One Smile Is Very Alluring

Angela Baby as Bei Weiwei is Another Level

I watched this movie first before the drama and read the novel after watching both. That was a long time ago though, so I have no problems interchanging the sequence of which to do first. Between this movie and the drama adaptation, I actually prefer the movie.

Let me talk about Angela Baby here. Well, as what I mostly saw in the comments, many prefer Angela Baby as Bei Weiwei (BWW). Like, why wouldn't they, right? Compared to Zheng Shuang, Angela exudes more of the cool charm with confidence and the intelligent yet easy going vibes BWW should have and what has the novel portrayed her to be. She's not overly timid when facing Xiao Nai compared to what I felt with Zheng Shuang in the drama.

About Yang Yang and Jing Bo Ran. Well, I honestly don't feel the need to compare who played better since they gave off different auras. Yang Yang naturally has that killing charm that made him shining, while Jing Bo Ran has more of the laid back personality. They both gave justice to Xiao Nai's character.

Now, let's talk solely on the movie, setting the drama and novel aside. For the plot delivery, it can be understandable after watching the movie. It can literally be summarized as Yi Xiao Nai He, the top 1 player in the server, married the newly divorced Luwei Weiwei, the only female player who entered top 10 in the overall server ranking. They then revealed their real life identities— Yi Xiao Nai He as the top student in the Computer Department, who's just starting his own company with his friends, and Luwei Weiwei as the beauty of Computer Department, Bei Weiwei.

All the important scenes and lines in the novel were delivered. Such as their meet up where Weiwei greeted her senior Xiao Nai with a "What a coincidence...", and Xiao Nai replying "It's not a coincidence, I'm waiting for you..." Another is when Xiao Nai picked up Weiwei from a meet up gathering, that iconic "As long as she's willing to be with me, I don't care about anything else..." My apologies if the lines were not exact, I'm only relying on my poor memory here..

Overall, this movie can be watched before the drama as it gives a good summary of the whole plot. Highly recommended !

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I came to see this movie after watching the TV series and reading the novel, and even though there are many changes in the story, I found it refreshing because of that. Even if there's not drama in One Smile is very Alluring, there's still a clear conflict that serves to the main character's relationship, and gives a climax to the movie that I just couldn't find in the TV series. This change was a good decision, because a movies doesn't have the time to show every single moment between Xiao Nai and Wei Wei. Even so, the romance here is very satisfying. I enjoyed the performances of the actors, and their chemistry on-screen.

For the ones who are in for some sweet, light hearted love story, then you are probably going to enjoy this movie.

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My Review of a smile is very alluring or love 020

The positives:
I actually started the series love 020 before watching the movie several times but never ended up completing it.
This movie is very different. The characters actually have personalities and are very different to the drama but also the story takes a very different approach.
The visuals are far superior compared to the drama and this has some awesome RPG action instances I actually really enjoyed.
The cinematography is much more high end budget and animation wise.
Also the movie didn't feel draggy or squeezed together, the length was very fitting.


The negatives:
I was not very interested in the story. It didn't feel fresh or detailed.
For me it was more like a cookie cutter fantasy movie for pre teens.
No real diving deeper into the characters, their past or the FMLs goals.
The chemistry was .. meh, nothing enchanting or fascinating.
I feel this movie heavily relied on the visuals instead of the story.
Plot wise dissapointing and the supports like in many other movies did not get enough time to shine. The acting was not bad but very on line with the industry average for me.

My overall rating is a 6
Worth watching for awesome animation and visuals and some classic swooning.

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I don't know how is it possible that a healthy and cute drama is followed and obscured by a toxic and unhealthy one with the same name. The romance is cute here, the ML does NOT stalks the FL, he's very respectful towards her, he cares for her and he is NOT imposing. the FL is strong, but cute and femenine. Both actors are perfect and good-looking. I recommend this version rather than the most famous but unhealthy one, because here they male leads really care for each other. The plot and the love story blooms slowly but heartwarming, their friends are not annoying like in the other version. I loved it a lot.

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No mesmo nível da série

Eu vi o filme primeiro, já que ele saiu primeiro, mas esperei para acabar a série também, para poder fazer a resenha.
Apesar de muita gente falar que a série é bem melhor, eu discordo, por isso mesmo dei a mesma nota para os dois. São adaptações do mesmo material de origem, para formatos diferentes e entregam o possível para cada um, ambos com falhas e acertos.
Eu gosto bem mais da protagonista daqui, ela é bem mais forte e relacionável e a atriz é muito melhor. O ator fica na média. A produção é melhor aqui, provavelmente por ser filme.
O maior problema aqui, é ao menos tempo a maior vantagem, tem pouco tempo, então é meio corrido pra retratar tudo, mas isso dá dinâmica, corta excessos e não permite enrolação.
Se você gosta da temática, ver o filme vai ser mais prático e menos penoso, mas vai ser menos tempo para saborear e criar laços também, então se quiser aproveitar o ML e os secundários, vá para a série.

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