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Witch's Romance korean drama review
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Witch's Romance
2 people found this review helpful
by manicmuse
Jul 13, 2014
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
Witch's Romance is an enjoyable rom-com that I would recommend to anyone who is a fan of that genre. If you're not, you will probably get really bored very quickly. I was looking for something light, but not too silly, and this drama was the perfect fit. Even so, I wasn't as impressed as some previous reviewers. I'll start with the story, which wasn't bad, it was just standard. It's filled with marriage pressure, past loves, and the currently trendy age gap between the two romantic leads. The age gap in this one was very VERY apparent, then I realized that there's almost a 20 year age gap between the two actors. Still the chemistry between them is the driving force behind this drama. The fact that seeing them together was sometimes shocking in the beginning made the story work better when I was suddenly rooting for them. Uhm Jung Hwa and Park Seo Joon were really great together, and I could certainly understand how even the coldest witch could fall hard for Yoon Dong Ha. I'll admit that I liked him a lot more than her, but together they got me hooked on the story. I loved watching the romance develop, and get messy, but towards the end the cute relationship scenes were starting to get on my nerves because they were so cheesy. I definitely felt myself losing interest in the last episodes. The supporting cast was great, though many of the characters were cartoony. Mom, Her BFF frienemy with her lovestruck husband, her coworkers... they were all pretty funny. I think I loved Soo Cheol & Dong Ha's bromance almost as much as the main couple. When the story started to get repetitive, whatever the story lacked, the cast usually made up for it and kept me entertained. Well most of the cast anyway... Eun Chae was kinda pointless, but it did give Yoon Hyun Min more screen time so I wasn't that bothered by her. I did really like the soundtrack, even the cheesy witch theme. And I definitely swooned when I saw Park Seo Joon singing Come Into My Heart. To me, he's the star of this drama. Overall this is a pretty good addition to the older woman-younger man craze. It's a cute love story, but also pretty mature, and doesn't take itself too seriously. I would probably only rewatch scenes, not the whole thing, which is why my rating is lower than most. It also starts to lose steam towards the end, but at the end of the last episode I was satisfied. It's also nice to see a non-cinderella k-drama romance once in a while, so I would recommend Witch's Romance, especially to the ahjumma crowd (aka grown and sexy lol).
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