The Divorce Insurance

A jester movie. Often slapstic funny but overall deep social commentary

There were only 4 episodes so far.
This kdrama is definitely influenced by Hollywood and ... hm... I think Netflix is killing kdramas. The Hollywoody traits include that fast supposedly smart and witty conversation that just keeps rolling too fast (and the subtitles flash so fast, you can't read them), and exaggerated body language.

On the plus side, there are some pretty deep messages in this kdrama. Divorce *is* a disaster and it *can* be prevented with all those actions they mention in the drama.
This is a jester kdrama. It talks about some really deep stuff by using slapstic humor.
Acting is ... well... not always realistic but more exaggerated... to create that jester feel. I understand why it is done that way but I don't enjoy seeing it :)

I love the funny twists on the classic kdrama tropes like tripping over to fall onto each other LOL that was so comical, that whole scene of the hood watching... There are many slapsticky scenes like that.
There are also many surprising scenes that take you into DEPTH, suddenly, by surprise. It starts as a fluffy nothing and ends up as a very deep human scene. Like... knitting scene - IF YOU THINK I AM LAUGHING AT YOU, YOU ARE INSECURE. Being easily offended is inferiority complex. Or the scene in the video game store where he tells her to give him 24 business hours notice and she agrees. Or the scene where the nun says that people cave in to societal pressure and give up their dreams bc they are aftaid of being criticized... Or scene where they say that marriage and divorce are both measures taken for self happiness... The AI testing and the questions are sooooo .... wickedly accurate LOL
His exes are definitely wild cards :) Never expected those LOL
It is nice to see the twists, the first ex is so rational but her rationality makes rational decisions that are good decisions since she is impartial.. and so the stereotype of rationality is broken. Although seems like she will soon be a villain.

So yeah, this kdrama can be watched on any level you want. You can focus on slapstic comedy and the antics of the teamleader (I saw him as a gay manager in Strong Bon Sun so I am impressed with his comedian skills), or you can watch it as a rom com, or as a crash course in insurance LOL or a deep social commentary, or a crash course in marriage and divorce, or whatever.
In any case, the kdrama explores the epidemics of divorces in Korea and how that shatters the fabric of the traditional culture and society and where it could lead

One of the team members is in Heo's diner. Overthere she is an excellent actress and makes that kdrama totally real and shiney and amazing bc she is soo good in being conflicted, sarcastic, gloomy, and only secretly affectionate. Here... her acting is hm... not really.
It is fun to see the gloomy and flat and boring Grim Reaper show some spunk and life. LOL

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LEGENDARY LEE KYUNG SOO Is Here (Giraffe ?)

The Divorce Insurance is a drama with a strange premise that feels unnecessary and full of loopholes. The idea of creating an actual "divorce insurance" policy comes across as unrealistic and highly prone to scams. It’s hard to understand the logic behind making such a concept the core of a K-drama.

That said, if you approach it as a light-hearted rom-com, it’s entertaining in parts. The first and second episodes were especially fun and engaging. I was pleasantly surprised by Jo Bo Ah’s special appearance—it added a nice touch. However, the excitement quickly fades by the third and fourth episodes. It honestly felt like the main story had already wrapped up, leaving the rest of the show to drag.

The most disappointing aspect of the drama is the male lead. His character—a plain, middle-aged man who’s been divorced three times—lacks depth, charm, or anything interesting. Sadly, the female lead doesn’t fare much better. Together, they make an underwhelming pair.

By episode 6, The Divorce Insurance is officially collapsing into a dumpster fire—and not even in a fun, chaotic way. No, this drama genuinely believes that being a boring, unremarkable middle-aged man is somehow irresistible enough to spark a love triangle between two divorced women.

Let’s be real: the male lead is a three-time divorcee with the charisma of stale bread. And yet, the writers expect us to believe not one, but two women are fighting over him like he’s some rare gem. One of them is even his first wife, who got dumped, watched him remarry twice, and is still obsessively stuck on him. Where is her dignity? Why is anyone attracted to this guy?

This setup would maybe work as a parody in a high school drama—but here we’re watching grown adults over 40 act like teenagers over a man who wouldn’t even be cast as a second lead in a decent show.

