As much as the plot was cliché, there are some things we need to point out about this show.
A lot of people think the plot is pretty cliché.Irrational, domineering boss ML and a starstruck ordinary girl FL. Contract Marriage. And Girl-Pretends-To-Be-A-Boy RP.
But I think some things need clarification.
1)The title is "Cute Programmer". I don't get why some people misunderstood the story to be about programming.
(=... =) when the title clearly hints that the story is about The Programmer. The CUTE PROGRAMMER, Lu Li, to be exact.
2)People called Luli, "the doormat FL". That's just so obvious that these viewers watched the show but never bothered to understand the plotline or the character settings.
This is a story about Luli who falls in love with a man. A man who lost his trust with anyone. A man who does not understand or refuse to understand social context more than he does 1s and 0s.
Imagine, if Lu Li could've just walked away when it was easier said and done. Then what about the years of affection she had cultivated for YiCheng? Was that a lie? A joke? A playtime series that took her entire youth?
Is it love if you could just walk away because everyone said you should?
3) Sure, Yi Cheng's character is annoying. And he treated Lu Li badly. But think about it.
His father never supported his dreams and his career. Constantly using his company and investment as a hostage and force YiCheng to what they want.
His first love and the only woman he allowed in his life,apart from codes, betrayed him, stole his work and sold it to the enemy.
It'll be weird if he didn't put up walls and kept angst at bay after all that, especially with his character setting.
But that wasn't the point, was it?
The point was how the "cute progammer" Lu Li's presence changed him and thawed the ice.
4) To be honest, this show is very lighthearted. Despite all the cliché drama obviously pitched into this show, it wasn't a heavy series to watch. They manage to pull your emotions up when it starts to get strained because of the main leads' conflicts.
5)The side couples are interesting and yet didn't hog the screen time meant for the main leads. But had enough exposure to cultivate their own romances.
6)I've seen a lot of Zhao Lin's other works. And honestly, this was not his first time playing the assholish, arrogant husband that only realized how he loved his martyr wife when she left him.
If you alao have, then you'd understand how good this was compared to his previous works. His previous works were dragging and prolonged the drama for aesthetics. And was truly stressing and emotionally draining. But "Cute Programmer", despite the drama, never dwelled in it. And character and plot development were pretty fast-paced but never rushed.
I gave the story a 9 because the story was really cute if not for the cliché parts.
The acting and actors are all chef's kisses. Especially because I'm a fan of Bambi and Zhao Lin's works.
Soundtrack wise, could've been better but definitely a 9.
Wouldn't say it's good enough to rewatch. But I think I can see myself rewatching one more time, but never more.
All in all this was a pretty good drama.
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No female programmers, just coz one messed up hard in the past... now just think of scenario vise-versa if it was a male programmer, then what? no male programmer rule, I don't think so. And I know this mentality sucks.. as the drama.
One might think...'Cute Programmer' is cute, sweet fluff, but other than having a cute programmer there's nothing cute or even much programming. It's rather more frustrating and torture.
The first thing that got me to take interest in drama was cross-dressing and as a fellow fan of the gender bender trope, but it is merely there like 1/5th part of the drama, and it's not the only reason for my disappointment... it is poorly done as if they didn't even put any efforts... this girl with eye-liner (clearly visible) full makeup disguises as a boy... wow I mean just wear short hair wig and baggy clothes there you go, you're a boy! Which company out there recruites employees without any documentation only on the resume? what a lousy management team from an IT company.
Okay she disguises herself as a boy (even when I'M GIRL is written all over her face), and then she takes the advice on how to behave like a boy... from a friend who is the girl (if you have watched plenty of dramas then you, of course, know what kind of 'advice' leads get from their friends lol xD here the problem was supposedly 21-22-year-old girl don't know how boy behave. I mean she doesn't have any encounter with any boy in her life lol... now on this subject, throughout the whole drama it is almost bombarded female programmer is once in blue moon thing, so I assume she must have the majority of male classmates during her college days... and in those 4 years, of course, she doesn't do anything other than studying right? that's why she doesn't know how boys behave.. #dramalogic
The story is pure trash, and definitely not made for 2021... too old, tropey, and torturous, sometimes even challenges morals. The thing is being sooo stupid and illogical, things just don't make sense wasn't the only problem... I've good endurance illogical or bizarre plots but when characters are messed up then... it's a big NO.
