Crashed Course or it delivered?
So I literally unaware of it's hype and jumped into this after seeing the tags and it's OFC intrigued TITLE "CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE" like it's cute.This drama beautifully portrays a mother-daughter relationship that transcends mere blood ties. Additionally, it sheds light on the harsh realities of the education system and the extreme obsession parents often have with their children's grades.
GENRE/TAGS:
If you're seeking a pure Romantic Comedy, this might not be the right pick. It incorporates elements of mystery and thriller as early as the second episode. While there is chemistry between the characters, the romantic aspect may not be entirely satisfying due to insufficient development, especially considering it's marketed as a rom-com.
ACTING:
The main and supporting characters delivered their performances as per the script, showcasing their potential, although the writer didn't fully utilize them. Jeon Do Yeon portrays Nam Haeng Seon's simplicity and vibrant energy exceptionally well, making her optimistic views towards life palpable. Jung Kyung Ho as Choi Chi Yeol exudes charisma and a mesmerizing vibe, balancing humor, a hint of arrogance, and a soft side seamlessly.
MUSIC: The OST is soothing to ears
OVERALL OPINION:
This drama starts off strong, captivating viewers with its engaging, fun, and delightful storyline. However, after episode 10, it loses its way, becoming extremely messy with shallow plot development, numerous plot holes, and unresolved questions, leaving viewers puzzled and disappointed.
This drama would have been more effective as a character-driven story rather than relying heavily on its plot. The writer's attempt to keep viewers engaged by introducing numerous subplots in almost every episode ultimately led to a lack of resolution and coherence by the end.
To be honest, the drama could have benefited from a greater focus on developing its characters rather than incorporating a pointless mystery arc that ultimately felt underwhelming and detracted from the overall narrative.
One thing I know is this was goingggggg extremely well upto Ep. 10 (like you should literally watch till that only if you don't wanna pull your hair next 5 episodes LMAO)
In conclusion, the first ten episodes of the drama are worth watching, but beyond that, there's no guarantee of quality. If you're hoping for a compelling mystery or thriller, it's best to skip this one as it's poorly written in that aspect and may disappoint.
If you reached till here,
Thank you for reading my review (≧▽≦)
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More than a classical romance this is about the elite education hype, Gangnam mothers & scandals
"Crash Course in Romance" ... well.Starting with the title, makes me jump right into my criticism. Don´t get me wrong. It doesn't concern the KDrama itself. On the contrary! Yet, this international title business... again I don't know why... (well, I'll probably never understand it...) Why does the international title have to suggest a completely different story? Why does (in this case) Netflix for the international audience want to present something completely different than the tvN (co-)production? Why can't the story announce its story for what it is in the first place? In this case: A KDrama about the one shot scandal involving Gangnam's one shot math teacher. A story about Gangnam rivalries between students, between mothers, between teachers. A story about Gangnam scandals that can easily destroy lives... There is also a love story (or two) on the side, but if you tune in specifically for the romance, you have to see how you´ll deal with what is actually offered. (I would guess that might be a bit disappointing.)
Surely, a romance is brewing, but in fact it's the characters, the story and the context around it that create a substantial with plenty of life of its own – apart from the amorous relationship dynamics. There is something like a criminal case, too. It get´s more and more dramatic. Gripping, even. Overall, as a dramaturgical leitmotif, with a socially critical wink it nonchalantly pokes fun at the recent education hype. At the same time condemns, too. So, in fact, this is something completely different than the title suggests.
I last saw, experienced and appreciated actress Jeon Do-yeon almost 5 years ago in the KMovie "A Man and a Woman". She is not an international superstar, but a nationally respected and recognized actress in film and television. Besides her mostly profound and meaningful play, here she also shows a clownesque, quirky, yet adorable side. She is actually 50 by now. However, here she plays a woman in her 30s. Imagine that. Here (as well as most recently in 2022 in the KDrama "Twenty Five Twenty One", where the main actress, as a 31-year-old, slips into the role of a senior high school student,) it is working. In fact, this gives the characters more lifelike substance, apart from just being 'young and pretty'. At least that's my opinion. Some may be more critical about this casting-philosophy. However, in South Korea it probably bothers less. The number of viewers has exploded over the course of the 16 episodes: from almost 1 million to more than 4 million.
