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Familiar Wife korean drama review
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Familiar Wife
5 people found this review helpful
by kingsqueen
Sep 21, 2018
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
If you watched Go Back Couple and you think that this drama will be like it, you would be far off. Although the concept is the similar, the execution is different. Cha Joo Hyuk and Seo Woo Jin have become miserable in their marriage. Most of it is because Joo Hyuk is immature, selfish, and passive. He thinks his wife has become a shrew and he begins to think of divorce. By chance, he gets the opportunity to go back and change his life. What will he do? This grass isn't always greener on the other side....It's greener on the side where you water it.

Ji Sung and Han Ji Min put forth exceptional acting, as always. I was charmed by the entire cast, and enjoyed seeing the different scenarios play out. I was happy and thankful that some things stayed the same no matter which time we were in, even while other things changed. I feel like Joo Hyuk's character went through the growth that he needed to in order for everyone in his life to be happier. He found out what the true source of his wife's unhappiness and anger was, and was smacked in the face with the truth. What will he do about it though? And when Woo Jin discovers the truth....will she take matters into her own hands?

I always love a good epilogue, and this show was not the exception. I feel like the writers wrapped this show up VERY soundly, even if they took the entire last episode to do it. The ending felt a little meandering, even though it was nice to see the continuation of progress for our characters.
I liked that even though I thought I knew where the show would go, the writers surprised me a couple of times. And although they didn't go where I had hoped with the script, we got something possibly better for all of the characters and not just the leads. The travel in time affected the side characters as well - at least in some ways.

The music was nice, and fit well with the scenes. I enjoyed the song No Longer Mine by Roy Kim the most.

I doubt I'll re-watch this one anytime soon, but it is definitely worth a one time watch!
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