What I liked:
- until episode 6 or so the story and dialogues were really funny.
- the main couple chemistry is nice too... they have cute moments together.
- Their acting is good too. I found better So Ji Sub here than in Masters Sun and for Shi Min Ah, as it was the 1st time I saw her, I liked her character in here, a strong woman able to do everything she decided to.
- the bromance among the main leads and the two “kids”.
- the idea that losing weight is for health reasons (and not because you boyfriend has dumped you).
- there were no many tropes, and some of them were completely inversed (like Joon Eun and the grandmother). That was cool.
What I didn’t like:
- the “your body is mine” part. Even if it’s obvious that for unknown reasons the main male lead is interested in the female lead almost since the beginning, at the end I had the feeling that for him, the fact that she continues to be slim and pretty was far too important in their relationship.
- the second couple: it doesn’t add anything to the story and overall the second male lead, his behaviour is not coherent. The second female lead acting is no so good too...
- the main male family’s. There’s no explanation, no development...
- the last two episodes. They were unnecessary to finish the drama. And they have two many flashbacks.
So... if you want to watch a nice room-com, to motivate yourself to see the positive way of life and to take determination to do something for you (as lose weight). This is for you!
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I really thoroughly enjoyed this drama. While there were predictable plot lines, what I enjoyed the most were all of the character's personalities, particularly both of the main leads'. I give major credit to all the actors on the show for portraying their characters so well. The chemistry was also really great and there were so many cute and adorable scenes! (Not just with the main two leads but with their other two friends)
Like with all dramas, there were a few flaws, but I loved how this drama wasn't trying to be anything more than what it was. It had a pretty obvious message and it did justice to that message. I was really inspired throughout it.
I definitely recommend it if you feel like watching something that's fun, yet really inspiring.
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While I hate the cruel way makeup and fat suits are usually used. I felt like it made sense in this drama. Shin Min Ah's character was not depressed or ashamed because of her weight gain, however a recent breakup with her longtime boyfriend inspired her to make a change. There is nothing wrong with someone deciding it is the right time for them to become healthier, and if makeup and padding were necessary to tell this story, than I'm okay with it.
I really liked that Yeong Ho found Joo Eun just as attractive before she got in shape as he did after. What he liked most though was her ability to work hard without giving up. And more than anything, he supported and encouraged her journey to become healthier. Sure most of the romantic stuff happened after she lost weight, but that was because they knew each other better not because he wasn't attracted to her.
I also love that Joo Eun had her fair share of lustful moments when it came to Yeong Ho. He was a very handsome man and she openly appreciated that. As much as I like the demur and shy heroines in K-dramas it's always nice to see one who isn't ashamed to be attracted to her man. Overall, they were one of the cutest couples I've ever seen. They supported and complimented each other well, and this was a great drama about their sweet relationship.
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What brought my marks down for this drama is that the romance itself didn't seem that noteworthy. For all the time and script dedicated to it, you would think that the romance would be superb, but it felt sort of dull. Perhaps this is due to the lack of build up that it takes for the two main characters to get together, and the fact their romance happens so quickly. The romance (while funny because of the humor) just didn't provide the audience with substance to make it significant or special. It felt kind of dry, so much so, that the side romances were actually almost handled better (with more depth) than the lead romance itself.
So for the main romance, I rate this drama low, 5.0.
For the side romances, I rate this drama 7.5.
For humor I rate it 9.0.
It had potential for me, just didn't quite achieve it.
Overall, 7.0
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Gives me the feels
This is one of my favourite Korean dramas, and one of the first few I watched. To date I have watched it at least three times and some days I watch clips or specific episodes to lift my mood.The show is funny, sad, motivating, inspiring and romantic all at the same time. And of course, every girl needs a man like So Ji-sub. If he paid so much attention to me, I would also work hard at changing my life.
The chemistry between all the characters is great. The supporting cast was very well chosen.
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My memory wasn't working and needed a refresh ASAP. This was HILARIOUS ! Loved everything about this ! A FL we don't see often and thanks god she doesn't get skinny in two episodes... And he gets attracted at the very beginning, before she lost weight, which is the most important. A beautiful message about self-esteem and how to love his inner self. Such a feel good and their chemistryyyyyyy, MAMA I miss them. Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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Romantic, "erotic", emotional, and funny!
So this is my first "transformation" drama and I have to say that I liked it for the following reasons:
1) Amazing chemistry between the main couple delivered by talented So Ji Sub and Shin Min Ah
2) I'm a sucker for cute scenes and this drama delivered.
3) Promoting a healthy lifestyle.
4) There was no unnecessary intervention from the leading man's family. So basically nothing dragged on.
5) This is one of the few dramas I've watched that didn't go overboard with the soundtracks. The soundtracks where played at the perfect moments.
However, Kang Joo Eun is such a likable character that the fact Oh Soo Jin had issues with her, in the beginning, made me pay more attention to Oh Soo Jin. But by the end of the drama, I wish the writers had spent a little more time developing Oh Soo Jin's character and backstory. The drama hinted that her weight gain was due to feeling empty, so she tried to comfort herself with food. This is something I feel a a lot of people go through. So instead of putting effort into making her a bitch, we could have seen her overcome it through scenes and flashbacks of her "enough is enough" moments, her exercising, etc. Basically there was potential to make her character inspiring rather than bitchy. But of course lets not risk outshining the leading lady. Nonetheless, I think it's awesome that the "I'm going to be happy when I loose weight" myth is tackled through her character. Also, we get to see the side effects of loosing weight to be skinny rather than to be healthy.
Despite that, I really liked this drama and I hope you will too.
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Agréable de perdre du poids si Si Ji Sub est le coach !