The competitive advantage here, that generally carries this KDrama and sets it apart from the Rom+/-Com of many a style, is substance and grounding that comes with life – a life which is hard enough, for the protagonist at least. She may run light-footedly down the streets and take life's challenges in a sporty manner, but she has also lost some feathers along the way and made severe sacrifices. She´s past her youth by now. But she stands in the middle of a sound and solid life.
The male protagonist, too, has already experienced a lot in his vita, including some unpleasant encounters with life – despite everything he seems to be living in the fast lane at the moment. Among other things, with his stress-related eating disorder, he brings in a topic of the time that is comparatively rarely addressed in series - if only marginally, and certainly not among men. Here the eating disorder is even the hook for the encounter between the two protagonists...
Nevertheless, "Crash Course in Romance" has a upbeat side to it. ...It´s the clown's job to bring some jokes and fun into bitter seriousness – some say that you should be able to laugh about your own life, otherwise you are probably not taking it seriously enough... Others say, you should be more serious about bringing wit and humor to your life… Whichever you prefer, this KDrama here and there contributes to that, while the background against which the plot unfolds is actually peppered with serious jabs at the normal madness of South Korean everyday life in Seoul, south of the river - in Gangnam: The educational stress and pressure to perform among the students, among their mothers, among teaching staff, as well as in tutoring academies. It´s serious stuff. There is stalking vs. MeToo, social media terror, escape tendencies up to suicide, you name it. Bitter seriousness here becomes the hook for plenty of drama. And these dramaturgical stumbling blocks (or rather metal balls in this case) keep getting in the way of two hearts that want to beat faster. Nothing compares to a scandal in Gangnam. That keeps the characters within the story on their toes, and the KDrama audience superbly entertained.
Re.: Romance... yes, there is.
The two of protagonists sort of stumbled into it. That wasn't on the agenda for either of them. Besides they aren't the youngest any more... (Don't worry: for the younger generation among the viewers, the KDrama also offers a touch of amorous teenage vibes in the subplot with the 'daughter' of the protagonist and her two admirers...) In any case, the love story of the protagonists is told with delicacy, sensitively, but humorously, maturely and at the same time chastely. Given the circumstances under which the two protagonists led their lives, this is quite authentic. In general, unnecessary cotton candy is avoided.
As so often, I initially had no idea what to expect from this KDrama – at least there was none of the totally hip superstars and no incredibly new or exciting story. I almost overlooked the KDrama because it's rather inconspicuous. I didn't have high hopes at all. And yet, just because everything seemed so banal about it, it made me curious. It's fascinating how this story was able to wrap me up with its idiosyncratic dramaturgical narrative style. Once again one of those productions that are becoming spectacular in their unspectacular way...
Well, if only it weren't for the title...
…but I already mentioned that at the beginning...
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Too many pointless subplots, too many dead-end side characters and a misscast FL
First of all I'll just go ahead and tackle the big elephant in the room with this drama: FL is misscast.I have nothing against the actress and she looks great in her age, she just doesn't look the age she's supposed to be in this drama and I find it insulting I'm to believe she's around her mid to late 30s. Episode 8 clearly mentions 2010 as the year the mother passed, at that point ML was in university and she was in the team. EVEN IF I assume FL to be 26 at the time, that would make her around 39 years old in present time (and that's a stretch because it's shown like if her career was cut very short and if she was 26 at the time she would have already been on the older side for a national athelete). Either way, Jeon Do Yeon doesn't look 39 nor early 40s and it completely broke the inmersion for me. The cherry on top is the way FL acts and dresses, they decided to make her an old fashioned mother and it's also ridiculous when in the first episodes it's mentioned how she looks too young to have a daughter that age (when many of the other actresses playing mothers are around the same age than Jeon Do Yeon). The actress that plays Dan Ji's mother, Hwang Bo Ra, is 39 in real life yet no one mentioned in the drama she looked too young to have a daughter that age... lol
This was easily solved if they A) had taken a different actress or B) had changed the script for the FL to be closer to the actress' age. I don't care about the age gap of the actors, they simply don't look the age they're supposed to be, especially and mainly her. I clearly remember 2010 and where I was, so it's very immersion breaking that I'm to believe FL is anywhere in her 30s.
