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Her Private Life korean drama review
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Her Private Life
2 people found this review helpful
by Sban
Feb 23, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 5.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
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Great chemistry, unfortunate lack of depth

The chemistry between Park Min Young and Kim Jae Wook was sizzling in this drama, and there was more skinship than in most dramas, which was a treat. The leads was really amazing together, but the first half of the story was filled with dumb misunderstandings with very little substance. I am not a fan of silly circumstantial humor and the first half was filled with it. What was really grating was that some serious dramatic revelations were introduced in the very last episodes. The show should have started with the end bits and established the deep histories and relationships from the beginning instead of relying on gimmicks. The huge dramatic revelation near the end that concerns Duk Mi was just glossed over because of the wasted time at the beginning. It was simply swept under the rug.

Also, if we are to believe that Duk Mi is an intelligent, independent woman, then her side gig should have been something with substance, not being a fangirl. This didn't add much to the story, except for creating more silly circumstantial humor. We should have also explored her career and what made her successful as a curator instead of having Ryan's story take over. This had potential but the beginning was wasted.
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