The female lead, meanwhile, feels like a hollow shell. She shows no real emotion, no authentic reaction—she just “falls” for whichever man happens to be within arm’s reach. She’s less of a character and more of a placeholder for whatever contrived plot the writers are pushing this week.

If the show’s goal is to make viewers question every romantic decision being made on screen, congratulations—it’s succeeding. Unfortunately, it's also succeeding in being painfully out of touch, emotionally flat, and utterly infuriating to watch.

Oddly enough, the second lead couple and even the third female lead with her new romantic interest are far more interesting to watch. Their stories feel fresh, while the main leads have nothing left to offer once they start developing feelings for each other.


Still, there’s one reason I’m sticking with the drama: Legendary Lee Kyung Soo. I’d love to see him in a proper romantic role, and his presence alone keeps me curious.

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I tried...

The last thing I want to do is to be negative, but in this case, I have to. After the first two episodes, this series was like walking barefoot on broken glass. I crawled my way to episode 8. The characters were uninteresting to me. Multiple relationships were formed using "color by numbers" methods. Forced and weakly navigated. As dictated by the weak story, none of them seemed natural. A lot of staring and being shocked by the smallest gestures of kindness. In general, each couple's buildup was uneventful. Well, maybe dancing was kind of cool and funny.

The scene with getting out of the car in the middle of traffic and then saying goodbye was the most frustrating and useless scene, story-wise. It seems the director was trying to build character in the male lead all while showing a moment to build chemistry by asking her out of the car and then walking 150 ft...for what? I know, let's build chemistry in the context of the story by having the female lead stare at him in the rain with adoration just because he covers her head with a jacket.

Now, I'm not new to K-dramas at all. I've watched quite a few. I'm used to the cheese. I'm familiar with most of the formula. But this was just bad. Not caring about these uninteresting characters didn't help. The story failed to put "ME" in that sweet spot. The spot where you are so engrossed in the story, you root for the characters to navigate through it. All the while the character development is forming, their purpose is different. So each relationship (in the context of the story) is earned.

Ultimately, Divorce Insurance falls short of its potential by failing to engage my interest through compelling characters and a captivating narrative. While the story attempts to weave together various relationships, the lack of interest in certain characters detracts from the overall experience, leaving me wanting at least to have a more engrossing plot.

Although some characters display halfway decent development, their journeys often feel overshadowed by others that struggle to resonate. As a result, while there are tiny moments of promise within the narrative, the inconsistent character engagement diminishes the impact of their relationships and leaves a lingering sense of unfulfillment.

I really try not to drop shows, but I found much better shows to spend my time on.

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INTRIGUING....CURIOUS.....EXCITED.....DIFFERENT....

Hey there! I just wanted to give my review as i am already halfway there and didn't wanna forget some things....Firstly, this drama that I think it might be too difficult for some people to interpret in their way..as it is quite a mature drama and i don't think there will be any crigey moments....the leads are all divorcees which means they each have their own reason for their divorces, but somehow they balance each other out, so yes i am enjoying that right now...The first combo of leads are Kwangsoo and Dongwook, OMG!I never knew i would see this two in a drama, but damn, they really are good, their personality and chemistry is exactly the same as their irl personality...it was quite fun to watch as those two are kinda of like tom & jerry to me....love their dynamics from the start so much...& also that actor Kim Won-hae (really love that he's here, i just know when he is there, that drama is bound to take a really comedic turn in it)...In conclusion, i'm really looking forward to the characters development with each other and how they will somehow help each other.....
THANK U SM FOR READING THIS!!!!

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no sé que decir

La verdad esque cuando empecé a ver está serie le tenía altas expectativas, pero ahora, conforme avanzan los capítulos se me hacen aburridos, la trama no es muy buena y no es una trama bien estructurada, a mi parecer obviamente, habrá gente a la cual le guste esta serie y otra gente que no le guste esta serie, al igual que a mi.
La verdad es que esperaba más, cuando ví que saldría esta serie me emocioné, porque uno de los actores principales sería Lee Dong Wook, comencé a verla por el, más que nada, pero como lo digo, conforme fueron avanzando los capítulos se me hizo aburrida.
Cuando comenzaron a transmitirse los primeros 4 capítulos todo estuvo bien, era divertido y entretenido pero después de esos capítulos todo mal, comenzó a ser aburrida, la verdad esque después de los primeros 4 capítulos me forze a seguirla viendo, para que no se quedara sin terminar.
Pues que más puedo decir, tal vez si hubiera estado más organizada la trama hubiera sido mejor, pero en general a mi no me gustó nada, si no fuera por Lee Dong Wook ya no la seguiría viendo.

