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After I've watched the 1st episode I couldnt wait to watch the rest & I cant wait to see the ending because I have NO idea how it's going to end.
If I were to pick a drama by the title, this drama wouldn't be my first choice. I think, BIG is not something that attracts people.
-The cast is really good. You can really feel with the characters.
Gong Yoo is doing an awsome job of portrating a guy with mental age of 18 that is stuck in a body of a 30 something years old. At first I didn't like that he's the lead male, but after I watched a few more episodes I couldn't ask for a better one. His acting is really hilarious and matches the one of 18 year old. It's my first time watching him in a drama and I'll deff watch more dramas with him.
-Shin Won Ho. I really fell in love with him after episode one. He really caugh my attention with his acting and I was really disappointed when I realized I wont be seeing him in the drama more. He was really convincing & gave of that cool feeling. Even tho he kinda acts tough on the outside, from his acting, we can see that Kang Kyung Joon is actually scared on the inside. I really want to see him in more dramas as a lead actor.
-Min Jung is playing a teacher that is, in my opinion, really in love with Yoon Jae. SHe's really dense because, she's blinded by her love that doesnt realize that Seo Yoon wasn't faithful. We can clearly see that he has something goin on with that doctor, SeYoung. In my opinion, when he went to see her in ep 1, he was going to tell her that he was leaving her. Min Jung is, I think really suited for the character, and even though many wanted Suzy to be the main, I think Min Jung is better for this part.
-Suzy, well, she's I think Kyung Joon's girlfriend back in America. I don't quite get what happened between them so he doesn't want to see her. I think Suzy's cahracter is really funny in the drama and suits her really well. It's annoying at times but gives a refreshing string to the drama. Somewhat, remindes me of Go Hye Mi in Dream High.
-The rest of the cast is really good too. I like Gil Da Ra's brother, he's really funny, and I liked the way he flirted with MaRi:P The parents, I like them too, but I think in every drama that I've watched so far, the mother is always goofy and funny while the dad is more serious :P
Music is okay, ballads mostly, it's enjoying. It's not something I would listen to everyday, but I really liked the OSTs. Esp the BEAST one. It matches the story.
Re-watch value. Well, I don't usually re-watch dramas no matter how good they are. But yeah, it's something that I would watch after sometime. Well, maybe not the whole episodes but the parts that really left impressions on me. It gives a good laugh in every episode, no exeptions.
Over all, I give it a 9. Everything is put together nicely. It very enterteining and something that you should DEFFINAELY watch no matter what age you are.
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This was one of the best dramas I've ever seen until the end of episode 12. The acting was amazing. The concept wasn't new but the execution was excellent. There was so much complexity wrapped up in the premise that I couldn't wait to see where it led. I was wondering why nobody raved about this little gem! Then episode 13 and 14 weren't great but I figured they were suffering from the episode 14 kdrama slump and would bring it home for the final two. I couldn't have been more wrong. This has the worst ending of any drama I've ever seen with the possible exception of Black. The disappointment is greater because it was originally so good.
I won't spoil it for anybody contemplating it. But, for me, I really did waste 16 hours of my life. Watching 16 hours of a bad drama is better than watching 12 hours of an amazing one, 2 hours of a moderately good one and 2 hours of the worst bullshit I've ever seen.
There are a lot of really interesting confronting moral issues in this drama that the writers simply decided to blow by off screen because they couldn't handle it. The ending will have you wanting to tear your hair out it's so bad. I've never been so angry at a drama before. Never.
This was my first Hong Sisters drama and I now realise this is their modus operandi: complex moral quandaries and narrative conflict that they then ignore and tell you got resolved offscreen. This is why I will never watch one of their shows again.
BTW, Gong Yoo was amazing. But if I was Shin, I'd sue.
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this drama is the reason i signed in to this site..
though i was regular visitor of this website i didn't wanted to make a account but all these negative comments and reviews forced me to signed in write a positive review about this kdrama cuz it really deserve good positive review..
