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Sweet Teeth chinese drama review
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Sweet Teeth
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by Tinc
Feb 18, 2022
22 of 22 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

Simple and sweet romance of 4 best friends albeit a tinge of unrealistic coincidences.

First and foremost, the storyline is already good but could be better. This drama tries to convey the message of "the power of love will make one love a person unconditionally while putting aside societal standards and norms to lowering one's standard" with the depiction of a simple love life, yet unrealistic coincidences and encounterment of the couples. Sounds like a simple heartwarming romance yet not quite realistic in terms of how the couples meet, especially when the genre of this drama is mature. The storyline revolves around the simple love lives of 4 best friends (3 females + 1 male) with contrasting personalities. Zeng li, the protagonist, is a sweet and soft librarian that has been waiting for the right person to come into her life. While facing the societal pressure of ageing and marriage, she is resolved by the belief that one should only commit in a relationship with the right person. She turns down all the blind dates arranged by her mother while in hopes for her first love to return the love but changes her choice upon meeting her orthodontist, Ai Jing Chu. Their encounterment is the most unrealistic. She first met him at the library then coincidentally became her orthodontist before seeing him again in her subordinate's lecture and at the mountain. He's both a lecturer and an orthodontist, which is impossible in reality. Wu Ying, an emergency doctor, is a realistic, tomboyish and practical person yet she can be childish and impulsive. Unlike her feminine friends, she doesn't dress up and take good care of herself while having a fond for hoodies and mobile legend. She believes in the societal standard that a female should not marry someone younger than her, let alone having a baby when her partner is still in school and cannot support the family. But her childishness and impulsiveness is the reason why she put down these standards and ended up having a short gun marriage with Liu Yu Cheng, a Chinese medicine student younger than her by 6 years. Her relationship with Liu Yi Cheng is the cutest and fastest among all. Ma Yi Yi, a social media influencer, is a lovable and lively fashionista. In contrast to Zeng Li and Wu Ying, she faces the pressure of insecurity and time and is desperately finding a partner to tie a knot with. Because of this reason, Deng Hao Ran, broke up with her in the past while maintaining the closeness of their relationship. They still love each other and are always there for each other at their toughest times. Their relationship is the funniest among all but took the longest. It would be better if the writer created more scenes with more chemistry that lead to them going back together. It felt the bridging was not there/strong enough. One thing I like about this drama is that the uniqueness of the other two couples will not make you skip the scenes. The friendship between the three females and Deng Hao Ran is the sweetest. I really enjoyed watching their interactions together. Deng Hao Ran adores Ma Yi Yi but he doesn't compromise on taking good care of his other two female friends.

Secondly, the choice of the cast was great. They are good-looking. All casts played their roles well that they put so much consideration in their acting so as to showcase the contrasting personalities of the three girls. In fact, the side characters outshine the main leads. I was more invested in the other two couples that I didn't skip the drama. Ma Yi Yi's carefree character lightens up the mood of the whole show. I love her character the most. The actress paid so much attention to her action including the way she speaks. Also, Wu Ying resembles Kiko Mizuhara. So when they zoomed into her face, It was not annoying.

Thirdly, I was in awe of the peaceful cinematography. I really like the pastel filters. They match the easy-going vibe of the storyline. I could tell where the story was heading with the filters. Also, I am in love with the cute animation of the 4 best friends in episode 1 (Deng Hao Ran carrying and dragging the three female friends out). If only they had more. I really like how they had the actors actually acted out the interaction to represent the texts messages in their group chat. They were really cute and interesting. It just gives you a reason to not skip the scenes. Also, they inserted actual footage of real couples getting interviewed to prove their point that love will just make you put aside societal norms and lower your standards.

Lastly, the choice of music was really good. The unique genre of the music completely matches the cinematography and vibe of the story.
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