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Rom-Com Gem, Even After Years Later
Watching this six years after the release, and still this one is a gem. Why can't they make Rom-coms like this nowadays? The vibe is really positive. The romance is a bit cheesy, not cringe enough though, but they have clearly choose this spirit from the very beginning and keep this consistenly throughout the season. The comedy is able to hit at the points. The storyline is really excellent, though not flawless, as they able to emphasize the focus on the main leads (they don't even need second lead couple, though I hope there is). I love how they able to maintain this focus and intensity almost all the time. It is a bit off on the last 2 episodes though, but not destructive. The triangle love is quite forgivable because it is not malicious and doesn't seem like a product of hopeless additional plot. I also love most of the characters are very mature. They don't react childishly at something and try to communicate problems to each other rather than making some wild presumptions in their own head and then come up stupid decisions. Both of them always trying to resolve every misunderstandings rightaway and moving forward. This is really a relief because most of KDramas build stories on the pile of misunderstandings nowadays.Most audience complains that Duk-Mi stops fangirling at some point. To me, she doesn't stop. She just changes her idol.
However, I don't really like the circle of Duk-Mi's friendship. They rarely give good advice when the other is in trouble, and instead just giving support no matter whether it is right or wrong. Duk-Mi doesn't really care when Seon-Ju fight with his husband, and Seon-Ju doesn't give any advice regarding Eun-Gi's feeling towards Duk-Mi. Also I am a bit disappointed on the writing of character Kim Hyo-Jin. At first she seems like the main villain. But after she sees the truth, she neither keeps being the villain nor supporting Duk-Mi. Instead, she just becames a supplementary character that appears as an intermezzo. Director Eom's rejection on the exhibition also resolves easily, making Hyo-Jin's character more useless. She doesn't even have a clear conclusion at the end of the series apart from still working at the museum. Her relationship with her mother, and her employment status after her mother returns to the museum remains a mystery (or forgotten). They should also add the scene of Duk-Mi going to Si-An concert before taking a break fangirling.
I really like both ML and FL. PMY and Jae-Uk play both characters excellently. Even though Min-Young kissing skill still wasn't really good at that time, to me they really have a great chemistry. The storytelling on each piece of art is great and also soundtrack is amazing!
I wanted to give a 9, if it's not for the last 2 episodes. To me the main highlight of this show is the consistency of the pace and intensity. I would still recommend this even for rewatch because up until now, it is still rare to find something like this.
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So Her Private life was a drama that I had been waiting for ever since I heard Park Min Young had a new drama to binge watch and I was excited. And when I heard Kim Jae Wook would be the main lead oh boy was I excited. The whole idea of the drama is nice. A highly professional art curator is actually an ultimate idol fangirl and a artist who cant paint anymore. You would think these two would help each other and heal each other which to be fair to the writers it tries to do. But its more about how many topics i could get into this series. For example one of the artists their trying to meet actually lives in a cabin in the woods when its raining ( wow isn't that original ) and they have to stay in the same room. The show was obviously supposed to be TvN's next big hit since they did a lot of advertising for this drama. It was supposed to be like another ''Whats Wrong with Secretary Kim?'' type drama but it couldn't achieve it since it just didn't have the rewatch value that ''Whats Wrong with Secretary Kim?'' had. The script felt like it was meant to attract the younger generation more or even foreign viewers and as some said a little too many cliches. The lost childhood memory that seems to be popular in TvNs dramas were also there but this time didn't feel welcome in the drama. The main male lead is already an orphan and then the female lead has some connection feels uncomfortable.
The Characters also had some faults in the drama such as the second male lead is so badly written. The female lead had no interesting characteristics other than her being a fangirl. The real fault with the characters is their honestly so perfect especially the main leads even for a drama they're honestly unusually perfect. They never have any reaction to anything and get over things within a day. The male lead and female lead never fight and are okay with anything the other one does ( even when the male lead messes up ). The Second leads are all immature and have no reason to why they're doing everything. The sub stories are uninteresting and predictable.
Honestly I did enjoy the drama though I have not said many good things about it. Its fun at first but you do just want to finish and get it out of the way rather than anything. The main problem with this drama is rather than the fact of the story its more about the lazy scriptwriting and adding twists at the wrong time. I might've given it 9 if not for the last episode that just has so much in it. And also the fact that Park Min Young never shows her potential for art. It would've been a nice twist if you saw that Park min Young was actually a better artist than Kim Jae Wook but doesn't like to show her art to anyone. Something that makes her an artist not a curator. However it is enjoyable for the most part and not the worst drama ever.
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Fangirling + mature romance = I like very much!
Being a serious kpop fan, I was intrigued by this show. What an enjoyable drama!What I liked:
1) Fangirling aspect was done tastefully. This drama showcased the positive and negative side of fangirling. I like that main character Deok Mi is a professional in mid-level position.
2) Family theme was prevalent in this series. It's wonderful to see love that knows no bounds in the case of Nam Eun Gi and the Sung family.
3) Wow, the romance scenes made me hot. Kim Jae Wook and Park Minyoung's kissing scenes set me on fire.
What I disliked:
1) Childhood friends trope - gosh I wish they hadn't used this trope.
2) Nam Eun Gi was a manbaby. Compared to the more mature and sophisticated Ryan Gold, Eun Gi wouldn't complement Deok Mi. Gosh Ahn Bo Hyun really enjoyed playing this type of characters (Her Private Life, Yumi's Cell, Flex x Cop)
3) The second half of the drama isn't as strong nor interesting as the first half.
4) Cindy was an interesting character at first then her character became stagnant and not fleshed out.
