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The Dude in Me korean drama review
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The Dude in Me
11 people found this review helpful
by manicmuse
May 19, 2019
Completed
Overall 4.0
Story 2.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 2.0
I really wanted to like this but it was just too corny for me. The only reason I wanted to watch this was for Park Sung Woong and he's barely in it. I saw good reviews and thought I'd give it a shot, but it's everything I've already seen in any show where a kid and an adult switch bodies, and I don't even think it was done well. This time there is a gangster in a chubby weak high schoolers body while the weak kid is in the body of the gangster. Most of the focus is on the teen which includes cliches about bullies and weight (even a "fat suit"). There is also a weird seemingly forced "romantic" storyline between the younger actors which just makes the story very awkward. They basically just stuck to the standard switching bodies formula for this one and I was not impressed with the result.

If I had to choose one saving grace in this whole film then I would say Jung Jin Young did a really good job with the role he was given, but his performance couldn't save the bad writing. The plot is completely unbelievable and super predictable so you have to really like Jin Young to like this one. The rest of the cast, besides Ra Mi Ran, is very forgettable. Even some actors I usually like didn't make any impression.

Overall you have to have a super high corny tolerance to enjoy this, or just love rewatching body switching shows no matter how overdone. It seems to be for younger less jaded audiences anyway, who get to see bullies get what they deserve and are a little more forgiving about plots that defy basic logic. There are just too many better body-switching stories out there for me to ever recommend this one.
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