This also brings me to the fact the best friend also dresses and acts like an older woman. Why? Are they trying to mock working classes or something? (and it feels even more so when she's not dressing like that in the end when the time jump, now she's studying to be something more than a side dish shop assistant she doesn't have to dress like that? *eye roll*). I don't understand the purpose of this other than the clash that can visually produce between ML and FL (but then why the best friend too?). But this also brings me to another point, while I do think the main leads had physical chemistry and there were cute moments between them, they didn't fit together at all. They didn't seem to have similar views nor similar likes or anything, and his love for her was quite sudden, in the sense that it was shown as a sudden crush. I did like the progression of the relationship since it was more mature, but I couldn't get pass the fact they don't show anything they share that you would think makes them belong together (or am I to believe it's only because he knew her mother?).
When I started watching this drama I did have some expectations that being set around korean education there was going to be a bit more criticism of the education system, but I should have known better. While there are illustrations of problematic situations surrounding the education system there is not really any conversation about how problematic it is except for a couple of sentences in the last episode, where ML, I might add, suggests a division approach to levels that not only has been done before many times, but that it has been proven as many times to not work well, and this is coming from a teacher, the ML, that is supposed to be the best of the best.... hmmmm... ok. Also, except for the school teacher timidly mentioning the education system is a problem, the blame is generally put on the students, "Kids nowadays do ridiculous things. They consume highly caffeinated energy drinks and take pills. We even sent out several announcements asking them to cut down. [...] The educational system and parents' mindsets are to blame. [...] I'm a mere school teacher as well." So this guy thinks that parents have more power to change things than a "mere school teacher"...hmmm ok, no wonder things are like they are and Korea has such a level of teen suicide. System and those enforcing it bring teens to the brink of death and look puzzled at "kids nowadays doing ridiculous things".
This drama doesn't address the issues, only shows some of them but there isn't a real in-depth commentary on the problems of such system.
There are too many out of the blue subplots to acts as fillers. The thriller part of this show was predictable from the start, didn't add much in the sense of nuance for the main characters (ML already had that nuance from the past with Ji Dong Hee's sister's death) and it was solved in the most anticlimactic way possible. Similarly, the subplot they decided to bring for the last two episodes was dragged as well but solved quickly and without mention of any of the parts. Nam Hae Yi acts like a total brat and once the bio mother goes it's brushed under the rug like nothing happened.
Generally I didn't like much the FL here, on top of being portrayed as a quite stereotypical ajumma it irked me so much how she treated her brother, she was always kind of angry and having a go at him and only worrying about him (and anyone else for that matter) when she couldn't handle her own selfish anxiety. She's that type of person that seems she worries about others but only worries about the fact she's worried or will be worried, and so she pressures others to do as she wants so she doesn't suffer the anxiety... kind of toxic right?
I thought it was bad taste the way the "romance" between the FL's brother and best friend is portrayed, it's very out of nowhere, it's not developed, it doesn't grow and was extremely forced.
I nearly dropped this drama on the first half solely because of the mother's club, it wasn't entertaining, it was very annoying to watch even if I know many parents are probably like that. This also brings me to the fact that generally I found all characters to be very unidimensional, either they were good or they were bad. Yes, they try to tell me towards the end that Soo Ah's mother was actually not that bad, but I'm not sure how it can be excused that she pushed her daughter to the edge of death with her selfishness and obsession, same goes with Seon Jae's mother.
There were some cute moments and I did like the dynamics of friendships in the school (minus Soo Ah, that also her problems are never fully tackled either, they're just forgotten), especially Geon Hoo and Seon Jae, and I wished there had been more story to Dan Ji, since she seemed cool. I liked Hae Yi in the beginning but in the end I was very fed up with her.
Music was forgettable and annoying at times for me.
Overall I'm not sure to whom I would recommend this drama, since it's a mix of too many half-baked ideas and even the main one, the romance, is not very good. It's watchable if you have nothing else but otherwise no.
I generally don't tend to rewatch dramas but I certainly wouldn't this one.
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Could've been better
I enjoyed the drama for a while. The romance and comedy was good until the mystery part came in. After that it became too draggy. There was also a villain in this drama, which I felt was unnecessary,The positives: the high schoolers, female lead's brother, and the male lead
The negatives: the female lead herself - her character was super annoying, like she'll always interfere in every issue and even justify her actions by shouting, she even failed to be emotional in situations like where to cry, being surprised all she did was covering her face with hands. There was very little to no romance at all between the leads, I'm not saying this because the female lead looks much older, I'm saying this because regardless of age one can express the love, that the viewers can feel, I never felt the romance.