Favourite scene:
When Deok Mi discovered Ryan Gold's secret identity and he asked her to teach him to become a fanboy. I love that the scene started off humourous then became sexy.
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Overall a really good drama, but the "backstory" didn't fit
This drama was super cute and funny. The soundtrack is one of the catchiest I've heard too. However, I think the backstory was a bit too much for what should have essentially been a light and funny drama. It was unexpected for me since none of the other events of the drama showed that the characters would end up having that tragic of a backstory. It didn't exactly fit in with the original vibe that the drama established. However, for the most part it really is an enjoyable watch, so I do recommend it.Was this review helpful to you?
They were a couple of things that I liked and disliked about this drama
• First, I finally got to watch some romance by (Kim Jae Wook)
• Second, I actually enjoyed the romance and chemistry between the main cast.
• Third, because I'm a fangirl myself I get that kind of love for your idol
The story itself was started nicely but as it kept going it became a bit slow and boring.
Her private life was one of those dramas that had nice and fluffy romance but also had a lot of cliches witch I think it has been used for such a long time now.
So to make this short in my opinion this drama was another typical romance that honestly you can't expect too much from but for spending some free time it can be a good choice
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Story/ Plot/ Script: 7
Acting/ casting: 7
Character development: 7
Production quality/ budget management: 8
Enjoyment/ impact: 6
10=perfection 9=exceptional 8=really good 7=solid 6=it's fine 5=meh, forgettable 4=simply bad 3=waste of time 2=brain-rot 1=garbage
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I didn't like the first part that I had seen,
I didn't like the first part that I had seen, I thought it was going to be very silly and ridiculous. But I forced myself to look at it and now I am very satisfied with my decision. It had a very beautiful dialogue and the characters of the series were really tangible. I liked this series much more than I thought. I even watch some sequences and parts again.In the whole series, I think it was very good in its genre and I recommend it
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Mediocre, not memorable, but hey I sill liked it!
I’ll just lay it out straight, if I were to subjectively give this drama a rating it would be somewhere within 6-7/10 stars. I was occasionally uninterested, the product placement was PAINFULLY obvious, and half (if not more) of the drama’s screen time was basically just the two leads’ pretty faces.But I’m a sucker for pretty faces lmao. All the characters were generally likable, and the rabid romance fan in me loved all the sickly sweet moments. The best aspect of the script is probably the honest and open communication between ML and FL, and I must say it was refreshing to see them both acknowledge their mistakes and quickly apologize within the same half hour of screen time. Also, I’m not gonna lie Mr. Ryan Gold is an absolute dream boat.
There were some moments where I genuinely laughed, and others when my heart fluttered a bit. Because I overall enjoyed watching it, I’m giving it an 8/10.
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too cliche for my taste. i blame th writing and th direction. who th hell shake th camera for no apparent reason just to increase th intensity. either fire th cameraman or fire th director. somebody shd get fired for my headache watching this drama turn to shit.
still, stick for th visual. Kjw is handsome. that was it.
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A romcom drama that's very much 'decent'.
The chemistry between the leads is alright (not as good as in What's Wrong With Secretary Kim). The plot is very much standard fare, with every cliché you've seen a dozen times.The idol fandom topic is done tastefully, but doesn't have the same effort put into it as say Reply 1997.
The supporting characters are alright: sometimes funny, sometimes not, but never obnoxious.
There is an average amount of filler scenes and plots.
A perhaps average amount of product placement, but in a more stupidly obvious way than you'd expect.
The OST is okay as well (but nothing I'll remember for months).
I didn't sit in agony for hours waiting for any painful plot arcs to end, either. In a way, I'm most thankful for the scarcity of pointlessly negative story elements, with the writers instead going for themes like happiness and healing.
All in all: no serious complaints. Serves its purpose as a fluffy, no-stress show.
On Netflix and such you have content missing compared to the TV version: https://kisskh.at/32293-her-private-life#comment-12329955
The special you can watch either before the show or after a few episodes; it has some minor spoilers regarding characters and plots introduced a bit after the start.
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This drama has similar story like what's wrong with Secretary Kim , both the lead actors are related and known each other from their childhood and they get to know it in last two episodes but this fact doesn't play very important role here. I love park min young but here she acted more cute than she is and the female lead seemed to be more in love....it's very much relatable with fangirls like us and especially when you have ONE as idol, but in the end it's worth to watch.Sorry but don't read the below
This drama has similar story like what's wrong with Secretary Kim , both the lead actors are related and known each other from their childhood and they get to know it in last two episodes but this fact doesn't play very important role here. I love park min young but here she acted more cute than she is and the female lead seemed to be more in love....it's very much relatable with fangirls like us and especially when you have ONE as idol, but in the end it's worth to watch.
This drama has similar story like what's wrong with Secretary Kim , both the lead actors are related and known each other from their childhood and they get to know it in last two episodes but this fact doesn't play very important role here. I love park min young but here she acted more cute than she is and the female lead seemed to be more in love....it's very much relatable with fangirls like us and especially when you have ONE as idol, but in the end it's worth to watch.
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Show's a healthy relationship but a laking storytelling
I loved the beginning. Especially the way Sung Deok-mi's job as a curator was presented. The characters and the way how the main leads came closer were also well written. But at some point the storyline lost its charm and all the casual plots were told about the coincidence finding a lost child and how the main leads realized they knew each other since childhood. It's nothing new and it's predicable. Because of this, the series was not emotionally touching. I stopped watching it at episode 12 and needed to motivate me to finish it. Nevertheless, I loved the way how healthy their relationship was and how kind they treated each other. It is a good counterbalance towards the toxic way of romance some series are presenting.Was this review helpful to you?
