I didn't like the first part that I had seen,
I didn't like the first part that I had seen, I thought it was going to be very silly and ridiculous. But I forced myself to look at it and now I am very satisfied with my decision. It had a very beautiful dialogue and the characters of the series were really tangible. I liked this series much more than I thought. I even watch some sequences and parts again.In the whole series, I think it was very good in its genre and I recommend it
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Mediocre, not memorable, but hey I sill liked it!
I’ll just lay it out straight, if I were to subjectively give this drama a rating it would be somewhere within 6-7/10 stars. I was occasionally uninterested, the product placement was PAINFULLY obvious, and half (if not more) of the drama’s screen time was basically just the two leads’ pretty faces.But I’m a sucker for pretty faces lmao. All the characters were generally likable, and the rabid romance fan in me loved all the sickly sweet moments. The best aspect of the script is probably the honest and open communication between ML and FL, and I must say it was refreshing to see them both acknowledge their mistakes and quickly apologize within the same half hour of screen time. Also, I’m not gonna lie Mr. Ryan Gold is an absolute dream boat.
There were some moments where I genuinely laughed, and others when my heart fluttered a bit. Because I overall enjoyed watching it, I’m giving it an 8/10.
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I deserve a medal after finishing that drama, honestly. My main grievance is that her fangirl identity wasn’t even revealed? Wtf????? The only thing I was holding out for tbh, what the hell. But god, where did this drama go so wrong? It started out okay but it was like a downward spiral. Ok, first things first, I still didn’t really ship Sung Duk Mi with Ryan Gold / Heo Yoon Jae. No offence to the actor, but for some reason he just looks so much older than her??? I couldn’t get past it. And personally, couldn’t really see the chemistry. That’s just me. And the only part I liked, turned out to be a dream!!!! Jfc
And my GOD did it get boring after like episode 10 I think it was? (after we had to suffer a whole episode of unnecessary angst with their ‘break up’) Maybe it’s because I don’t care about art, but the whole storyline was then based around the gallery and those bubble paintings and I could not have been more uninterested. And then that episode of flashbacks and drama (with their child abandonment stuff and she just all of a sudden had a little brother that died???) god why. It was just so boring, I couldn’t take it.
Then the writers just totally forgot all about the fangirling side of things, entirely. Which was what drew me to the show!! I wanted to see more of it!
You might think I’m being harsh giving it a 4.5 but I just have such disdain towards this drama.
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A romcom drama that's very much 'decent'.
The chemistry between the leads is alright (not as good as in What's Wrong With Secretary Kim). The plot is very much standard fare, with every cliché you've seen a dozen times.The idol fandom topic is done tastefully, but doesn't have the same effort put into it as say Reply 1997.
The supporting characters are alright: sometimes funny, sometimes not, but never obnoxious.
There is an average amount of filler scenes and plots.
A perhaps average amount of product placement, but in a more stupidly obvious way than you'd expect.
The OST is okay as well (but nothing I'll remember for months).
I didn't sit in agony for hours waiting for any painful plot arcs to end, either. In a way, I'm most thankful for the scarcity of pointlessly negative story elements, with the writers instead going for themes like happiness and healing.
All in all: no serious complaints. Serves its purpose as a fluffy, no-stress show.
On Netflix and such you have content missing compared to the TV version: https://mydramalist.com/32293-her-private-life#comment-12329955
The special you can watch either before the show or after a few episodes; it has some minor spoilers regarding characters and plots introduced a bit after the start.
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too cliche for my taste. i blame th writing and th direction. who th hell shake th camera for no apparent reason just to increase th intensity. either fire th cameraman or fire th director. somebody shd get fired for my headache watching this drama turn to shit.
still, stick for th visual. Kjw is handsome. that was it.
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This drama has similar story like what's wrong with Secretary Kim , both the lead actors are related and known each other from their childhood and they get to know it in last two episodes but this fact doesn't play very important role here. I love park min young but here she acted more cute than she is and the female lead seemed to be more in love....it's very much relatable with fangirls like us and especially when you have ONE as idol, but in the end it's worth to watch.Sorry but don't read the below
This drama has similar story like what's wrong with Secretary Kim , both the lead actors are related and known each other from their childhood and they get to know it in last two episodes but this fact doesn't play very important role here. I love park min young but here she acted more cute than she is and the female lead seemed to be more in love....it's very much relatable with fangirls like us and especially when you have ONE as idol, but in the end it's worth to watch.