Lu Li other than being smart (only book smart lol) and talented in programming she is no different from our female leads in cdramas super naive, gullible, innocent... sometimes even worse. She doesn't even have self-esteem or confidence. The fact that makes me annoyed by her was for-no-good-reason she's head over heels for our male lead (who isn't even likable let lovable aside) not to forget... she loves him for a long time, now taking consideration of out MLS persona, one might thing... he must be saved her life or did something magnificent that made Lu Li blind in love, pff, no there isn't any blockbuster backstory lol, and her love or obsession towards him doesn't make any sense.. honestly shallow as he has no other qualities than being smart and handsome... I want to scream girl get a life! every time I see her lol
Yi Cheng.. ah what can I say, unbearable? his attitude sucks, even after brain wrecking I couldn't find a single thing that I like about him. He is just so childish, stubborn, rude-arrogant for no reason dude... He gets on my nerves every time he appears on the screen. He is so narrow-minded...if you're sensitive then you might get super irritated by his homophobic behavior in prior episodes.
Well, their actions make me want to punch on their face, as both characters are stupider than high school kids. I know there's nothing wrong in having a high IQ with very low EQ or not being street smart even if you are book smart... but at least give them some maturity lol, their mental age and decision-making ability aren't even par to their supposedly high IQ brain.
Where leads were more than enough to annoy me to death... voila! don't forget our bitchy sfl whose life purpose is just to destroy leads relationship, as if she doesn't have any other purpose for her life, not to forget zero consciences. Of course, her action makes you wanna strangle her. Not to forget she gets plenty amount of screen time to make our blood boil.
Even leads are poorly written what can we expect from supporting roles lol, Yi Ming is like stereotype sml flooded with all good qualities.. apart from all the mess I do appreciate the fact they didn't create a love triangle thing with Yi Ming and let him just be a good friend for Lu Li, though I wish him to run away from Zitong every time coz she is just so noisy, annoying and clingy, their story didn't make me interested coz Zitong almost forced herself onto him.
The story sucks, characters suck more... ah now just little expectations from acting. Zhao Lin is a master in such roles coz he's just the same as his past roles before... maybe a little more annoying. So I wouldn't say I've encountered his extraordinary acting skills. Oh gosh it was hard for me to endure Bambi Zhu's acting apart from her silly, poorly written character, she just can't act... even in emotional scenes I can't feel sadness or any kinda feelings from her, I also don't like when she uses weird smile during sad scenes I'm sad inside but wanna show I'm happy scenes, it gives me chills. Acting is on par level... can't save this sinking ship.
In this whole mess who bothers to concentrate on music with being busy in ff lol I didn't even notice any other song other than the intro. The production quality is okayish but the last episode's green screen was meh.
But surprisingly I stuck to it till the end... yeah just for sake of ranting about it, but this ridicules sometimes a bit vibes of makjang, can be entertaining in the purpose of bashing or making fun of it... coz it was a pleasure to write this whole rant xD
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One of my top fave CDrama this year!!
Glad I decided to watch this and finished it!If you are looking for a light drama with a happy ending that will satisfy you and make your heart fluttered in the end then you'll surely love this. If you're looking for something new and not cliché then you might not want to consider it. But I still hope you can give it a chance. If you are planning to drop it because you thought it's like You Are My Destiny all over again, then you're wrong. It's much better FOR ME, and I liked it more.
Yes, there's nothing really special about Cute Programmer, but it managed to give me the kind of progress I wanted that You Are My Destiny failed to execute.
The ML - Yes, at first he is immature and annoying at times, but you'll see that he is just having a hard time expressing himself and unconsciously .... slowly .... showing how he really cares for the FL, which I find really adorable especially starting in the mid part of the series. In the end, he managed to redeem himself and that makes me fall in love with him harder! I absolutely commend his character development here. I'm so happy with the progress of their relationship.
