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Mr. Duke korean drama review
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Mr. Duke
2 people found this review helpful
by lifeglider
Jul 1, 2020
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 8.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
This review may contain spoilers

Cute Rom-Com

I've only recently started watching old Korean movies and dramas and wanted to check out Choi Ji Woo's filmography after seeing her cameo in Crash Landing on You. This seemed to be the only romantic comedy in a string of melodramas (at least in the early years).

I was pleasantly surprised by how charming this series is. The love story is very organic and the supporting characters are fun to watch. The plot is predictable at times but the way everything unfolded is very enjoyable to watch.

The Pros and Cons listed below are mildly spoiler-y (no names provided) but they do factor into what I liked/disliked about the show. The Cons list is quite subjective too - I suspect it has more to do with my sensitivities so these same things might not matter to another viewer.

PROS
The female lead is a delight. I particularly love how she behaves once she figures out she loves Yong Nam.
I like how they turned a female supporting character - who is suspiciously being positioned as a rival for our male lead's affections - into someone far nicer.
The ragtag team supporting Yong Nam is more capable than I thought they would be. I love them.

CONS
I'm not okay with a bit of the dialogue that our male lead says to his young male friend in an early episode about his view on women vs male friends.
I'm also not okay with how one of the main supporting characters flirts mildly with his ex-girlfriend without his wife's knowledge and the audience is supposed to find that acceptable.
There is a bit of torture that happens to a couple of characters midway through the series that seems to be played for laughs. It's not funny.
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