Perfect Match

I had high hopes for this drama, especially since the dashing star of the Double was the main male lead. Unfortunately, my hopes were not realized because of the poor screenwriting and direction of this drama. I gave it five stars for the actors who worked hard to make it what it could not be-an outstanding drama.

The problem centered on the obnoxious mother and her interfering mannerisms. She was why her girls were single, or if married, unhappy. Money and prestige were her main aims in finding suitable husbands for her daughters; compatibility and affection were of no consequence to her and their single state. To say I was disappointed is an understatement.

Set during the early period of Imperial China, about a mother and her five daughters who move to a respectable noble town and open a fancy tea shop, going up against Master Chai and his elegant restaurant. In between all the squabbles, the Mother Li attempts to find suitable suitors for her daughters, but competition is tough with expensive dowries out of their reach. It is a decent Chinese soap drama with lavish production values, amazing traditional hairdos, and gorgeous slow motion shots of loving stares and admiration between the sexes. A bit amateurish in the set-up, but be patient as it kicks in midway of episode 2, and vastly improves by end of three as the Master and third daughter have something brewing. The five sisters have the Jane Austen's about them (as does the story - Pride and Prejudice), and are enjoyable feisty ladies with modern sensibilities in this enjoyable and campy Chinese TV soap drama...

While loving my deep dive into k-dramas, I had not yet found a Chinese series to my taste until stumbling across this one. It was so good that when I finished the last of the 36 (yes, 36 full-length!) episodes, I went back to the beginning and started all over again.

The writing and the acting were both top-notch If I had a quibble, it would be that the spoiled character of the youngest daughter began to become grating towards the end.

Because there are 5 daughters, a foster daughter plus their eventual husbands, not even counting the mother and various side characters, there are a LOT of people to keep straight. I appreciate how well the personalities were revealed and developed, making the series a rich and satisfying experience.

Would love to see more dramas like this.

In my opinion this TV show has an interesting setting with a family full of woman and their mother trying to find husbands for her daughters.

Especially the woman in the family and their "helpers" are very good actors. The mother is just great and being so enotional she is really great at expressing her emotions.

There are a few characters which might be a bit overacting, espacially in moments which are supposed to be funny. This maybe might be a bit too much, but I think it is a common thing in chinese series.

There are a lot of sympathic characters also among the "potencial" husbands.

In my opinion it is a very good mixture of comedy and a bit of drama too. Without becoming to esagerately dramatic like many other Chinese series, luckily. Therefore it is always entertaining and I'm waiting each day for the episode being published the next day to continue watching it!

Of course there are a few typical moments too, for which you would say them to be unrealistic and in which people in reality would just clearly talk with each other and clarify them. Where you sit there and just say; come on! Just tell her! Or tell him what you think! But to create artificially more drama they don't. But those are just small things in the overall great and entertaining series!

-> If you aren't a person who wants to have a fully logical series and who says that is not realistic for each single thing, but if you just want to have fun and to be entertained, this will be the right series for you.

From me a full recommendation!

So I chance upon Perfect Match on Netflix and instantly fell in love with characters from the first episode. It kind of reminds me of Pride and Prejudice.

The characters are stunning and talented. I love how it goes from outwitting each other to court to royalty and so on. I love the aesthetics of the set and the costumes- the headdresses and usage of pastel shades. All five couples are stunning but the third sister and master Chai were just perfect. From this series, I learned about ancient Chinese rules and i love how the writers incorporate gender issues with a contemporary take without being too loud about it.