The FL - Her character is really relatable. I'm impressed on how she knows what she loved, but she still knows her limit and boundaries. She's mature, smart and knows to be dependent. Towards the mid part and after climax, I disagree with her decisions but still it's understandable. It's necessary for her to see how the ML was really sincere about his love for her. In the end, she managed to get what she wants (LOVE), and fight for what she desire (CAREER).
The ML and FL, really had a great chemistry! I hope they will work again in the future.
Their family - What I also loved about this series is their family dynamics. They are very protective and supportive at the same time. No stressful on both sides! I really adore the mother in laws! They're both admirable in their own ways. The ML and her sister's relationship were also likable! Everything about their family was all that I hoped for.
2nd female lead - YES, I FIND HER REALLY ANNOYING, but her presence adds spice to the relationship of FL and ML.
2nd couple - I find it adorable how the 2nd lead couple's (ML's sister and best friend) relationship progressed. The ML's sister wasn't intimidating and annoying, I find her really cute and always wait for her screen time. While the ML's best friends "hard-to-get" style was so funny! They really suit each other.
3rd couple - I'm not really interested with their story so I tend to skip some of their parts, but I'm happy how they finally surrender with one another and openly expressed their feelings to each other.
Ending - I'm so happy with the ending, I have no complaints! It's the ending that I really wanted, not too much stress unlike the other CDramas which only have the FL and SL reconcile in the last episodes lol. After finishing watching this, it made me fall in love with both of the main leads! They've become more mature, chasing together each others personal dreams and protecting their love for each other. I'm so satisfied with this Cdrama overall! I would love to rewatch it in the future.
If you love this drama, please add me and i'll do the same. Let's be friends! Haha!
Thanks for reading!
Enjoy watching!
PS: It's a good watch experience when you are not spoiled by the scenes. It adds to the excitement of the series, especially in the last 10 episodes. It's really good!
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It wasn't as bad as everyone is saying.
STORY: Just like any other Chinese drama, the story is not that original. You have your typical bossy ML and the normal FL. There were scenes that doesn't really make sense. Tolerable? Yes. If you are looking for some romance then you might like it. Their character development is good even though the story became draggy towards the end.CAST/ ACTING: I don't have anything against the cast. The actors portrayed their roles well. The chemistry of the main leads were great.
OVER ALL: Not really my favorite, but I don't hate it.
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Adorable Lu Li Had A Crush With Headstrong Yicheng.
“Cute Programmer”A drama based on adaptation from manhua "No Programmer Can Be So Cute!" (程序媛哪有这么可爱) by Tianyi Icartoon (天翼爱动漫).
I thought it was a light drama at first but when watched it, the drama was quite heavy since there were misunderstanding and miscommunication between couple. As you can see, most of the reviewers gave bad scores and bad reviews about this drama but to me the drama was not too bad and too sucks. It’s still okay since the ending was satisfying.
▫️Main Points
~ A junior who fell in love with her senior and decides to chased him by staying close to him and make him fell for her.
~ A man who was hurt by a female programmer before deciding to not appoint any female programmers in his company because of his fears.
▫️Short Synopsis
Lu Li was a female programmer who make a big effort by disguising as a man in order to get a job in Enchant Company. Enchant company was not appointed any female programmers as it stated by the CEO. The CEO of Enchant Company was Jiang Yicheng and he was Lu Li’s senior during her university and also her crush. After working at the company, Lu Li tried to be careful and not to makes any mistakes that can blow her cover as she disguised as a man. At the same time, she felt so happy since she can stay close to him and got to know him better. Lu Li’s mother was a desk mate with Yicheng’s mother during school. But their mothers were in bad relationships as they keep arguing towards each other. Yicheng’s mother liked Lu Li and want her son to marry her quickly as she plans to make her as a daughter-in-law. In order to make his father wasn’t angry and stay with his investment, Yicheng agreed to marry with Lu Li. Thus, they got the marriage registration and make a contract to stay together for one year.
