Can't Buy Me Love

Title: "Can't Buy Me Love"

The show presents an intriguing premise by focusing on Chinese influence in the Philippines. However, it falls short due to a recycled plot and conflicts. Given its status as a Netflix-produced series, a 10 to 20-episode format would have been more suitable. The excessively slow pacing becomes noticeable to viewers, making the series feel prolonged.

Certain scenes (NOT ALL), especially those involving the main characters Caroline and Bingo, are not only useless to the plot but also tedious. The series often appears to struggle with maintaining a clear story direction, and the attempt to extend episodes becomes overly evident. Fortunately, being a Netflix series allows viewers to fast forward and skip such scenes.

On a positive note, the charm and acting skills of the secondary characters, Irene and Snoop, stand out. They bring vitality to the entire show, keeping the audience engaged and interested.

Not your typical RomCom. It has a lot of layers of the story. The first few episodes will keep you glued to your seats because it will have you think of the best possible plot twist eveytime the series will end it's daily 20-minute run. Yes, the series is still ongoing, and not all the episodes are laid down. But what is amazing is that even in that short 20-minute episode, the series was able to make the audience/viewers feel different emotions - in two minutes you will find yourself laughing, then after a while holding on to your seat because you will feel agitated, then after a few minutes, your anger will burst, and then without knowing you will find yourself crying. But aside the emotions, I am impressed with the leads visuals - Belle Mariano and Donny Pangilinan's excellent visuals radiating in the screen. The amazing cinematography also. Superb casts and creatives.

This show is so amazing 😍 Finally, I found a show that aabangan ko everyday hindi na lang puro KDràma 🤣 Donny and Belle are amazing 🙌 Their over the top chemistry is overflowing on the screen. Belle Mariano once again prove her brilliance in acting, that girl is so talented 🙌 she is the future! I always thought Donny Pangilinan cant act but he prove me wrong coz HE CAN! He is afterall the son of Maricel Laxa, the apple really doesnt fall far from the tree, Donny Pangilinan impressive performance in this series makes him deserving of all the hype he is getting right now. CBML is not your typical rom com🤣 it takes you on the rollercoaster ride of emotions, and at the edge of your seat 🙌 Kudos to the writers. I just really dont like the yucky scene from Irene and Snoop I dont find it funny at all 👎 I wish they will stop making them happen coz no chemistry at all, trying hard and cringey 👎 I hope they rather push Irene and Stephen angle to highlight the sibling rivalry between the younger sisters but Im glad that they solving the problem faster 👍 Episode 92 is the best🙌 now that Caroline knows the truth I really hope she wrecks havoc to her useless family. Im really excited to the coming episode and Im so seated.

I kinda expected this to be leaning on the romantic-comedy genre, but I was wrong. It is heavy on they mystery and I love it. I did not want to watch it at first because I saw that it will air for a few months with 150 episodes. I'm glad I started it and I'm honestly looking forward to the next episode. The plot twists are crazy. I had theories at first but they always get debunked. This show makes me think.

The main leads, Donny and Belle, are excellent at portraying their roles. They stayed true to their characters. Bingo is such a lovable character and his line "anak ng panty" just makes me laugh everytime. Caroline is not the typical romance archetype from past Filipino series. She's misunderstood, she's angry but subdued. Their realistic slow-burn romance is everything. Their height difference is also really cute. A petite girl safe in the arms of a big guy, just awwww.

Also really binge-able.

9/10 for the cast & crew. The lacking in this drama is the script specially in the earlier episodes(30-60). I don't know what the writers wanted to tell to their audience but its so messed up. I heard that they change the writers to their recent episodes and now the series is back on its track. And im loving the slowburn realistic lovestory of the lead (Bingo & Ling) cant wait to unfold more of their lovestory. And Bingo and Ling deserves a happy ending after all the tragic events happened in their life. There are only 50 episodes left in this series and im hoping, praying, wishing for the best. :)