yoon jin ah a girl who is somewhere around her 40's falls in love with a young guy to be more precise a young handsome guy seo joon-hee.the story revolves around the lead that shows how their love progress and how the society and family reacts to this noona-little brother kinda relationship.
LEADING ACTORS:Both Son ye-jin and Jung hae In did a great job their chemistry is magical which makes each and every episode magical.I still can't get over jung hae In he is so charming, handsome and innocent ,his smiles makes you to love him even more and more.Both the actors proved themselves as great actors.
SUPPORTING ACTORS:All the supporting actors performed their task brilliantly and each one of them suits so well in their role.I loved oh man seok in the role of a supportive father.Everybody did it so well.
KUDOS! To the whole team.
MUSIC:Soundtrack serves as the USP of the show.'STAND BY YOUR MAN' and 'SAVE THE LAST DANCE' is already my favorites.
I have seen many reviews where people are complaining abut the show being slow but i guess this is the what the story needs for the show to be perfect because it actually helped the viewers to felt more connected and to feel emotions in a more detailed and deep manner.
The whole show was like a treat to me.
The question of sexual harassment at workplace has been raised and what is the take of people about it normally has been shown very effectively.
Getting married at a certain marriage is still a pressure in the society you can see it through the show.
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Surprising the Age Gap becomes a Side Issue
8.5/10 is my rating. This is a 2018 South Korean drama with 16, 60 minute,episodes. It is also known as Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food. Jung Hae-in (Seo Joon-he)Yoon Jin-ah (Son Ye-Jin) is an unmarried woman in her mid 30s. Her mother wants her to get married but has very high standards in who she thinks is acceptable for her children. Jin-ah is in her mid 30s and is a store manager for a coffee chain. Her boyfriend breaks it off with her and she winds up bumping into her best friend’s younger brother who just returned from an oversees assignment. Jung Hae-in (Seo Joon-he), Jin-ah’s best friend’s younger brother, is a character designer at a computer video game company. He is a handsome lady’s man who can have his pick in terms of girls to date however he finds his other half in Jin-ah. At first their age gap, the fact that they grew up together, and that he is Jin-ash’s best friend’s younger brother are the issue but it quickly becomes a matter of Jin-ah’s mother thinking Hae-in, who lost his mother at a young age and whose father re-married and left the children, is not good enough for Jin-ah. Can their love survive with so many challenges?
spoiler 🚨 I liked this one to a degree. Jin-ash’s mother was particularly evil and mean but that’s not unusual in these types of dramas. I wanted her to change her mind but it never felt like she fully did. I got a little frustrated by the female lead‘s deceptions when it seemed like it would not of been hard for her to tell him the truth. He sometimes hid things from her as well and I think that made their relationship a little less believable. It was surprising to me that the age gap did not become the main thing they had to overcome it was more getting her family’s approval. I also do not like when they separate it was very sad and since the ending was a bit soft in terms of not knowing, for sure, they would remain together - the separation made it harder to believe seeing them get back together would result in happily ever after. For me a wedding scene would have been a better ending. Really good just a bit sad in parts.
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Dorosła drama i duża dawka miłości
Wiem, że wiele osób nie skończyło tej dramy, że jest dla nich za ciężka, ale szczerze? Mi się naprawdę podobała, nyła życiowa, poruszała problemy... no życiowe, rozsterki i obejrzałam ją w parę dni. Nie jest to typowo urocza drama, że oglądając jesteście pewni zakończenia. Osobiście bardzo ,ale to bardzo podobał mi się wątek problemów jakie mieli głowni bochaterowie i rozsterki jakie im towarzyszły. Drama pokazała jak ciężko spełnić oczekiwiwania rodziców, lub rodzica, którzy czasem na siłe chcą uszczęśliwić swoje dziecko, (subiektywna perspektywa szczęścia). To, że ktoś ma dobrą prace, wywodzi się z bogatej, zdolnej rodziny nie oznacza, że jest dorbym człowiem.Chemia między głownymi bohaterami była niesamowita widząc ich razem na ekranie oglądało się z przyjemnością czekajać na pozytywne interakcje.