Story
it was really romcom plus melodrama..(just the way i like it)
there were sweet cheesy moments funny moment and and also the moments which make make your heart hurt and burst your mind to find a solution for their love story..
but..i must say its a happy ending!!! most people say it was a bad sad ending...but it was not.you just have to pay attention to the story from the beginning..may be for the people who watched from TV could've been little tiresome..but those who do drama marathons like me...it just a perfect drama with all the emotions!
P.S- don't blame about the ending if you don't pay attention..cuz if you did you will understand the ending will not end up getting disappointed..
Acting
Gong Yoo was perfect in both roles...the 30 years old doctor and the 18 years old smart boy..he did his job perfectly as always...he is an actor who i fell in love with for his acting skills first..
i gave a try for this drama despite of all the negative comments and reviews just because i knew he is an amazing actor who wouldn't choose stupid drama..
P.S- You must watch this if you're a fan of Gong Yoo. :P !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lee Min Jung also her did her job well. she portrayed a sweet teacher and dumb girlfriend..even though i saw her in BOF i didn't notice she was this beautiful..but with this character she was so adorable girl.
Suzy was another one who got negative comments for her character..but i think she did her role very well..even though i don't like her that much she portrayed that teen character amazingly..
Shin Won Ho didn't had much screen time so i cant tell about him .
overall the entire cast did their job well
Music
It had good OST..
cuz i know when a drama doesn't have good ost you wont get those feelings on those situations.but here the songs made me feel those situations though i don't understand Korean.
Re-watch Value
i never watch any drama again...so i'm not the person to talk about that.
Overall
IT WAS A REALLY CUTE DRAMA..IT IS WORTH TO WATCH!
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But near the end I was extremely disappointed. The final two episodes lost it for me, the first being almost unnecessary as the noble idiocy just made me angry as a viewer and didn't make me feel any sympathy for KKJ at all. I won't go into why the finale was a bit of a let down, but just take it from me it's not a heart-stopper.
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I dont think that the story was the strongest point of the serie, and the ending was just stupid ...
But i have a great time with this serie, the charecters and the funny ambience made the serie for me.
I laugh a lot with all the charecters and i enjoy them all.
Although i know why people didnt like the show, i think its something that you must see and its not very hard because as for me this serie was never boring .
I think the ator of this serie shoul have keep the funny ambience of the serie because in the end the serie stats being too sad for me and that ruin the serie for me a little, and the stupid ending didnt help at all...
I will rewach this again defenelity ^_^, but probably skip the lasts episodes.
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If you must watch, stop after episode 15 and then make up your own ending
Like, what the heck? This was actually a pretty good drama but by episode 14 when Kang Kyung Joon and Seo Yoon Jae had not yet switched back that the ending was going to be trash. There just wasn’t enough time left to wrap it up. I felt bad for everyone involved the entire show, especially SYJ because we never got to find out how he really felt about Gil Da Ran. I never got the closure I needed from the drama. SYJ’s character was just tossed to the side as if he was a non-factor. If I could, I would unwatch episode 16 and just imagine a better ending in which both KKJ and SYJ returned to their respective bodies and life went on. KKJ and GDR would not have looked good together and gave Mary Kay Letourneau vibes. Also, fact that KKJ and SYJ are brothers is even more messed up but there was just no good way to end this drama. Idk. Ugh.Was this review helpful to you?
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That time the Hong sisters abused Gong yoo
Surprisingly, I didn't watch this drama because of Gong Yoo.However, after having endured all 16 episodes, I must admit he should be the sole reason for watching it.
If you're intrigued by the synopsis or have faith in the Hong sisters, you are warned that you will soon loose both interest and faith (and of course precious time you could spend binge watching something better).
Personally, I chose this drama because I was craving a tropey rom-com and, after having enjoyed Alchemy of Souls and its perfect use of countless tropes, I felt assured in putting all my trust in the hands of such experienced storytellers.
