From Romantic Perspective
Expanding on a comment I wrote: This was an Awkward couple and nit in the cute cringe way.
FL couldn't pull off the cutesy romance bit, and the writing of her character in this way was not congruent with the persona of the ML. She was irritating in her habits, both as the character and in the acting, but worse, she made very weak choices (again as both).
As a couple the ML and FL were flat, I couldn't feel them. This was not a clear enemy to lovers, nor a power couple, or touching heart story…. It was just meh. This was a major issue as their love was the catalyst to change our ML’s trajectory completely. Their romance was poorly written, directed and acted. Park Hae Jin, as much as i have liked him in other roles, lacked Soul and motivation in this series. And while Kim Min Jung nailed her most recent role as a bada** in Check in Hanyang (watch for her, not for the drama), she failed to reach us as Cha Do Ha.
The ending of the romantic story also left much to be desired. We were meant to be engaged and rooting for our couple at this time, but neither the writing, acting or directing left us drawn in sufficiently by this point…
On the positive side, ALL secondary character actors in “Man to Man” nailed it. All of them. They had complexity, soul, empathy and coldness as required. Too bad the writing didn't use them to the extent that they were capable.
All in all it was an ok oassing of time. 7.5
FL couldn't pull off the cutesy romance bit, and the writing of her character in this way was not congruent with the persona of the ML. She was irritating in her habits, both as the character and in the acting, but worse, she made very weak choices (again as both).
As a couple the ML and FL were flat, I couldn't feel them. This was not a clear enemy to lovers, nor a power couple, or touching heart story…. It was just meh. This was a major issue as their love was the catalyst to change our ML’s trajectory completely. Their romance was poorly written, directed and acted. Park Hae Jin, as much as i have liked him in other roles, lacked Soul and motivation in this series. And while Kim Min Jung nailed her most recent role as a bada** in Check in Hanyang (watch for her, not for the drama), she failed to reach us as Cha Do Ha.
The ending of the romantic story also left much to be desired. We were meant to be engaged and rooting for our couple at this time, but neither the writing, acting or directing left us drawn in sufficiently by this point…
On the positive side, ALL secondary character actors in “Man to Man” nailed it. All of them. They had complexity, soul, empathy and coldness as required. Too bad the writing didn't use them to the extent that they were capable.
All in all it was an ok oassing of time. 7.5
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