I wished the story just stuck to the real storylines of these kids and their struggling through school at this crucial time and kept it a simple yet emotional coming of age storyline not only for them but for the adults in the drama.
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DISAPPOINTED
When I started the show based on the preview and the name of the show , I assumed that it would be on the lines of Business Proposal - romance , comedy , little bit of drama and tons of fun but it was nothing of that sort.I will start with issues
1)first and foremost there was no need of murder mystery in CRASH COURSE IN ROMANCE.
2)the backstory of the killer was so lame that i kept asking myself what were the writers smoking when they came up with this track.
3) they could have given more time to love stories - the older ones and younger ones which totally pissed me .They could have explored so much more with both the generations but no they had to fill in evil moms, unwanted murders and useless investigation.
4) Didn't had to show Moms such vile creatures, instead of bringing comic reliefs they brought in more misery with the plot (in start episodes, they were real funny with their petty efforts for their kids, towards the end they were simply toxic)
5) Why they had to chose Jeon Do-yeon who is almost 10 years older to Jung Kyuong-ho as female lead is beyond me, she looks visibly old and doesn't bring any chemistry to table. She looked odd in every scenes with him , apart from looking older , she looked more of try hard to suit the image of younger person and their romantic scenes had zero charm.she was the only actor who did not suit the character. She looked too old as hae-yi's mom as well and she was supposed to be younger sister of her Mom.
6) seriously they brought in hae-yi's Mom(I mean WTF like we it wasn't already messed enough). other than trying to elevate Nam Haeng-seon to the saint status and trying to fill in to complete 16 episodes, there was no need to bring her in.
7) As if two love stories weren't enough, they squeezed in third love story also in 13/14 episode which obviously was rushed due to no time.
After reading this , people may think why would i continue to watch this show and didn't drop it ,pls allow me to explaing.
The only reason i continued with this show is Jung Kyung-ho who was absolutely fabulous as Choi Chi-yeol. What a fine actor he is , never in the whole of 16 episodes he has gone astray or left his character , he did full justice and finely portrayed the arc from being miserable even though successful to actually being happy. Dude even crammed Maths formulas like a pro, it doesn't look like he is acting when he is teaching , he makes you feel that yes he is the actually the star teacher as he is hailed in the show - plus points for that.
Lastly the last episode was good quality - they closed all the loops nothing left hanging for imagination , this is the most important thing for me in any series I watch. I loathe the shows in which they keep the audience hanging and leave the answer for audience to interpret. Also they gave us going on knees proposal by Choi Chi-yeol which almost made me not angry /forget with the issues. - total swoon worthy it was .
so to complete my review i would say watch it you are fan of Jung Kyung-ho or you have nothing better to watch.
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The math just didn't math.
It's been a while since I completed a drama that I disliked this much. I started watching without expectations, and even though I knew the extreme study culture storyline would be hard for me to relate to I was open. The pressure the students faced and the young actors' performances turned out to be the best part of this show. Unfortunately, this drama gets failing marks in all other categories. The romance plot was dated and stale. The mystery plot was comically bad. I really wanted to root for this aunt who shifted her whole life to raise her niece but instead, I watched the same petty rants and schemes from entitled parents, I watched two clearly older romantic leads acting like awkward children dating, and that was honestly more annoying than wholesome, and I watched the most unnecessary thriller plot that I still don't quite understand. And I still kept watching.Jeon Do Yeon plays Nam Haeng Seon, our supposedly strong and super athletic lead who too often for me was passive and boring. I know many people have complained about her age, but I'm not sure that's why her character felt off to me. She and her bff played by Lee Bong Ryun were surely meant to seem less sophisticated compared to the other women characters, but that should not mean being bland. She is matched with Jung Kyung Ho who plays Choi Chi Yeol a supposedly super dynamic rock star teacher who was also cheesy and bland. The backstory provides a perfectly reasonable explanation as to why these 2 fall for each other but I just didn't believe it based on their interactions. Their romantic moments seemed forced. Their smiles at each other seemed super fake. Teacher Choi's high kicks were so ridiculous that they made his motivational teacher brand seem less believable. I totally understand the writer's intentions with the lead characters but they just didn't work for me.
