Oh! My Lady (2010)

I loved this show so much. Finished in 2 days.

Summary -
Its about Gae Hwa a 30 something year old lady who is having a hard time finding a job and providing for her daughter. She is divorced and due to circumstances has to let her daughter go under her ex husband's, Kim Byung, care until she can find a stable job and get a house. She meets a top star Sung Min Woo through one of her temp jobs and later on finds out a secret about Sung Min Woo that even he didn't know about. This secret brings these two together ( not in a romantic way ).

Positive
Relationship is slow, but there is something really cute happening every time.
Ye Eun so so fcking cute. She is the cutest child I have seen in a drama.
Love triangle and love interest changes
Immature man and older lady relationship- very interesting
Happy ending

Negative
Ending to me was decent not good. It didn't satisfy me enough.

I highly recommend this drama just sooo cute.

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I almost gave up on this drama after episode 1 because, honestly, everything from acting to dialogues to the story bored me to death. But thank the Lords I continued to watch. This drama had so much more to offer than I had ever expected. The plot finally began to shape up after 2-3 eps. Siwon's acting improved drastically and I actually laughed at a few parts. Especially that one part where the Ajjumma started singing to make Siwon laugh (if someone knows the song please tell me! haha).

Overall, I got a really warm, fuzzy feeling out of this drama. And not because of the romance but because of these cute, little family reunions which really get me every time.

Will definitely watch it again. For Ye Eun (:

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Oh! My Lady is for those who love older woman-younger guy dramas... and Si Won, and hmmm Si Won and did I say Si Won? hehe... kidding aside, if you love older woman-younger guy dramas (just like flower boy ramyun shop) as what I've said, then you ought to try this.

The story was good. A drama about fame, love and family. Though, it's not unique and fresh but I still enjoyed watching it. It was really fun and quite interesting and enjoyable.

The casts were good. Si Won was sooo adorable. I was really laughing while watching most of his scenes with Chae Rim. I really find Si Won good in his role. I find his scenes funny when it is suppose to be funny and really romantic if it is ought to be romantic... hehe.. And the girl portraying Ye Eun is really cute... so so cute and adorable.

The music was good. Si Won's voice is worth listening to!

Overall, I enjoyed watching this drama... Fun and light. Worth watching.

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After watching Dal Ja's Spring I loved Chae Rim. I watched this because of her and while it is very cute and I liked it fine, I just did not feel the chemistry between the two leads.

I could not understand at first why I was watching and felt something missing. Another review I read said they never seemed more than good friends 'chemistry wise' and that was my Ah Ha! moment.

This is a very cute story. There are some great moments and the male lead's character growth makes this drama for me. But I am giving this an 8 for story and 6 overall because I just could not love it completely.

There is not stand out soundtrack here for me. The music was just fair.

I probably won't watch this again but it was cute so I am giving the re-watch a 6.

If you really want to see a great drama that stars Chae Rim...Again, watch Dal Ja's Spring. It co-stars Lee Min Ki and it is fantastic!

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Story: The story is what originally drew me in. After reading it, I had a feeling it would end up being the type of drama where the main guy would mature throughout the show, and I can sometimes be a sucker for things like that.

Acting/Cast: I was really quite find of the cast.

I tend to be a bit harsher when watching an idol act in a drama. Since they're trained to sing and dance, and not act, I tend to be wary of them being a lead. Siwon was really a pleasant surprise for me. I'd be lying if I said he didn't actually have me tearing up a few times.

Chae Rim was, in my eyes, spectacular.

Even in the smaller roles, I felt the actors pulled it off fantastically.

Music: Loved it. Absolutely loved it. I've actually never really been too interested in Sunny, but every time her song would come on, I would find myself singing along each time. The main balled of the show was just as addictive for me. It would start playing, and I'd be ready to sing along.

Rewatch Value: I finished this drama in less than 48 hours. I managed to spend a whole day watching over half of the show without even realizing it; I was that engrossed.
There aren't many dramas I rewatch, but I thought this drama was incredibly cute, so I'd definitely watch it again.