Postać matki głównej bohaterki zagrana IDEALNIE, tak wkurzała mnie na każdym kroku ,ale gra aktorska była trafiona w punkt.
Muyzka była niesamowita, nadawała piękny klimat każdej scenie, mam swoje ulubione piosenki z tej dramy i dodałam do playlisty K-dram :)
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The first six episodes are among the sweetest and tenderest I've ever seen: I was completely and happily swept into the story from the start. I adore this beautiful, gentle, protective man who loves completely and unconditionally. Though he is younger, he is wiser and more mature than the conflicted "Noona" he falls in love with, and gives her the protection and courage to discover the power of love--his love for her. There are so many warm, sexy, and funny scenes: my favorite is the hilarious first handhold under the table--funny and triumphant for both characters. I also love the apartment elevator metaphor the director uses throughout the series to mirror the development and then difficulties of the love story. And of course the umbrella imagery is perfect for the gentle beginnings of love, sheltering them and appearing when needed to remind them who they are. But the writer and director decide to muck up the whole thing with the intrusion of outsiders and "family" including the worst mother figure from hell you can imagine. The shrieking, diabolical bitch belongs in an institution rather than young peoples' lives. The makers respond to criticism by saying, "well, reality ya know." I call BS, because the lovers genuinely love one another, and the reality is that this kind of love can never be destroyed. At any rate, after more destructive nonsense, they realize they've screwed up and awkwardly bring in a new umbrella all happy yellow this time. Still, all that said, I do recommend the series for the sweet joy of this couple, and the charm of the leads, especially Jung Hae-in even in the hell storm the makers concoct for him. He is simply fabulous--and it is his warm-hearted character who in the end saves everything, including the series.
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This series is a feel-good one it made me fall in love all over again. Jin Ah and Joon Hee are indeed adorable. But I found Joon Hee easier to love and so dreamy you'd hope someone exactly like him exists in the real world.
In this series I've come to appreciate the drama and turn around of relationships between siblings and best friends and aloof-at-first colleagues (just like in any other kdrama I've watched). Though there are moments that I find too dragging to put up with, somewhere between the lines you just know there's this seemingly elusive kind of love, care and understanding.
Then, the story of this series. The first few episodes were, I would like to say it again, dreamy. You know, the thrill of seeing your first love once again and that warm fuzzy feeling of feeling in love just by watching. So dreamy. But then somewhere in the middle of the series, I grew tired of all the drama little by little (though I still managed to finish it).
All in all, I still loved it though I find its middle too long it's dragging and its ending too short a conclusion for Jin Ah and Joon Hee.
I had a hard time feeling impatient to see the ending and sad that it has to end. Now, I don't know what to feel that's why I had to write about it.
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Gem that more people should know about!
AAAAAhhh! I can't tell you enough how much emotions this drama evoked in me! This was truly a rollercoaster ride full of harsh and realistic life elements and cute simple moments.I should mention first, that I watched this drama two years ago, I think. And I dropped it in about episode 4, because at that time I just hated that the guy is younger than the girl. Now that I think about it - I actually don't know why this bothered me so much, that I had to drop it. Probably I was too young and immature then to understand that it's okay. Whatever your age is it's okay to be in love. And gradually this drama as the episodes go only get better. So if you stopped at around episode 4 - just give it one more chance, you'll not regret it. I'm so grateful I randomly decided to look through my ''dropped k-dramas'' list and give one more chance to this one.
I'm not going to spoil anything, just want to tell you how incredible this whole drama was.
I haven't seen such drama in a long time - main lead guy so adorable and mature, he had such a great chemistry with the main girl that the so called ''age difference'' for me didn't bother me at all. And I was more annoyed about her family and everyone else around them that didn't want to accept them as a couple and made their age gap such a big deal when it wasn't.
The main idea of the drama was that despite all the differences it's important to stand up for what you believe in and what you love - whether that be your sexist and creepy co-workers or a guy that you love, but can't because everyone says you can't. I loved that about this drama.
