this first time itself in 2x speed lol. This is one time watch. This ain't a must watch but it has some good moments.
If you have free time then watch something good rather than this!
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Love it
I like this movie because it is realistic and believable. Real love is not what we usually see in dramas. Romance is imperfect. I loved this version of what that means. The story was cleverly illustrated to sympathise with all four main characters, so taking sides is pretty difficult. I found the ending quite interesting, and not expected at all. I was almost thrown off by the rewind, but since nothing changed and it was used to add detail, it was okay. I think it was a bit unnecessary though, as most viewers would have understood the meaning. Either way, it's a good film that casts a shadow on love.Was this review helpful to you?
