Wannabe Aspiring Actor
A lot of names were thrown around in the beginning with not a lot of context, so you had to make a mental note to connect them later on—a really annoying practice, to say the least. Supposedly, the male lead was in China before coming to SK, but the drama made it a running joke for a couple of episodes that he was a caveman. This made the whole family meeting and living together a bit too cringe. There were many ways to approach such a scenario, but it seems the writer took the lazy route. Some scenes were stretched really thin and became too awkward to continue, like that one scene of both leads and Sang Chul talking about the old hotel staff photo. The drama would've benefited from having more grandchildren and better interconnected stories between them. Although there were three grandchildren, the middle one was an insignificant sidekick and didn't contribute to the dynamic as much as I hoped. The ending brought a change of heart to all of the opposing characters, but some of them didn't seem genuine in the slightest.Was this review helpful to you?
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What a waste of potential
First of all, I think the plot would have had great potential... but the story was terribly executed....The cast did their best to make the sometimes terribly bland characters somehow lively... even though even Ha Ji Won miserably failed and only managed to give her character creepy smiles and an overall weird personality which made me want to punch her in the face every time she was on screen. And she was "the good one". Don't even get me started on some other side characters.
What was the worst however was that the story itself did somehow not really understand what it wants to tell us. For example: Why does the main character look exactly like the grandfather? No one seemed to care, which is so very weird if you ask me. Given the fact that he grew up in an orphanage and does not know his origin himself.
Then what the fuck has happened to Ri Moon Songs wife? Is she alive? Did she die? Does he want to go back and bring her to South Korea? Does he matter at all anyhow? What hurt the most, was that the only interesting character which was the real Ri Moon Song was given an overly bland story "bad guy, who does everything for money" with nearly no room to explain himself except a very short sequence with the fake Ri Moon Song.
And what the fuck was wrong with this family? They welcomed the fake Ri Moon Song with open arms, all smiley and happy, but when the real Ri Moon Song appeared everyone hated him and was not even interested! Not even the Grandma! Please just fucking tell me why I don't get it! Yes, he is a criminal, but ffs we are talking about North Korea here. Do people in South Korea really expect North Koreans drinking Iced Americanos and watching South Korean dramas? Because the drama makes us think that way and I cannot imagine people being so blind... even the Grandma who I'd expect to take an interest in what's going on in the North... but no. Everyone just accepted the stupid and obnoxious lies from the fakes. I hated it!
And don't even get me started on the forced romance... please tell me what the fuck was that? Not only is Ha Ji Won about 14 years older than Kang Ha Neul but... they had no, zero, nada chemistry at all except as a Noona and Dongsaeng.
Overall, (I realize I should stop), the drama was bad, non-sensical and very insensitiv. I regret having watched it and wasted my time.
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PURE FAMILY DRAMA!! MUST WATCH!!
daebakk. nonton ini karna iseng mncul di home loklok.. tp ternyata gile gile saking seru dan bagus tak terduganya ini drama sampe berakhir maraton 3 hari... bahkan mama gua pun jg ikutan mewek dr semenjak ep 11 sampe akhir😫😫😫 cocok banget untuk ditonton keluarga.. banyak adegan yg konyol kocak jg dr segyu(cucu ke 2)...ini bener2 pure serial tentang KELUARGA.. MUST WATCH DRAMA!!!👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
jd buat yg mau memulai nonton jgn berharap skinship romance dari lead cast disini karna ga ada sama skali..
ada 1x lip kiss itupun dr pemeran si kakak sulung dan istrinya ,bahkan it jg baru mncul di episode terakhir😂😂
tp percayalah,kalian ga akan butuh itu semua karna fokus kalian bakal teralihkan ke kehangatan keluarga dan perjuangan si nenek selama di utara maupun di selatan...
semua cast nya bener2 berhasil membangun karakter masing2 dan alurnya bener2 padat diakhir pun ga dibuat gantung jd jelas semuanya...
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