If I'm honest, my favorite performances were Roh Yoon Seo as Hae Yi and her friends, and Oh Eui Shik as Jae Woo. Jae Woo was really a weird comic relief character throughout, but he still managed to create a believable and likable character... one of the few. The rest of the characters, mainly obsessed parents and rival students, were too extreme to feel real at all until the very last episodes. Maybe the extreme parts were meat for laughs but I wasn't laughing. And don't get me started on the random murder/suicide plot that never seemed to really fit at all. They clearly gave up on that plot based on its conclusion.
Would I watch this again? Absolutely not. I don't even know what kept me watching until the end. I think part of me kept hoping to connect to the characters or for the story to start making sense but eventually, I was just waiting for it to finally end.
Overall, this drama gets a hard pass from me, and I don't mean a passing grade. Maybe people who can relate to this kind of pressure to get the top grades or go to the highest-ranked schools will relate a little more but that won't make the writing any better. Sure, it ends well, as far as closure for the characters, but the end also felt too simplistic and too dragged out. I was watching the clock for the last 30 mins. Maybe for some watching the banter between an unconventional family or a different kind of couple may be enough to keep them engaged, but I wish this drama went on fewer tangents and developed the two leads enough to carry the whole story. Maybe if you want a drama with a more retro feel then you can find some charm in "Crash Course in Romance". Me? I can't recommend this drama or understand its high rating. The math just didn't math for me.
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A warm and fuzzy rom-com drama with a touch of thrill
Before this drama finished airing on Netflix, I avoided the drama for some reason. I eventually came to watch the drama because it is convenient as I am a Netflix subscriber and as it turns out, it is available within the Canada region. The plot is very easy to watch, but not boring - as they have melodramatic plots as well.A little overview of the drama:
Choi Chi Yeol (ML) is a well known and successful private instructor who is also known as one trillion won man. Nam Haeng Seon (FL) is an early-retired athlete who owns a small side-dishes business. FL has a teenage kid who excels in her studies, a brother who has Asperger's Syndrome, and a best friend who helped her with her business.
The drama could be just like any other rom-com drama, however, they have a good script writing, which led this drama getting a high-rating. What I love about this drama is how they portray each individual's flaws - as dramas who has "rich man poor woman" theme often portray the man as a perfect all rounder and untouchable. In fact, the ML has many flaws, and he succeeded by his own effort, which I appreciate very much. On the other hand, FL is okay in her economic perspective, not too poor and not rich either. However, she got a full loving family that stands by her side.
What I admired very much is how FL is very kind-hearted, to the point where she quit her future athlete career to take care of her abandoned niece (now as her daughter). She is very selfless and always want to help people in need, just like her mother.
The story tells how ML has many mental health issues due to stress primarily, which causes him to become malnourished most of the time. However, after he came across FL's side dishes coincidentally, he was reminded of the time where he had no money but was taken care of by an Ajumma. He immediately felt warm after tasting the food, which led him to the FL.
I also love FL's daughter because she's very mature for her age. Despite being only in high-school, her behaviour seems very put-together and this can be seen as how she is beloved by her friends- plus she has brains too!
As for the sides characters, the drama portrays how rich families has many problems, especially when it comes to how they raise their children. For instance, Cho Soo Hee chose to become a dotting mom and her daughter has mental health issues that resulted from her being a perfectionist. Meanwhile, Jang Seo Jin, who's also a well respected lawyer, chose to become an extreme tiger mom, where she pushed her sons to become "perfect" in her eyes no matter the cost. In fact, one of her sons became a "Hikikomori" where he locked himself in a room without any life, purpose and motivation because of her.
In the end, though Cho Soo Hee became somewhat a changed woman, Jang Seo Jin is the one who has the most character development, which I love. She has peace with her husband, and her sons, where she took her Hikkomori son on a trip together. And we can see that in the end, her son surprised her in her office in the middle of his military break and shared a warm hug.
All in all, the drama was very enjoyable to watch. I'd say, if I have one thing to complain, the chemistry between the 2 leads are not the best as I don't see any sparks between them. Usually it is harder to make a chemistry work in the public eye, since the leads has an age gap, but to take "Romance as a Bonus Book" for an example of an age-gap drama that can show a very good chemistry between the lead. However, aside from the chemistry issue, I think the drama is worth the watch.
