Lotusleafgreen
USA
Rom-Com heaven
The only genre I watch is romance, and the subset of rom coms within that are the perfect target.This movie meets all the right criteria!!
Heart melting, clichéd, great looking couples, a twist, a heart break.........aaaaahhh.........and some swooning kisses.
The leads are all great looking, music is very romantic , nice job details for the characters, clean story with no lose ends, mature actors with great emotions.
And the most important necessity of a romantic comedy - must must must have - a happy ending.
Yup my friends - if you're hooked into romcoms, then don't miss this one.
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Sigh!
Read all the reviews and had a fair idea of the sister and ending yet had to watch this for the leads.I'm obviously a romcom venturer so could not give up on a movie with the ML.
I wonder what kind of a life he has with looks like that. He's just stunning to look at plus the intensity in his expression can flutter the hearts of women stepping into their graves. They could use his picture to revive women suffering heart beats.
Didn't care about the sister nonsense, but the story and romance are great.
Inconclusive endings are irritating in romance - think about it - we watch this genre for slurpy schweeet moments, so it's unfair that the end of the slurpee has a pebble that cracks our tooth and bites our cheek.
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The first j-drama that gets a 10
What a beautiful romantic drama. Great music, lovely story, very visually appealing cinematography.The star was of course the young protagonist ??. He brought the story alive with his youthful grin, mischief, and love at first sight. This drama totally blew me away only because of his happy chirpy face!,
Every other performer was also wonderful.
Also great to see a happy family after a long time. Most Asian dramas have their stars from orphanages or have nagging mothers who want them to get married or rich parents who are mean to their kids. This was soooooo refreshing to see kind loving parents.
Great job here, the full team!! Nicely done ????
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Just the perfect drama
This is truly a cult classic. The story is intricately woven, scenes are detailed, laugh loud funny, every character is special and acts beautifully and yes - the steamy kisses are dreamy.The details of the sound engineer's job are intricately defined. The office staff despite their small roles are given juicy tidbits and they stand out.
The only extra character that could have been deleted is the mother of the male lead. The mother of the female lead was also given to much unwanted screen time. Gosh - can you let your adult children breathe??
The second couples story is very unique and their acting especially the SML is phenomenal. He really contributes to the overall beauty of this drama. The SFL is also very unique and is wonderful.
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So quirky and funny but dragged out boring
This drama started out with such a different theme that it grabs your attention for the first few episodes.The FL was fantastic. Unintentionally funny, great comic timing, underplayed in many spots but over the top in some.
And finally........a cdrama where school girls are not wearing skirts as an excuse for underwear.
And no squeaky voices, no behaving like 10- year olds.
So it starts off with a bang.
Through the middle the story drags and drags.
Then you skip every alternate episode and realize the story hasn't budged.
And then finally you drop it......
Not caring how it ends.
Nope -too many wasted hours and couldn't be bothered with the conclusion.
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Why why why
I had 4 episodes to go before I realized I could actually invoke my personal choice of dropping this dead beat drama.Which producer and financier agreed to pay money to make this drama?
Why was this drama made? For what reason - seriously - for what and who on earth was this drama made?
Copied story, plagiarized scenes, clichéd interaction, poor acting, sexist dressed females in tiny tiny skirts, boringggg romance, zero chemistry, my gosh......I'm not even angry at wasting my time, I'm just dumb founded that someone would make it, some magazine would list it as "must watch" and an idiot like me would get suckered into this sinking sand.
Help!!
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A family drama......meh
I'm sorry - I watched this just for KYK under the genre of romance.There is no romance, no chemistry and no comedy. The classification should have been boring drama created for the FL.
This is so pitiful.....ugh........not sure why he picks these boring family dramas which are totally not suited for his style and personality..
I would have loved to give it a 1 star, it was so boring.
Mediocre substance, nobody stands out.
But the one who unfortunately irritated me the most was the FL.
So miscast for the role.
And those idiotic bangs - gosh- clear her face for godsakes!! Or grow the bangs to her chin - we wouldn't miss anything anyways.
As an actor we need to see her expressions and emotions, and this one failed miserably with her looks and her acting in this role.
And seriously you k drama folks - you have a hidden gem with KYK and this is how you misuse him??
He can be the next global universal star / ambassador. Stop giving him these pathetic dramas and pay for skilled writers who will create a star based on his persona!
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At a loss to describe this
This drama left me flabbergasted.I was just beginning to up my ratings on J dramas and viola this comes along on Netflix.
Was it an undying romance?
Was it a mystery thriller?
Did it want to depict the existence of truly kind hearted foster parents or make underage abuse the thematic issue?
Why did the ghost come back again?
Truly nerve racking story with no focus, too many critical story lines, no idea what was the intent, purpose and genre of this drama.
It spilt water all over the floor and took a soaking wet mop to clean the mess but instead ended up with a soggy damp confusing wreckage.
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Only watched it for KYK
So dreamy, KYK. I only watched the drama to watch him. Kdrama fixation.Don't care if he emotes two dimensionally or whatever else people are complaining about. Just happy to see him glide by and watch that face!
The FL was also lovely and the rest of the cast was the good, underplayed k drama actors who are actually the unsung pillars.
I must commend that lady who plays the wicked mother.
Did not check what her actual name and age is, but she is gorgeous.
Not sure how she ended up consistently playing a philandering wicked mother - have seen her in atleast 3 dramas doing the same wicked stuff.
But she has the courage to continually play the terribly villainous mother and excels in her negative craft.
This drama needed a lot more intimacy because the slow burn is fiery but ends with cold water.
There was ample room for it but it was wasted with just despair longing.
Needs a serious fix.
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What a sad drama with 2 superstars
Terrible story. Terrible acting by FL. She is supposedly a big shot in the k drama world, but seriously needs to watch this drama for herself and objectively upgrade her acting skills. She cannot do comedy and acting silly, dirty and stupid is an insult to people's sensibilities.FL was great in Crash Landing and Something in the rain. However she totally ruined this drama for all her team mates by sub-par acting. Is it the story writer, the director, the makeup artist?.??
who agreed that clumsy dirty behavior can be portrayed so poorly?
Poor Lee Minho needs to erase this drama from his repertoire.
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Not enough chemistry
There is no steamy kiss. Chemistry is luke warm.The ML is my favorite so I tortured mail with watching every episode diligently.
He has some intense missing scenes in his other dramas but this one drags on.
They really some take our the steamy kids tag from title.
Just a tepid local story. Not even funny enough.
It had the potential to be a wonderful romcom but not sure what made it so mediocre.
The story, the FL, the guy who was chatting the FL???
Did not capture my attention nor interest.
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Very mediocre
Nothing bad about this drama but nothing great either.Just an average run of the mill story full of clichés.
Clichés are fine in a rom com where there is sizzling chemistry and great story.
Here the chemistry was tepid - especially the last kiss where they tried the acrobatic feat of kissing with a four feet distance.
Except the second male lead, no character was interesting.
A little bit of overacting from a bunch of side actors like the mother, the boss's wife etc.
Sigh - what a waste of a cute male lead.
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Nothing happens in this drama
This drama keeps popping up in the most romantic list, but really nothing happens through the torturous sixteen episodes.The female lead.......as much as I like her....was so disappointing. The male lead looks and acts like a kid. I mean he's cute, but nothing else.
The story is meh. The chemistry is flat.
With such high ratings under the genre of romance, one expects sizzling interactions between the leads.
Sigh.....you just keep waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting....
Seriously -it's a drag.
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