Ce que j’en ai penséJ’en ai pensé que j’ai failli deux fois le laisser tomber tant le début m’exaspérait : d’abord la petite pétasse coqueluche du lycée avec tous les garçons autour, ensuite l’arrivée du surpoids et de tous les clichés qui vont avec, tout cela n’était qu’un hymne à la gloire de l’apparence, seule élément important de la vie des personnages ! ça partait pour un truc bien superficiel et bien pénible !
Puis, ça s’est arrangé quand Kim Hyoung Ho entreprend d’aider Jeun Eun, en particulier au moment où il lui pose la question « mais au fond, pourquoi veux-tu perdre du poids ? » et je me suis dit, « tiens ! ça va peut-être devenir intelligent ! » et là d’autres sujets entrent en jeu, la santé, une vie équilibrée et saine, le sport. L’apparence n’est plus le but mais le symbole d’une bonne santé et d’un être équilibré. Mais il a fallu tenir jusqu’à l’épisode 4 !!
Bon, il faut dire que les dialogues sont très bien écrits, truffés d’humour, que le personnage féminin, n’est pas la gourde superficielle que le début me faisait craindre, mais qu’au contraire elle a beaucoup de finesse et d’intelligence. Naturellement les deux tombent amoureux, mais les pièges habituels sont habilement évités (la scène où Jeu Eun mets la riche grand-mère devant le fait accompli est réjouissante) Le personnage masculin est construit autour d’une enfance de grand malade, et de beaucoup de souffrances, expliquant sa passion pour la santé, la bonne forme et la diététique, mais le tout amené de façon intelligente et réaliste.
Donc on pourrait conclure en disant que c’est un excellent drama ! Eh bien non, car s’il y a des moments (nombreux) qui sont de vraies pépites, il y a beaucoup de longueurs, et une surabondance de flash-backs longs et dont les trois/quarts sont inutiles. On dirait que le réalisateur a signé pour 16 épisodes mais que 12 auraient suffi, alors, en avant les retours aux scènes qu’on vient de voir ! Le dernier épisode se traîne lamentablement, de scènes inutiles en scènes inutiles : ils s’aiment, tout va bien, c’est bon, on peut passer à autre chose là ? Le tout dernier clin d’œil relève un peu le tout mais j’ai beaucoup bâillé et appuyé sur l’accélérateur.
Un autre défaut c’est le peu de travail fait sur les personnages secondaires : on sait à peine d’où ils sortent et qui sont les deux garçons qui accompagnent Young Ho, particulièrement celui qui parle aussi mal l’anglais que le coréen. Le deuxième couple est très mal exploité, en particulier Seo Jin, dont l’évolution aurait pu être très intéressante. Le couple principal prend toute la place et le drama en est très déséquilibré.
L'impression générale est cependant agréable grâce au grand talent de So Ji Sub, d’un naturel et d’une sincérité parfaite, ainsi que Shin Min Ha, elle aussi très juste et naturelle, ils se donnent parfaitement la réplique. Le reste est beaucoup plus moyen au niveau interprétation.
Au total, en accélérant aux bons moments, ça peut être un bon drama-doudou !
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Poor exceustion
I don't think I've ever seen a drama focus on weight issues that women go through on both sides of the spectrum; fat or thin; I think could've been a decent story but it was just done in a way that halfway through, you're just finishing to finish, which is what I felt. I didn't see any chemistry with the leads, I actually skipped a few interactions because I found them to be stiff and unnatural around each other.I don't like the secondary couple, I wasn't rooting for them. They offered no reprieve from the boring main couple. I probably would've much rather see the hero's friend and that weird stalker girl relationship blossomed more than the secondary couple because at the end where they were together threw me for a loop.
Also with him being a cheobol and her being a lawyer thing was boring seeing as it really ended up being a non issue.
Them being childhood friends is such a kdrama thing to put in but again made no sense and was unnecessary
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Cute but expected more
Maybe I went into this drama expecting too much. The leads were super cute, the bromance and friendships were sweet and awesome, OST was catchy, chemistry between the pair believable, plenty of cute and fluffy scenes, keeps reinforcing the message that being healthy internally is the best way to define beauty.BUT.
Although the first few episodes were so feel good, funny and uplifting, slowly the drama started to veer towards sadness, ad placements, cliches and drama just for the sake of drama. The second lead couple were mostly annoying despite their back stories. Family dynamics on the ML side was absolutely messed up and never get to understand why the father was aloof, why the second wife and brother were treated so badly, why the chairman let the greedy uncle get away with so much, why the ML's mom was never shown. It doesn't explain why he needed to endure his childhood treatment alone and without love, although his grandmom was dearly fond of him.
Episode 13 was the most illogical development, with ML getting into an accident and deciding on completely stopping all communication with the FL because he decided to not let her in on his pain or to watch her suffer. This could have been digested as an immature decision if the ML was in his 20s, but a character in his 30s and holding a Director position of a conglomerate, a coach who has endured a lot of pain and helped others out of pain, deciding to behave this way felt unrealistic and immature.
They could have wrapped up the series by episode 12 or 14. The last 4 episodes had a lot of cliched moments and flashbacks which felt unnecessary.
Couple of things I felt super annoying and overly done were the FL's excessive use of flashing her dimples, the ML repeating that the FL's body was his, and repeated mentions of the FL being Daegu Venus. The final reveal of the FL again becoming fat at the end in a very short time, totally undoing every health message over the series didn't work as comedy for me. Also why would the ML who recently reunited with the FL go on volunteering work abroad leaving fiance, business, ailing father behind was a mystery. All in all, in trying to be too cute this series became a bit tiresome for me. It is an enjoyable one time watch but gets tiresome in binge mode.
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