You can definitely see the whole progress and character development throughout the whole drama. I felt that the main lead guy was always acting mature - more mature than the main girl, so he just stayed that way throughout the drama. The biggest development was the main lead girl. She was so scared to stand up for herself in her workplace and just agreed with everything everyone said, you could even say that she didn't have a backbone and while her age said she was mature - in fact, she was acting like a little girl, who doesn't know how the world works. I guess I can say that her meeting the guy was her maturing moment. He taught her to be strong and not tolerate people who use her for their own benefit - to speak up. SO I LOVED THAT.
One thing also I want to mention - soundtrack. At first I really liked it - actually I still do, I love all the songs in this k-drama. However, I must point out that the music lyrics are very ...how should I say it - bad. They don't fit this drama at all...because, f.e. the main song - ''Stand by your man'' - is a song about a woman who says that she has to be there for the man and forgive him for everything, because he's ''just a man''. It's kind of a sexist song who really does not go with this drama's concept of a woman who is self-sufficient and self-dependent and who stands up for herself and does not rely only on her man. So this song, although the melody is nice, I hated the meaning of the lyrics. So I just had to point this out.
Maybe the ending was a bit too rushed for my liking, especially since the episodes are more than one hour long, so I wished that at least half of the last episode was meant for the great ending of this drama, not just the last 10 minutes. However, I guess for this kind of realistic and raw drama - it fits. Like in life - some things that are hard and stressful last a lifetime and short fleeting moments of happiness end in a second.
All in all - really good drama, especially for people who enjoy watching realistic dramas about real struggles of life. It's about how life is all about the little things and moments with the people we love and that age should not matter as much as your happiness. Because if you can be happy with the person you love - that's all that matters.
Is it worth watching? - YES. Is it worth rewatching - YES AND YES.
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I love how the leads are able to make my heart flutter all the time and makes me want to fall in love. There are quite a bit of scenes that are dragged for too long but I guess its just its way of making you feel a little more.
It can be a little draggy at some point of time and it was nice but I hate it so much when they don’t properly conclude a drama well. I feel that they could have spend a little more time into the ending.
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Knowing when to end
I watched this drama because I saw the two leads in CLOY and WYWS. They even mentioned While you were sleeping in the 1st ep.The leads have enjoyable chemistry and I found their desperate quest to remain together to be endearing. That is until it began to fizzle out due to the mother's incessant badgering. After a while it made Son Ye-Jin's character seem miserable abd as much as I wanted the leads to be together, I found the ending to be unbelievable. I think the writers regretted the sad ending and just threw a happy one at us that didn't feel quire real. Some would say to watch rhe show until ep. 9; that's when it begins failing, but I'm glad I stayed the course. If you love the cast enough to begin, then ffinish it for yourself.
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It was a DRAMA NOT KDRAMA
It just felt an incomplete drama in the end.starting was pretty good and acting from all the actors was excellent too. But jina's mom and her thoughts are the problem. And for me in the ending when Jun Hui left to U.S jina just started dating in the time of just three months and it felt like disgusting thing to do just in a short span of time. It's my opinion. And at last everything was left incomplete. I would say that it was a ridiculous drama and especially it was actually a DRAMA and not a KDRAMA in my opinion. I would not suggest to watch this drama,if you have anger issue and not like betrayals at all for any reason. For me it's just one of the bad drama I have watched till now but also not worst. It's all MY OPINION.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
best drama ever
its my favourite one.. all the characters all scene its perfect and relatable to me i love watching this drama i also request for something in the rain season 2... please make it..... and male main role he was love im fan of him ..❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ there is lots of scene that i love to watch again and again... its really awesome and i wish that drama reach 10 star rating that's why im rating right now please reach at least 9.0 ..........,..........................................................................gugffyhvttyffr6incdeyibio8tdgk95edvjko5edchkiyrdvjktddfghggggggfuvdvibyddhurdvjo6rdfjooredchjjoi86redffgjii7tddvji86rrfhiihbbhhjutfvjkiutfvkibvdssthbftvhijhtfgiinhfddyvvhyyyyyuuuyyyyyyyyyyytttttttttttttttttttttVond je deze recentie nuttig?