Overall: Overall, even though I loved the drama, it only gets a 9. I felt the end was really rushed. It definitely would've helped if it had been extended another episode or something. While it didn't really leave anything unanswered, it just kind of left me...dissatisfied.

One of my favorite things about this drama was its lack of every rom-com cliche. It definitely had it's predictable moments; there's no denying that. But the lack of scheming ex-girlfriends and in-laws spending every episode threatening to ruin the leading lady's life was a nice change.

I loved having the little girl as such an important part of the show. I felt like that was really cemented this as a fantastic drama for me. Her interactions with the leads, as well as their interactions with her, were really amazing to watch.

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If you've ever read Becca256's KDrama Romance Comedies for Dummies (http://mydramalist.com/article/2012/09/25/kdrama-romance-comedies-for-dummies) article here on MyDramaList you probably remember how accurately it described 90% of all rom-com dramas, especially how story is divided between episodes.

So when I started watching this one I expected similar storyline. I was pleasantly surprised that in lots of aspects it was different. There was no unrealistic misunderstanding, psycho ex-girlfriend from hell or annoying, meddlesome in-laws that try to separate main couple. Don't get me wrong the story isn't unique and there are lots of other cliches, but it was nice to see variation from the usual plot line.
Unfortunately this different plot concept had backfired a bit at the expanse of romance. Relationship between main couple develops very well through the episodes but romantic aspect of their relationship is lacking. Nevertheless I still enjoyed interactions between two of them.

Si Won's character Min Woo, changes and matures as the story progress. That's fun to see, especially his interactions with Ye Eun. That little girl is so adorable.

I'm not sure if I'll rewatch it but overall it was very nice, light, romantic comedy drama that doesn't have frustrating moments when you want to strangle one of the characters for misunderstanding, lying about their feelings or plotting some evil scheme.

All in all I recommend it.

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If you've read one of my reviews before it was probably a rant about some horrible Jerk Lead being a twat, so for a change here's one I enjoyed and it's a Noona Romance, Whoopie!

We have all the usual ingredients here for a fine Romance drama:

Jerk Lead with a secret heart of gold? check!
Sweet put upon female lead who's actually much tougher than she first appears? check!
Enforced cohabitation? check!
Cute Kid? check!

So nothing new but as ever it's how it's baked that makes the difference.
This Jerk is a spoilt child with a cruel tongue but little violence in him, he's easy to see just as a child and therefore copable with. He also has character progression which again makes him easier to forgive.
The Female lead forges her way through, mothering all that come within her range with a slightly clumsy, gentle fierceness. Maternal sacrifice is far easier to watch than Noble Sacrifice.
The Romance is slow and barely acknowledged by either party but is sweet to watch.
The extra spice that Kim Yoo Bin's turn as Min Woo's daughter adds in is a joy, tugging at your heartstrings, making you smile giving the whole show a warm family feel. Even when she's just piggybacked to bed fast asleep it makes the scene feel different.

I didn't mind any of the support characters and though some were only sketched in mostly they played their parts well. Really apart from the president and his wife they were just a backdrop for the leads.
The reporter dude irritated me just as he should.

The music was fine though the show tunes, sorry numbers, weren't my bag.

It isn't perfect and occasional soggy writing or poor acting can pull you out of focus.
The FL is irritating in places with the odd hairstyle and fussy housewife chats but I found her easy to forgive.
On the whole though I found little to criticise. It isn't intense, it won't give you an emotional charge, it isn't thought provoking so it isn't up there in the 9/10 range but... it's great!

I've rewatched it already and thoroughly enjoyed it second time around

Recommended.

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I just finished my rewatch of this drama, and I'm reminded why I loved it so much! Truthfully, I don't consider this a straightforward romantic drama, because the romantic storyline is much more subtle than most dramas. This drama focuses more on character building and development, of how they grow into people who could come together and be together, rather than romance being in the mix early on and seeing obstacles keeping them apart the rest of the series. This is overall a light-hearted drama that starts out okay but gains strength as it goes, is one of my favorites, and certainly worth a rewatch!

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