Minyeo Gongsimi

Beautiful Gong Shim was riddled with silly cliches and cheesy moments, and the second half was incredibly melodramatic, but I was so thoroughly entertained that I could excuse all the faults. I loved the main couple, the FL was so weird and quirky and definitely did not fit the overly gorgeous stereotype of Korean actresses, so it was believable that she would be ostracized and called ugly. The love story is so sweet and cute, I adored it and it was the best part of the show. The backstory of the ML took precedence in the second half, and I was definitely intrigued and entertained, although there was a lot of soap-opera moments. The filming style looked super dated, almost like a daytime drama. A lot of the older side actors overacted, but the main character actors were great.

This show is only about a 5 or 6, but I give it an 8 because of how entertained and engrossed in the story I was!

I never laughed so hard on a kdrama! The story was well crafted to have a good mix of seriousness, sincerity, innocence, and making impossible twists believable!

You know the story. You just want to know how it is solved. I had my hand on the fast forward esp when Gong came along, her family and that oh so wooden faced, mean, manipulative sister of hers, so I survived it.

Saving grace was the two men ,their struggle and misunderstandings.

I watched it to the end , but was rewarded with writing that was an insult to one's intelligence.

The 2 main characters did not seem to fit together in appearance or temperament. She was so violent towards him at times. It is not okay just because she is 'cute'.

The dysfunctional conglomerate family is there, being their own worst enemies. Even the Gong Shim's family treats her appallingly so no wonder she has hair falling out. The mother & father just didn't seem to fit as a couple.

The sister is the worst performance here. Why doesn't she open her mouth more to speak? There is no expression & no endearing qualities in her character, so she does not deserve to be given a second chance.

The whole kidnapping drama dragged on for far too long. How was it, after 26 years, that the grandma could not have paid someone to find out some of the details that Ahn Dan-tae found out in a matter of days?

The product placement was so obvious. Subway must have shares in every Kdrama & the nivea product placement in the convenience store was laughable.

Kdrama can present a lot better.

Most of this show is enjoyable. It's a warm funny series with some laugh out loud moments and some touching parts too. The dialog is well written. All told with a comic tone that keeps things light and entertaining and moving along. The story has some familiar plot devices like the birth secret but they are handled freshly. There are a few faults. Some of the acting cute segments were annoying and there was an out of place small twist in the end. But I looked forward to each episode. And you get a lot of closure with a complete ending.

The cast is great. Namkoong Min acts the comic romantic part well here. He played a villain to perfection the year before in Remember War Of the Son. What a difference. Bang MinAh of GIrl's Day does a great job at acting as the plain girl with a lovable personality - so different from her K Pop persona. On Joo Wan as the kind Jun Soo is quite likable. The parents of Gong Shim and the cousin Jun Soo are quite funny and well cast too and may be familiar to K drama fans. The villains are good too like the selfish sister.

Another very enjoyable show "My Love by My Side" has a slightly similar comic vibe and birth secret and features some of the same cast like grandmother and On Joo Wan.