▫️Opinions
~ Both Female Lead and Second Female Lead were chasing their love as they fallen in love with the guys first. I think it’s not a bad ideas for a woman to chase her love since she know her feeling was real and want to fight for it. So Lu Li was a brave girl since she dare to chase her love to the end.
~ When Lu Li watched or heard about Yicheng and his ex, my hearts also got hurts so much like I can feel what Lu Li’s feels. If I am her, I also will leave Yicheng so that he can open his eyes to see who’s more important in his life.
~ Yicheng felt guilty about blaming his ex too much since he found that she’s not completely guilty so he plans to help her about her father. I think he can helps her but he needs to tell her wife everything about it so there’s no misunderstanding. He completely deserves when her wife decides to divorce him.
~ The SML and SFL only have a short screen time and I’m not able to see much about them. I love them more when it comes to the relationship progresses since SML was clever enough to notice SFL not as his sister but as a woman before she’s gave up her feelings.
~ Even the writer put more obstacles and problems in the storyline before a happy ending but I’m not blaming her as I knew she just want to make the story long and draggy.
~ I am a bit dissatisfied with this drama because they dubbed all the characters voice. It’s seem like I have watched this drama since I’m already familiar with the dubbing voice.
▫️Characters Intro
~ Xing Zhao Lin as Jiang Yicheng was a Ceo at Enchant Company. He was a handsome, arrogant and stubborn man who once hurt because of a female programmer. Thus he did not want to appoint any female programmers in his company in order to avoid the same things happened and also his fears for falling in love again. But after knowing Lu Li, he was literally changed his mind and appointed her as his programmer. Later, he agreed to marry with her and stay together in his house as a contract marriage.
~ Bambi Zhu as a Lu Li. She was adorable, pretty and sweet girl. She fallen in love with her senior and decided to chase him even she needs to disguise as a man in order to work at his company. She was a brave girl as she making a bet with a small chances to win his heart but she not regretted with her decision to chase her love. She aware that in the end it might not work out and her feeling might be hurt as he doesn’t loved her back but she already set her target and wants to go for it.
~ Yi Da Qian was the of actor that I considered as a good actor. I noticed him when he acts in the Love Designer as a support actor. He was a good and handsome actor. He has a very sweet smile and it was so attractive. He acts as Chen Yiming who was a best friend and colleagues of ML. More about him I think he was like a shining star in this drama. He gave the audiences a happiness vibes with his sweet smile. I loved to see him even he only has a short screen time.
▫️Overall
The drama has a happy ending for the fourth couples including the supporting. But before that, there were a lot of misunderstanding and miscommunication between them. It because the writer focused on making the male lead headstrong, arrogant and weak. Thus, there were many conflicts happened. As for overall, the drama was a bit slow and not fun. For those who want to see a light drama, this drama was not the one. But the ending was quite satisfying since they’re got back together in third last episode. There were a lot of sweet scenes when they’re both together and all the characters in the drama were happy and blessed!
P/S: For those who gave the reviews for 5 and below are not appreciating the production and all the actor’s work. The drama was not that bad like example Yicheng divorce Lu Li then got married with Li Man. It’s still doesn’t happen like that. So let’s appreciate the drama and not gave the bad scores or reviews. Thank you (;
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A very stupid and annoying ML with zero abilities to manage his affairs
Watching this drama suddenly reminded me of another of the ML's drama: you are my destiny. Both drama are very similar. A forced marriage, love comes later, then the ML is a complete idiot, they separate and he realizes what he has lost or is about to lose and how he feels and then boom he is back chasing the FL and somehow they make it to the end which is a happy one where the FL forgives him for everything. But in between you see how the ML can not handle his old flame who manipulates everything yet he trusts her completely without trusting his wife, very stupid character. But alas we all crave a happy ending and that is what we get even if he does not deserve it and most of the time i just wanted to smack the fool so hard..hmm...Was this review helpful to you?