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dorama leve

gostei muito desse Dorama. ele é leve gostosinho de ver. foi meu Dorama conforto. podia ter continuação q eu iria ver com certeza. Ahhhh os atores e a ost então do Dorama tudo foi incrível gostei muiito.
esse Dorama é tão leve da pra ver com a família toda 🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻🫰🏻

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Resenha The Divorce Insurance

Acompanhei o Kdrama The Divorce Insurance em lançamento e gostaria de compartilhar com vocês minha opinião sobre ele.

Esse blog não contem spoilers, fique tranquilo.

The Divorce Insurance tem uma premissa interessante, nunca sequer cogitei a ideia de que um seguro pra divorciados pudesse existir.

E dadas todas as explicações e o contexto do drama faz todo sentido que possa existir um, engraçado isso, não é?

Este é um drama de escritório em essência. Com todos os percalços de se trabalhar em uma grande empresa, a força tarefa formada em prol desse seguro tem que enfrentar situações inusitadas e totalmente inesperadas nesse trabalho.

É interessante a forma como abordaram o divórcio em si e tudo que ele acarreta na vida das pessoas.

ATUAÇÃO E OST

As atuações foram convincentes e no geral o drama é bem tranquilo de se assistir.

Esse Kdrama não tem uma OST de peso, tanto é assim que nenhuma música ficou na minha memória depois de terminar, tampouco tive vontade de correr no youtube para procurar alguma música em especial.

Não temos aqui cenários deslumbrantes ou figurino inovador. É uma drama normal em todos esses aspectos, mas isso não o desabona, porque a história em si é interessante.

SOBRE O ROMANCE

Ao longo da trama vemos o surgimento de 3 casais. No entanto, preciso salientar que se você está em busca de um grande romance esse não é o drama certo pra você.

Isso porque por ser um drama curto e de desenvolvimento lento com foco no trabalho deles, o romance em si é só um adereço. Ele não foi tão bem desenvolvido como poderia ter sido.

Temos a sensação de resolução apressada dos conflitos amorosos e falta de tempo para nos passar a real sensação de envolvimento romântico dos casais.

SOBRE O TRICO

Por fim, é claro que eu não poderia escrever sobre esse drama sem falar do tricô. O tricô acaba se tornando assunto de vários episódios desse Kdrama, isso porque a nossa protagonista é tricoteira.

Como amante do tricô que sou e tricoteira de carteirinha, eu não poderia deixar esse assunto passar batido.

Sim, eu já vi várias produções estrangeiras em que o personagens tricotam, mas é bem raro ver o tricô sendo retratado em um drama Coreano.

Nunca deixei de notar que eles usam sim, muito tricô como parte do figurino, por conta do frio intenso de lá, mas raramente vemos comentários sobre.

Eu gostei bastante da forma delicada e sutil que retrataram o tricô e tudo que ele envolve. Principalmente falando sobre seus benefícios como hobbie, ainda que isso tem sido retratado em ocasiões pontuais da história, eu amei isso.

CONCLUSÃO

Enfim, se você procura um drama com uma temática e premissa diferente: Divorce Insurance é uma boa pedida. Mas se esta em busca de um grande romance com profundidade e muito bem desenvolvido, receio que esse não é o drama certo pra você.

Se este blog te deixou de alguma forma interessado pelo drama, dê a ele o benefício da dúvida, depois volte pra me dizer o que achou.

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Dá pra passar o tempo!!

Terminei de assistir faz um tempo já! E é divertido, é fofo, tem um toque reflexivo se a gente pensar nas relações que a gente mantém pelos outros, por causa de julgamentos, por medo...

E o mais importante pra mim: tem Lee Dong-wook 😎🤩 então rasgo elogios pra ele. Tem ele, tem minha nota 10 😌 e fim de papo!

Mas pra mim fica a reflexão que o novo formato dos doramas, 12 episódios, às vezes, acabam tirando a oportunidade de desenvolver mais mesmo em um drama que seja mais comédia, fica a sensação "e se"... 14 episódios e a gente daria um tchã no dorama.

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