But, clearly, the Hong sisters must have been drunk when they wrote this one.
The story starts big (haha!) with a clumsy female protagonist who is incredibly lucky in her misadventures and manages to catch the eye of a handsome and cool doctor (Gong Yoo) whom she ends up engaged to and is going to marry soon.
But something is amiss: is he cheating on her?
At the same time she has just begun working as a teacher in a private high school and gained this handsome and cute little admirer who shamelessly courts her: scandalous!
A fatal car accident will upend the lives of these people in unimaginable ways.
Amazingly, all of this is packed into episode 1!
I must admit that I was genuinely excited after watching it: we get the juicy bit, with the affair, and also the forbidden bit, with the teenager that has the hots for his teacher, and an interesting mix of daring moral quandaries to be explored. Yet, just as we delve deeper into the story, things, and characters, become suddenly shallow and generally nonsensical.
At a certain point, halfway through the series, I was done with every single character but still curious on how the writers were going to solve the horrible mess they made and just fast forwarded to the end (yes, even through Gong Yoo's scenes... what a shame!) to the final let down.
Ultimately, there is absolutely nothing I deem savable in this drama. I'll give it a 4 (because it would be otherwise shameful for my beloved Gong Yoo who gave his best anyway) and take it as a sort of unfinished (half-assed) experimentation on themes that will be later explored in more successful Hong sisters' works (namely the soul-swap concept and the pupil/teacher love relationship).
Female Empowerment Score 0/5 the lowest score ever! The female lead becomes so frustratingly annoying that it is painful to watch. Female writers, as capable as these ones, coming up with these insufferable female characters are the worst kind of misogyny.
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It's clearly not the best drama, the plot becomes muddy at times, and after a while, it does become repetitive.
BUT, the actors are amazing, and they are really selling the characters and their dynamic. The chemistry between Gil Da Ran and Kang Kyung Joon was evident for me even before the body swap. Gong Yoo was absolutely convincing as a teenager trapped in a man's body. The two main characters are cute together and the interactions with the family are lots of fun.
As for the ending, I actually liked it. I like open endings and the fact that you could project whatever you wanted in it suited me quite well, but if you like clear defined endings, it will be beyond frustrating.
(okay, it probably deserve less than a nine even if I loved watching it, but considering how bad other reviews are, I'll leave it at that)
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Having been warned that the ending was horrible, I've watched this drama expecting the worse. But liking the idol from Crossgene and being a Suzy fan, I just had to watch this. And, truthfully, the ending wasn't that horrible, it was simply bad. No spoilers, but I don't really know what they wanted to achieve by that ending, did they wanted us to guess the mystery guy? Well, it wasn't that big of a mystery if you could make out the guy's physique, but anyway. The whole idea was interesting and the first half was funny and entertaining. The romance was so so with the girl always being uncertain of what she wanted. Plus, the whole age gap was just ignored by the end. Anyway, other than the romance that I didn't personally like, another thing that was a bit of a let down was the constant flash backs that kept happening towards the ending. Plus, repeating the same lines over and over again was just annoying. Other than that, it was an okay drama, with some funny moments, so 4 out of 10. Was this review helpful to you?
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The comedy was great but I wished we had gotten to know Youngjae and Kang Kyung Joon a bit more before the body change It had made it easier to relate to the drama and the characters. but since almost everything happening in the first episode there was no time for that. which resulted in the later half of the drama feel slow and confusing. It made me think that they didn't really plan the drama well enough. after the 12th episode there wasn't a lot more to ad onto the drama plot wise so they dragged the melodrama out until the last 20 minutes of the final episode.
I do honestly like the characters and the acting was great but the story was handled badly and a complected plot met an easy ending.
I would watch the first two episodes again but not further.
If you want to see a drama without getting the feeling of disappointment I do not recommend this drama, watch on your own risk.
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