Love Starts from Marriage (2022)

Pretty typical

First off, these C-drama 'shorts' have much worse acting than what you'd find in your typical 45 minutes, 40+ episode C-drama so you've got to approach them with that in mind. There was a handful that have fairly decent acting, such as 'Campus Ace', 'Here is My Exclusive Indulge', 'My Dearest Boss' and episodes 1-2 of 'Please Don't Spoil Me'., but most have bad acting, especially in the supporting cast. I would place the acting in this drama somewhere in the middle - FL's parents are terrible as well as her bestie that slept with her boyfriend. The love rival - it wouldn't be a C-drama without one - is so-so. FL & ML are by far the best actor/actress, but don't except to see them starring in a high budget drama any time soon, ok?

The storyline is pretty typical as well. FL standing in as bride for a runaway twin sister. ML apparently wanted to marry the sister (not a forced marriage on his part, I guess), but he also can't seem to figure out - at least not right away - that he's got the wrong chick. Yeah, that's a real deep love there, isn't it? But he's not a dummy. He's slowly putting things together and noticing differences. Question is - did he want to marry the sister or the girl he slept with at the very beginning? And why the hell was he hanging around the bar/hotel for the drunken FL to basically fling him on the bed and have her way with him? I guess these questions may be addressed as the drama progresses.

I don't really care about the bitchy bestie who slept with FL's boyfriend. Nor do I really care about the runaway sister who, no doubt, will reappear with second thoughts. I don't really care about the love rival except for the fact that she's typical - obsessed with ML and determined to have him to the point that she pretends she slept with him while he was drunk and is now supposedly pregnant by him. That's where episode 12 ended. I hope since the drama is blissfully short that this stupidity passes quickly. Morale of the story - don't get so drunk that you can't remember what you did the night before! I will be interested to know how quickly she pulls out the prenatal ultrasounds - within a day? A week? A month? Two months?

I'll update with further comments as the drama progresses. Although it's bad in many ways, the FL/ML are engaging enough to keep me interested in their story, old and worn out as it is.

UPDATE at episode 18: Only thing I have to say is - he's supposedly a powerful CEO with unlimited investigative resources yet it takes his wife to clear his name when it came to a fake pregnancy claim by the psycho actress? Why was FL sneaking around outside the doctor's door, listening to psycho actress's conversation and alerting another doctor to catch this unethical doctor instead of ML's secretary or hired henchman?

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ridiculous to the point where it's funny

First of all this all together is only an hour and a half so it's clearly low budget, i expected that but please they made the "doctor" wear a white coat and some casual T-shirt and shorts under it which is quite visible ? and some actors never got new clothes the sets were also cheap but i can still bear with that. There's nothing thrilling or new to the storyline it's literally about a girl who replaced her twin then got exposed but fell for each other that's basically it. At the end her supposed sister came back so i have no idea if it's hinting at a season 2 but let's not hope so. The only actors who did half decent are probably the main leads their chemistry were good and like 3 side characters. The rest didn't portray their characters well at all like they were so stiff and emotionless. If you are really bored out of your mind and want to have a good laugh at some below average dramas but with some good romance scenes, here you go.

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Give a try to watch this.

I know everyone has its own preferences in watching a drama but for so far i liked this drama,yes the plot is way too fast but it doesn't make me confused as I still understand clearly the flow of the story,i agree there are some scenes that lack in acting but its given as both are rookie,i like the visual of the ML he's gorgeous. I had watched lots of other mini series too they're good in acting but it didn't really gives me a vibes however this drama somehow it gives me a butterflies on my stomach and somehow my heart was moved ,well thats what i feel watching this.?‍♀️☺

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This is a very low quality drama. The cinematography, costumes, plot, and acting are really subpar. Although the main leads have shown better acting skills than the rest of the cast, there is not a single actor that can be singled out as having done a great portrayal of his/her character; possibly the worst are the actors that are doing the parents’ roles. Some reviewers have said that the drama is cute and great; but REALLY, don’t waste your time on this one. SPOILER: And what is that ending all about? Cliffhanger of her sister coming back hinting at a second season? Is she going to take her place now? JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT! It will be terrible to continue with this series, get the main leads into another drama to give them a better acting opportunity!

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Your sister or you, your name is both Gu.

Apparently, daughters are used in China like a kilo of meat. "It doesn't matter" says the father, "if it's your sister or you. You are both called Gu."

Some other things are unsavory in this miniseries, too. The Ex who reveals to us scars on her most intimate part, the FL's sayings that she has had plenty of intimate experiences with men. On the other hand, she is supposedly a virgin, fiercely resists physical contact from the husband. Until the end, one nonsense of the screenwriters follows the other.

Attack of three men with intended rape, scary kidnapping to the father-in-law, who then brutally beats the poor girl: normally something like that would be 3 years in jail plus a fine. But it's just RomCom, just kidding!

I watch romance series because of the romance and not to get the promiscuous conditions of our own everyday life, plus violence, demonstrated. Cheap girls of the party scene are called sluts, kidnappers are criminals in our country. I don't want to see that, I want to see innocent, unique, eternal love. Even if some might find that old-fashioned.

Otherwise I'll go to the nearest disco and and quickly look for a girl. Besides, how can you shoot such crap in a beautiful city like Shanghai?

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Plot is going too fast

I've never been so confused about the plot in my life. It doesn't feel like the plot is going anywhere. This is my first time watching these Chinese drama shorts and I'm not impressed. I saw from another review that this is typical for these kinds of shorts but this stuff is really not for me. It really seems like those YouTube videos "10 types of ___" if you know you know. That's the type of quality it's giving me. The acting is the same as well. As well as the use of sound effects LOL.

Another thing it reminds me of is Manhua's. The plot is really giving like every romance Manhua that I've seen so far. It's pretty funny how bad it is. I crack up during episodes because it's cringey and like not realistic at all. I've seen a few Chinese dramas and I expected around the same acting 'quality' at least but I guess not. The acting was worse than others. But it is still watchable. Because of the length of the drama I can't really give it a worse rating because it really isn't made to be a detail packed drama.

If you want to watch something with a decent plot and better acting I would suggest you watch a different "show" than this one. If you're really bored and just want to watch something mindlessly you can watch this. You just have to be really open on watching pretty bad acting. It's not the best but you'll survive watching it LOL. I'm dropping this title but I might pick it up again if I'm really bored it depends.

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If you watch this on Youtube, it's a 1:24 hours movie. Probably those who gave poor reviews watched the 3-minute mini-episodes. I'm giving it a score of 10 to lift a bit the average rating, which in my opinion is too low.

Anyway, the actress is pretty and sweet like hell and the plot/story, while not perfect, is not bad either (fake marriage turning into true love).
The other reviewer wrote that the ML is "too handsome", so I guess this is the kind of drama you watch because of the FL and ML. It's a nice, relaxing movie with plenty of kisses and hugs, which you can watch in one evening.

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