Broxiemom55

Great drama, but….

This drama started out SO well that I thought it was shaping up to be the best drama I’d ever seen. Then they gave us IU as the actress portraying the daughter as well as the younger mom/main character. Don’t get me wrong, IU’s acting abilities are top notch, and she played both rolls incredibly well, but it made it hard to suspend my belief in the characters and took me out of the moments. I was so invested in IU’s character in the beginning but when they time skip to show her as the daughter it just breaks the wall and all I could see was - “IU the great actress” and not her character.
The story dragged a bit as we see parents continual hardships and was just less charming and more sad- kinda like real life I know, but not as fun to watch. IU’s character as the daughter was distracting, and I was just missing the younger versions with Park Bo gum- who was absolutely stunning! Whole dual role/character came off like IU didn’t want to be aged with makeup etc and have someone else play a main role so they gave her both because she is such a mega superstar. I couldn’t get emotionally attached to the leads as they grew older. Even in the final 2 episodes, I wasn’t too moved until they flashed back to them as young kids falling in love.
Bottom line- great story, great acting, but IU playing both main roles ruined what could have been a near perfect drama.

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