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The Unpopular Opinion Amongst Popular Opinions
Storyline:
The storyline utilizes one of the most cliche and overused tropes in history - contract marriage, poor girl falls in love with rich guy etc.
Since the drama is a rom-com, there were many scenes that were hilarious (at first) and overall the drama was rather lighthearted. However, the drama often dramatizes and adds many scenes supposedly for the comedy but ends up being very cringey and redundant. Since this drama has only 12 episodes, the story moves very quickly, too quickly in fact, that they did not slow down to properly flesh out the main characters and show proper development in their various relationships - mainly the FL & ML as well as SFL and SML. The couples fall in love so quickly that it’s hard to believe they ARE in love but rather, the relationship is very superficial and on the surface. They barely have proper conversations to get to know each other and we are already dumped with several kiss scenes. The storyline is too simple and has no depth whatsoever. Overall, it was extremely cringey.
Acting:
Sejeong's acting was pretty decent, though it felt like she was holding up the entire show by herself. Ahn Hyo Seop’s character seemed more like a supporting role rather than a main lead. There was no chemistry between the leads at all. I’ve watched Ahn Hyo Seop’s various projects and it seems that his choice of script is very poor, such as Lovers of the Red Sky, Abyss etc. There was no room to fully showcase his acting potential here. SML has a very disappointing character coming from the fact that I actually liked his role in Snowdrop because of his rather nuanced acting there.
In conclusion, don’t waste your time if you want to watch a good quality drama with proper development. However, if you are up for a pretty lighthearted, mindless and cliche rom-com, go ahead and give this drama a try.
The storyline utilizes one of the most cliche and overused tropes in history - contract marriage, poor girl falls in love with rich guy etc.
Since the drama is a rom-com, there were many scenes that were hilarious (at first) and overall the drama was rather lighthearted. However, the drama often dramatizes and adds many scenes supposedly for the comedy but ends up being very cringey and redundant. Since this drama has only 12 episodes, the story moves very quickly, too quickly in fact, that they did not slow down to properly flesh out the main characters and show proper development in their various relationships - mainly the FL & ML as well as SFL and SML. The couples fall in love so quickly that it’s hard to believe they ARE in love but rather, the relationship is very superficial and on the surface. They barely have proper conversations to get to know each other and we are already dumped with several kiss scenes. The storyline is too simple and has no depth whatsoever. Overall, it was extremely cringey.
Acting:
Sejeong's acting was pretty decent, though it felt like she was holding up the entire show by herself. Ahn Hyo Seop’s character seemed more like a supporting role rather than a main lead. There was no chemistry between the leads at all. I’ve watched Ahn Hyo Seop’s various projects and it seems that his choice of script is very poor, such as Lovers of the Red Sky, Abyss etc. There was no room to fully showcase his acting potential here. SML has a very disappointing character coming from the fact that I actually liked his role in Snowdrop because of his rather nuanced acting there.
In conclusion, don’t waste your time if you want to watch a good quality drama with proper development. However, if you are up for a pretty lighthearted, mindless and cliche rom-com, go ahead and give this drama a try.
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