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Crash course in proper casting
Honestly I don't understand why the rating is so high for this drama. There are 2 major issues that killed the drama for me.1. Proper casting complete fail
Really no offense to the FL as I've seen her other works, however this is all about age appropriate casting based on the character. Lets say FL's character was around ~22 years old & ~13 years later she should at MOST be in the late 30s. FL actress is 50 and definitely looks older than her age. Literally ALL the other moms looked younger than her. So when there are comments like "Oh she looks too young to be a mom." .... umm she can be grandma status. Needless to say there was zero chemistry between the leads. Scenes were cringe worthy....
2. For a drama that was promoted as a romantic comedy it turned into a dark theme with murder suicide? Whole story line felt forced but predicable.
The only reason I continued is because of the strong student cast and some more interesting characters like Chi Yeol's scretary, the Detective & FL's bestie. This story line would've been better if it was more of a school series like Solomon's Perjury. It's already got the beautiful young talented actors in all the classic student roles. So if you skip literally all the ML/FL's scenes, this drama will be actually enjoyable.
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Lack of chemistry
The story had everything to work out but the lack of chemistry between the main characters is undeniable.I didn't know actress Jeon Do-yeon but I don't think this was her best work.
Her scenes with actor Jung Kyung-ho were sooo cringe, not to mention that she looks much older than her age and ate the end I didn't understand how old she was supposed to be. I understand that the goal was for her to look like a less sophisticated with less financial resources but who chose those clothes???
For me this drama was as bad as Encounter. It has some fun scenes, touches on some important themes but I think the murder scenes are too forced.
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This show tried to do too much
I was liking this one most of the way through, but things really fell apart in the final stretch. It was initially a romcom with melancholy undertones and hints of a dark mystery. The story was well developed and the characters were all great - up until right around the time the leads finally got together. Then it’s like a flip switched and everything got chaotic.The characters started acting like different people, the mystery came to the forefront in really absurd ways, and the relationships between characters just stopped developing. Large chunks of the plot didn’t make sense, and I found a lot of the resolutions really frustrating and unsatisfying.
In terms of the romances, I liked the mains, but I didn’t come away feeling like I really understood how their relationship would work or that they had a strong and authentic foundation. This is mostly because the show just stopped developing their relationship in order to divert screen time to a serial killer plot. The teen love triangle was uninspiring and some of the choices those kids made were utterly baffling. I didn’t feel either potential pairing was a good fit and was not moved by the resolution.
For me this show was largely a missed opportunity to do something interesting with all the great set up it had going for it. It’s a shame the writing wasn’t better, because the cast was great and there was a lot of potential here.
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Romcom with a Little Bit of Everything
It was just an enjoyable romcom with an older couple, which is so rare these days. It has that feel good romcom warmth to it, yet also covers some serious issues. In a way it reminded me of Sky Castle, but without the intense melodrama. They did the FL dirty when it came to fashion. Just because she is a mom doesn't mean she had to dress like an unfashionable ahjumma. I was low key getting stressed seeing FL dressed in those ugly sweaters that were tucked into those mom jeans. Anyways, this drama had a little bit of everything. It just hit the spot if you like this romcom thriller genre. They might have tried to bite off more than they could chew with all of the subplots the drama had going on. In a way, the pacing didn't feel too draggy because of them. However, the writing would've been better if they focused on a few. The last episode was kind of slow since they were winding down the story, but I'd say that's normal. It has some flaws so I won't say it's amazing. Overall, it's light and solid entertainment.Was this review helpful to you?
Not Good Enough
Korean Drama " Crash Course in Romance " is a family drama with rom com vibes and some mystery to boot.The drama has an intense family story, with the dynamics between the family members being the center of the story. The relationship between mother and daughter was probably the best one of the drama actually.
The mystery case, in addition, offered some suspense to the plot and a few thrilling moments, when it got darker and more action forward. The game of guessing who was the one behind the murders was what kept things fresh for a while as well.
However, the romance was a let down. The leads didn't sell their chemistry and their romantic, sweet moments were too few to support a solid love story. In addition, they used many cliches, thus the story was predictable.
Finally, the performances were all great by everyone in the cast.
So, overall, four out of ten.
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