This drama has similar story like what's wrong with Secretary Kim , both the lead actors are related and known each other from their childhood and they get to know it in last two episodes but this fact doesn't play very important role here. I love park min young but here she acted more cute than she is and the female lead seemed to be more in love....it's very much relatable with fangirls like us and especially when you have ONE as idol, but in the end it's worth to watch.
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Should've kept it short.
Talking about the drama, I felt the storyline became boring when Shi An's identity was revealed because, for me, Lee Sol's identity was the intriguing part. After it was revealed, I found myself skipping through scenes. The leads were sexy and had some hot, steamy kisses and romance, but the series could have been compelled into 12 episodes. Too much sugar isn't good for health either, so when the romance took over, I personally got bored.Talking about acting, their acting was too much at times, it didn't felt natural or convincing ,could have been much better. Ironically, their fake relationship was more convincing than their real one, to be honest.
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This should have been a better show. "Her Private Life" is a couple of better casting decisions and half a worthy script away from being a really lovely romantic comedy.Park Min Young is an unquestionable talent with a particular panache for comedy and the show is marvelous so long as it centers around her Curator Sung Duk Mi. It helps that she's regularly accompanied by the sublime Park Jin Joo and a solid though underutilized Ahn Bo Hyun. The only moments where Park Min Young is outshone is by Kim Sun Young. She is spectacular here.
And the first half of "Her Private Life" is welcomingly center around Duk Mi, her fandom for One's Cha Shi Ahn (who presumably is a better singer than actor), her rivalry with Kim Bo Ra's fangirl Cindy and the fake then real romance with new director Ryan Gold as portrayed by Kim Jae Wook. But as with most dramas, the production can only keep the two leads apart for so long and once the inevitable comes to pass, the project's flaws overwhelm the positives.
Plenty of criticism should be directed at the meandering, nonsensical storyline. It's deserved. There's opportunities to allow the outstanding supporting cast to share some spotlight, but it's completely ignored except as momentary throw-ins in the final episode. Particularly frustrating is that a relationship between Kim Bo Ra and Ahn Bo Hyun was happening but it was literally given less than a minute of airtime. It's a massive gaffe to not give these two a sizable amount of attention.
But it's a casting blunder more than anything that torpedoes "Her Private Life". Kim Jae Wook fits the tall and pretty profile, but he is totally lost trying to portray anything beyond mild annoyance or complete boredom. For around nine episodes, that's the extent of the demands - looked annoyed, looked bored and be photographed with Park Min Young. This much works. But when Kim Jae Wook's Ryan Gold has to step forward in act two and the character is navigating childhood traumas, the show sinks, quickly and irreversibly.
Add (G)I-DLE's "Help Me" to every playlist possible. It's one of the catchiest pop songs on any soundtrack anywhere. But don't put "Her Private Life" on a watchlist.
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What I noticed, though, was when the main romance was basically resolved, it just became about the romance. I was disappointed with the number of original plot lines that never paid off, mainly related to her secret identity as a fan site manager, who would find out, and how that would affect her relationship with the idol she's obsessed with. Instead, we delved into some really unnecessary alleyways to look through the plot dumpster, so unnecessary they resolved themselves within the same episode.
Probably to kill time? They should have made better use of it.
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Park Min Young seems to be stuck in the same role over and over again, and this whole set-up of the annoying to-be-caring boss who orders her around as she talks back at any given chance has gotten old quite some time ago if you ask me. I find it irritating and see it as an attempt at following in "What's Wrong With Secretary Kim?"'s steps in order to get the same success as a result but it just doesn't make the cut; as silly as that was as well- it was supposed to be perceived as that because it was pure comedy while this one is not funny nor does it come off as purposely silly but rather- ridiculous.
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Great chemistry, unfortunate lack of depth
The chemistry between Park Min Young and Kim Jae Wook was sizzling in this drama, and there was more skinship than in most dramas, which was a treat. The leads was really amazing together, but the first half of the story was filled with dumb misunderstandings with very little substance. I am not a fan of silly circumstantial humor and the first half was filled with it. What was really grating was that some serious dramatic revelations were introduced in the very last episodes. The show should have started with the end bits and established the deep histories and relationships from the beginning instead of relying on gimmicks. The huge dramatic revelation near the end that concerns Duk Mi was just glossed over because of the wasted time at the beginning. It was simply swept under the rug.Also, if we are to believe that Duk Mi is an intelligent, independent woman, then her side gig should have been something with substance, not being a fangirl. This didn't add much to the story, except for creating more silly circumstantial humor. We should have also explored her career and what made her successful as a curator instead of having Ryan's story take over. This had potential but the beginning was wasted.
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