Simple, annoying and useless/stupid Male lead
The story is very simple and easy to follow. The acting is good enough. Personally don't get the logic or the flow of the story. Especially with the cross dressing, the people must be blind not to see she is a girl but at least that got resolved early on.The male lead is childish and petty, most problems or issues would be resolved if he wasn't a hothead. I don’t get the obession the felmale lead has for him though.
Like the way he uses her is shameful, the girl should just have walked and lived her life. The typical toxic ex is here so beware, annoying is a understatement for her.
This has nothing to do with programming, full on romance. Personally didn't want the leads together beacause of how badly he is treating her. Plus she is so dumb like whyyyyyyyyy. Cliche plot devices are used, it can be an easy watch if you don't mind those. The only reason I finish the drama is beacause of other every character expect the male lead, female lead and 2nd female lead. They made the show a pain.
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It's better than these reviews claim
While I have to agree with others that the female lead as a man was a pure joke, the rest of the story has some merit. No one in the real world would buy into her role as male. The story itself is not bad. The episodes 30 are short and keep the story moving. Some aspects of the story get pretty emotional in the later episodes. It is the romance that keeps your interest. The previous reviews were brutal and I don't agree with them. Once you get past the first 8 or so episodes the story improves. Don't dismiss it just because some people didn't like it.Was this review helpful to you?
i really like the drama
I relate myself to Lu Li because she doing her best to be perfect for the one she love. The quotes that is given every end of the episode is good. it makes me wanna wait for the next episode. the best thing in the drama is when you fall in love you can create the best version of yourself. Nowadays it seems that we forget our own self for the love of our life but Lu Li and Jiang Zitong find the best version of their self to be worthy to the one they love. i find it cute and mesmerizing. although sometimes it really makes me wondering if people really think that programmers should be male........I admire programmers because its hard to make one program..... but it doesn't mean that programmer shoukd always be a male.
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the story is pathetic! it has as many potholes as a village road would have
At first I thought it was a mushy mushy drama. But i clinged to it as it was zing zhao lin. but even he cant save this epic failure.The leads will annoy you, at first the ML and then the FL. Too many miscommunications, an annoying character in the ML ex girlfriend and a talented but kind of stupid FL. Only saving grace is the actors mild popularity, otherwise people wouldnt even watch it after 1st episode. and the story is not even cliche, its plain stupid.
there are many similarities to zhao lin's "you are my destiny", even some scenes are potrayed in the same way like the cloth zip scene.
If you are a fan of zhaolin better watch you're my destiny than this!
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Toxic Stupid Relationship
Too much misunderstanding. The FL is supposedly smart but very immature.The ML cannot express his emotions clearly that every argument is such a pain to watch. Im never going to watch this drama.
The concept as a programmer was okay at first but their relationship is really not a good story
This is definitely not worth the time.
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No pity, late mercy
This thing, I don't want to call it drama, this nonsense, is not borderline at most, except maybe for some of the first episodes.Peng and Ting, the authors, must be severely traumatized, otherwise they would not be able to write something like this. I will spare myself and you extensive descriptions.
But just one: When the shy heroine falls heartily in love with the ML and marries him, leaving him for understandable reasons, her lightning transformation into a cold avenger of the ML who has misbehaved is an incomprehensible imposition.
She presents the following to the remorseful ML who wants to get her back,who realizes his mistakes and wants to change his behavior: FL has not only acquired a new lover, a rather weird bird, in a very short time, no, although she was particularly shy, she implicitly let this lover impregnate her after a few days, or a few weeks.
This takes the shaken ML by surprise,who goes back home broken.
FL's repulsive story does not prevent the ML to think of something else and whimpering and begging, ready for any concession, crawl back to the FL- bitch, who continues to treat him coldly. In the end, he sucks up to her despite her reluctant attitude and is then allowed to serve her.
Now I have already written too much, friends of the deviant trash film. I read devastating reviews beforehand, but I didn't want to listen to them. Obviously I had to feel the pain myself and then cry about senselessly wasted life time.
Heartfelt condolences and sincere thanks to God,
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