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Could of been better but I still recommend this
Everything was amazing but the stupid mother. The ending could have been better but they focused on the mother being a social climber too much and the male coworkers sexually assaulting their female employees. Jin Ah's mother was too much, she was mentally, verbally, emotionally, and physically abusive towards everyone. She was self-aware she was a bitch and a snob. She didn't care who she stepped on and pissed off. All she cared about was connections and becoming rich and powerful. She even told Joon Hee that's all she cared about which made her even worse than I expected. She was so caught up with marrying up in society she didn't care how her family felt. Everyone else was ok with Jin As and Joon Hee's relationship either straight away or they just came to terms with it eventually but Jin Ah's mother flat-out refused and made everyone miserable. Even when Jin Ah's gets cheated on by her long-term almost fiancée she kept trying to pressure Jin Ah's to take him back, she is also misogynist she would excuse if he did something bad and be like that's what men do they mess up but you make up. It was so disgusting to see her mother be such a bitch throughout the entire series. Poor Jin Ah had to deal with so much abuse not only from her ex-bf, her mother and her male coworkers. The mess was almost too much almost taking away from Jin Ah's and Joon Hee's relationship. They ended up breaking up cuz of Jin Ah's mother and her messy work problem, Joon Hee was trying to get Jin Ah to go with him to get relocated for work but she turned him down. So we get a time jump and they finally get back together so we do get a happy ending but it's just so ridiculous how much her mother made everyone's life so miserable, you would think Jin Ah was a child but she was almost in her 40s. Like I understand different cultures and social norms but this was insane, I'm surprised her husband just didn't file for a divorce she was that unreasonable. Even their son Jin Ah's brother Seung couldn't take it anymore and told their mother that if she continued to harass Jin Ah she would possibly take her own life cuz of how abusive and stubborn she was to force her family to get rich and be part of that society. Like right before Jin Ah and Joon Hee broke up she kept telling Jin Ah that she couldn't wait for her to go on more blind dates she wanted to arrange and meet a rich wealthy man. She completely ignored what her son said cuz she is so self-absorbed with becoming wealthy again I am surprised her husband hadn't divorced her. You could tell how fed up everyone was with her bs. It was so bad that Jin Ah had to finally get her own place which again I understand in Asia living with your parents until you're married hell even when they are married it's normal to still live with them, but she should have moved out sooner knowing her mom was this difficult even before he ex-bf cheated on her. You see her brother mention it a few times they all know how difficult their mother is. Besides the bs you have to watch with Jin Ah's mother Jin Ah's and Joon Hee's relationship is super cute and they have amazing chemistry you basically don't see or feel the age gap which is only 10 yrs apart making him in his late 20s. This wasn't even the issue for the mother btw it was just cuz he was from a "bad family" and a "low rank" Joon Hee's father cheated on his mother so Jin Ah's mother didn't see him as fit to marry her daughter, I bet if he was rich and a son of a CEO she would have turned a blind eye cuz that's how she was with Jin Ah's ex. He wasn't rich or a son of CEO but he was becoming wealthy with his job/connections. Which Jin Ah's mother wanted. No one seemed to care about the age gap, the other thing that Jin Ah's mom kept bringing up was that she "raised" Hae In and his sister so they are "family" but she treated them like complete shit once she found out Jin Ah was dating Hae in. When Joon Hee and Jin Ah were together I just kept feeling butterflies and warm and fuzzy inside they were so cute together. I just kept getting lost in Hae In eyes and how handsome he is. So would I rewatch this probably not just because of Jin Ah's mother and when they get back together for me personally didn't feel satisfying, the ending was probably rushed like most of these dramas they focus on the drama on the leads while making someone a villain they don't focus on the ending until the money is running out so it feels half-assed. Would I recommend it maybe depends on who I'm talking to and they don't mind what I experienced as much. The relationship between Jin Ah and Joon Hee is good enough to tolerate Jin Ah's mother's abusive behavior but just barely.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
The settings, photography and direction were truly wonderful. Son Ye-Jin's acting was as usual, the best.
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