Underwhelming and shallow
Started off strong with an interesting story line and a wonderfully well depicted setting in an ecommerce world with an angel investor (ML) . The FL gave a single note shallow performance. Sorry to state but all the emphasis in her acting was on her dresses . Nobody in the startup space dresses the way they showed her to. And worst of all was her catwalk prancing. Every long shot of her walking ( and they had too many ) would show her walking her ramp walk-- very fake and distracting from the story. Her acting too lacked dept, emotionality. The ML did put in a decent effort and was sincere to the character .Add to that the tropes kept tumbling out every few minutes. The FL hurt her foot umpteen times and was carried about by the ML, very conveniently present. The FL tumbled into the ML's arms a number of times - the dreaded trope of unstable females, who haven't learnt the art of walking yet. The FL got wet in the rains few times with the ML ready to minister to her .
Even the ML offering his coat to the FL happened 4 times..... enough to keep the discerning viewer frustrated at the poor quality of writing.
Then ofc the problem of exes-- here we had 3 quite criminally inclined exes. Hullo anyone herd of graceful moving on? some dignity in face of a long lost love? The rest of the world manages to dt quite well, why does Cdrama world lack it?
The truth is the writers had story enough for 16 episodes and afterwards simply tried to fill up the gaps by repeating the story sequences.
Should you watch it? Ummm only if you are a fan of the leads. Nothing else justifies this ho-hum act where the sole shining points were A) the ML's acting B) the FL's dresses
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Great in parts and very boring in parts too.
This story is driven by formula. The start is refreshingly sweet and you feel happy in the atypical characters. but then the makers decide to go on repeat-rinse mode. The repetition of the same medical and law and order crises just wears down the viewer so much . If they had cut down this story to 18 episodes or so, it would remain very watchable.The actors are sincere and natural. There is hardly any negative characters at least in the first half( I couldnt drag myself to watch 40 episodes of the same crises resolution).
Plenty of the viewers have spoken about the casting. Individually the actors are brilliant but there is definitely a bit of "looks miscasting" . The ML, who enacted Xing Kelei beautifully, looks young, fresh from school, boyishly slender and both his subordinates and seniors looked older than him. Worse, the FL looked decidedly older than the ML.
The FL is a great actor , effortlessly catching the character's vibe, but she could have been cast opposite a ML who looked more capable of handling her than this boyish ML.
Overall I loved both the characters the FL and th ML individually , but put together there were incongruities.
Next the big question -Is this a DOTS remake-- No it isnt for sure. That was more of a disaster story, physically the leads were in disaster prone areas, or in conflict zones - in a kind of Red Cross initiative. The level of interdependence and grit required were of a different level in that story. YAMH is kind of set in a single city with its small law and order or medical emergencies. The canvas on which DOTS is painted is huge and wild and exciting; YAMH is a more urban, tame and milder setting.
Overall a good watch, but skirts short of greatness due to repetition and its length.
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Wafer thin story full of cliches
The only interesting thing about this show is the inside workings of the show biz. The characters individually are nice but put together produce a yawn inducing mishmash. The main culprit is the cliched plot and the wafer thin story. A shorter more punchy story might have saved this.there is something seriously wrong with Mango TV that their produced dramas repeatedly have such ill thought out plots. i just looked through their website and checked the rankings and comments of their productions listed --except for 3-4 titles, every show seems to be in the same underwhelming rating range. Similar complaints of cliched writing losing the plot after 7th - 8th episode.
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Only watch if there is nothing better available
The story was based on an interesting premise of the relationship between a man who abhors lies and a woman who is constantly fibbing. But the FL 's dry as bones personality really did not go with along with the premise. The woman was supposed to show high social EQ and defuse situations by stretching the truth or downright lying, but honestly there was such a lack of charm and expressiveness in the actor that the irritable and zero EQ male lead appeared more scintillating. I think this is a case of miscasting. The entire logic of the FL being able to make good the situations spoilt by the ML's unbending rules didnt come through.I was trying to imagine someone with natural charm like Bai Lu or Dilraba ; with such actors the premise would have worked well. With Liang Jie's earnest , colorless and timid personality, it comes unstuck.
Full marks to the actor playing the male lead's sister. She was absolutely glorious and here's wishing the FL had even an iota of that child actor's animation.
Xin Yun Lai performed the ML really well. He brought out the dourness, the quiet watchfulness very nicely . Its a shame that his act was not able to get support from Liang Jie.
Plot holes like the prolonged senseless revenge track ( really? the ML was a kid and how was he responsible for a man losing a legal case?) , the volte face by the Xi Yun from a great boss to a mean avenger detrated from the quality of the story. Repeated tropes like the FL falling into the ML's arms at least 6-7 times were cringe.. I think creators overuse these stupid tropes only when the chemistry between actors is missing. A big downside.
I am sorry I just couldnt drag myself to watch beyond episode 16. I rushed to MDL to read what others had read before finding that other people were similarly bored out of their wits midway too. Dropping at #!6
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Disrespectful to all working women
The FL's overtures to the ML in the begining are to get an interview ; she is advised to and keeps the conversation simmering at flirty inappropriate advances to ensure she gets ahead. Ifthat is not perverse, I dont know what is.. Her late night inappropriate messages if dotn by any man would have made us run screaming SA to high heavans. I am sorry if this is how things are done in China, maybe there is a cultural subtext I am missing, but to me it just sounds plain wrong that a woman needs to do all this just to get an.....interview. There are literally millions of hard working women winning milestones and getting ahead without adopting any of the coy tactic adppted by the FL..... and they are the real heroes who deserve to be lauded.Was this review helpful to you?
