The Story of Park's Marriage Contract

I started watching it due to actress playing FL, I have seen her in a couple of shows before and she does a decent job. And here as well she was the only good thing about the show, she is also central character around her the entire plot revolves, other characters including ML had nothing much to do, character or story wise.

Entire drama is 90% filled with kdrama tropes, if you are an avid kdrama fan, you can pretty much predict the next scene and the dialogues and how everything is gonna unfold. Except that grandpa part, which was a little twist I didn't expect so that made me give an extra rating as 5/10, otherwise this is 4/10 at most, ost and bgm is decent, matches the tone of the show, also the periodic part of the show wasn't boring, which usually is the case in such dramas.

ML was your very typical character in a kdrama, childhood trauma, is rude and cold for no reason, then falls for FL but denies and hides his emotions like a manchild, and then completely changes his behaviour. Completely cliched.

Other characters are the same, best friend/servant to the FL, BF/secretary to the ML, then a girl in office who pines for ML, evil stepmom, bratty/flirty younger bro to ML who'll flirt with his brother's wife/gf, a grandpa bullying his grandson to marry etc etc. Pretty much everything is cliched to the core.

If this is gonna be your first kdrama, or you are very new to the kdrama world, only then watch it. Otherwise not recommended.

There are only two episodes, but I'm already hooked. It's a great production, with great cast and an interesting plot. The story can feels like something we've seen before, but here's the twist: she travels back in time after someone tries to kill her, just after the mysterious death of her husband on their honeymoon. The merging of the two worlds is very well executed in this drama. The acting is phenomenal and the chemistry very good. The female lead is a funny, strong and interesting character. Once again, Lee Se Young proves her versatility and plays to perfection. I recommend this series without hesitation!

The Story of Park's Marriage Contract is a wonderful drama starring Bae In Hyuk and Lee Se Young with a beautiful balance of Historical (Old Joseon) mixed with Modern Times (New Joseon), Fantasy (time-travel) romance and light comedy.

For those that don't usually watch historical drama's, it will draw you in with it's perfect balance and that says a lot - initially the marriage contract theme caught my attention which adds the love story, romance and light comedy in modern society. I did get drawn in right away with the historical episodes with the wonderful early love story, the beauty of the FL and the costuming and sets which always catches my attention. The male lead Bae In Hyuk who plays Kang Tae Ha is just as captivating with his acting and handsomeness.

In the modern Joseon I loved the costuming again and how the Old Joseon style was fused with New Joseon and particularly loved Kang Tae Ha's embroidered shirt which was a turning point for the 2 main leads and their "butterflies".

The reason I gave it 9 stars instead of 10 is that quite honestly, I had no idea how many episodes there was going to be - had no idea if it were 16 episodes or what. When I watched episode 12 I actually didn't know it was the final until about halfway through it when I started to think - wait, what? Is this the final? I shouldn't have to guess that and it actually didn't become 100% clear until the last moments to me. I think the ending could have been better but still well worth watching.

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I really enjoyed this drama. It had the right amount of romance, comedy and a back story. Sometimes in Korean dramas the comedy can be too much or too silly. They got it just right and I had a few laugh out loud moments. The female lead was a really likeable character and the development of how she changed once in modern times was quick but it all flowed. I loved the fashion she wore as it related to the character. The male lead had CEO green flag vibes and he played the character really well. The second lead couple were cute too. This drama definitely gave me Legend of the blue sea vibes so if you enjoyed that drama you will enjoy this. I binge watched all the episodes as didnt start to watch initially on the release date however once caught up I anxioulsy waited for the weekly releases.

What a beautiful, swoon worthy story. The lead actors were both super good looking and their chemistry was amazing right from the 1st episode. I liked them both in modern roles as well as the historical roles, a special mention to the very cute dimples of the ML that made him extra handsome. The second leads were amazing too, there were too many good looking people in the show, and some known character artists and everyone played their characters well. Time travel and reincarnation shows are my weakness and this show had elements of both making it well worth the screen time. In all, it was a very watchable, likeable series which will remain close to my heart.