U-ri Jib

Korean Drama '' Bittersweet Hell '' is a family melodrama with a dark comedy note.

The drama has a pretty basic storyline, which can be found in almost every makjang. Still, what sets it apart from the others was the cinematography which was brilliant, with nice contrasts between light and darkness and sharp camera work.

The relationship between mother in law and daughter in law was another perk of this drama. It got strong and stronger as the drama progressed and it was nice to watch girl power as the two of them worked together.

On the other hand, the drama got boring in the final episodes.

Finally, the performances were all great by everyone in the cast.

So, overall, five out of ten.

I watched this on a whim as I've been drawing a bit of a blank with kdrama's recently. I'm glad it was 12 episodes because any more than that, I probably would've given up getting to the end.

This drama tells the story of a celebrity psychologist and her surgeon husband. Everyone in the family has a secret they're harbouring and this drama depicts how people can use these secrets as weapons against you. The storytelling was all over the place and the explanation as to why someone went to so much trouble to infiltrate and attempt to break up a family leaves the audience wanting more. It was also so frustrating watching the daft actions of some of the characters. Overall not a bad watch but not one of the best either.

This series is an epitome of bad script, bad writing, bad acting.

Full of plot holes, not one characters in the series is likable except the dog maybe.

The matriach of the family is a controlling manipulative psycho herself. The wife, though portray as a celebrity psychiatrist, often makes dumb and idiotic decision, the husband, the son, the villain...down to the ghost surgeon, are all neurotic and not right in the brain. Thus make watching this series tiresome and annoying.

The actors and actresses all have subpar acting, specially the ghost surgeon, it is kind of difficult to watch her plastic surgery uneven face, this can go into one of the worst Kdramas.