Once We Get Married (2021)

It's the not the best drama but still it's good it's for people who watch sweet, soft and cute dramas with lots of love scenes cuz it has many kiss scenes the drama was overall good but some scenes sometimes made me cringe but some were okay and some were good.
Acting and cast: 10/10 The acting of the cast was good especially xi wei she acted really well as a scheming girl she suited that kind of role also she made me hate her that shows that she acted really well. Wang ziqi his acting was good too he suited his role and is good looking.
Wang yuwen is now like my most favourite actress she is so pretty and cute also she acted really well and she is really good at doing cute roles it suits her also I don't cringe at all when she acts cute cuz I've seen many drama's where the female lead don't suit the cute role at all and they mess up so she was quite good but what disappointed me the most was her wardrobe it was not like the wardrobe of a fashion designer but it's not the actress's fault she still looked lovely but in my opinion she suits that rich role and I want her to do that cuz I'm also fan of dramas with rich female leads and with the best fashion sense and outfits so I wanted her to do that too but I hope she plays a rich female lead role in the future with nice clothes ofcourse and not repeated outfits same with the male lead and second female lead
The supporting cast was good but I didn't paid attention to them cuz I think even if they were not in the drama it would have been the same but it's ok.
Overall it was a good drama didn't liked it that much but watched it for the female lead liked her alot and also the top notch chemistry of the main leads was good so cuz of that I will give it a 7.5/10.

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Short, sweet, and a whole lot of cliche

I am such a sucker for contract marriage and enemies to lovers dramas. They're definitely my guilty pleasure and going into it, I know to expect a lot of ridiculousness and cliches. And I think that's exactly what we got here. Honestly, I think this drama is perfect for just a short, sweet, lighthearted, and easy watch, when you're just in the mood for that type of cliché romance drama. This drama has tons of sweet moments (and a whole lots of kisses) and the main couple is absolutely adorable, but just don't expect anything with too much depth because you're not going to find it here.



[SPOILERS AHEAD]
Now, for the many things that I didn't like in this drama, because even with going in with my lowered expectations, I was still disappointed at some points:
1. I really hated Ran Xi Wei, which of course, is her sole purpose of being there. But I hated that she basically just got to skate on by throughout the entire drama, causing all these problems and essentially getting away scot-free at the end. Yeah, Yin Si Chen stepped up and created firm boundaries with her and warned her multiple times to stop and eventually broke off his friendship with her, but I didn't find that ending very satisfying enough and of course, our sweet Gu Xi Xi was still pretty nice to her in the end, it was just not satisfactory tin the end on this aspect
2. Mo Zi Xin was pretty damn annoying. He played his role of a love rival but it was pretty ridiculous how he kept showing up even in the later half of the drama once the main couple's relationship really was established. He was basically borderline stalkerish and honestly, I thought that was the direction they were going into to make Mo Zi Xin the bad guy, but they really just left him as a nice guy till the end and then he didn't even show up in the last couple of episodes. I didn't mind it but it just further emphasized that he wasn't needed in this drama.
3. I really did not care about the second couple AT ALL. They didn't need to add them in at all and I just could not find a single shred of care for them. They didn't add to the story at all and I would've much rather them make a second couple out of Yin Si Chen's secretary and Gu Xi Xi's best friend instead!

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This is an absolute delightful drama, although not perfect, it really delivers on the romance part of the plot. The second couple is almost unimportant in the development of the story and some supporting actors lacked enthusiasm portraying their characters. The drama is the typical contract marriage where a bickering couple, Yin Sichen (Wang Zi Qi) and Gu Xi Xi (Wang Yu Wen), is forced into a contract marriage. Little by little, as trouble finds its way into their life, they start to appreciate each other and fall in love. Misunderstandings don’t last long and, although the poorly acted antagonist kept her antics almost all the way to the end, Yin Sichen and Gu Xi Xi’s love and reciprocal protection make the drama worth watching. The leading couple has very good chemistry and the drama is realistic presenting a young couple in love that is crazy about each other. The drama has plenty of loving, playful, and skinship moments that escalate naturally into a true adoring and affectionate romance. Enjoy it!

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Forgettable

Was it worth watching 24 45 min episodes? Maybe, but not worthy of returning for a repeat. Loved the ML, but the FL, not so much. I just could not get over her limper than limp, thin hair, ears that were overly prominent, and an unfortunate nose. If they had just given her some more volume with some hair extensions they might have saved her look. Who am I kidding, her wardrobe was awful too, and she was supposed to be an up and coming fashion designer?

Love rivals? Both were morally bankrupt to certain degrees. XiXi's rival, XeWei, did everything she could except boil the XiXi's rabbit (Fatal Attraction reference). She was a spoiled brat who just could not accept that the SiChen was just not into her. She should have woken up and smelled the coffee 15 years before when she was told be SiChen that he wasn't into the girl next door. He was not speaking figuratively, he literally meant her. She carried on with her delusion to the point of nearly ruining SiChen professionally. Talk about sour grapes, "If I can't have him, then I will destroy him, and his little dog too!"

SiChen's love rival, ZiXin, wasn't quite as bad, but still a loser. His character was a little unbelievable. What guy would invest that kind of cash into a girl when she has already married? Yes, ZiXin is all kinds of soft and cuddly, but he still pursued a married woman. My father was a lay minister. One of the most memorable things he taught me was "Married, is married, is married and single, is single, is single, never confuse the two." I don't care that SiChen and XiXi started out in a contractual relationship, they were still legally married. Even after she turned down ZiXin's confession, he still pursued her under the guise of "friendship". That was so not right. In the end he finally got the message, but he still seemed to get off on tweaking SiChen's nose a little.

In the end the leads discovered they complimented each other, and grew to appreciate their differences.

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Predictable plot with a charming main couple

I came to this drama for Wang Zi Qi, after watching him in The Love I Give You. He and Wang Yu Wen made a a cute couple in both dramas.

The unscrupulous villainess, Ran Xiwei, was the worst character in the drama. With her wealth and connections, she should have employed a fashion designer/stylist. Her fugly fashions and drab hairstyle worked against her. She could not even compare or defeat the Plain Jane Gu Xi Xi and her boring fashions and dull ponytail hairstyle. Some of Xi Xi's Cici design fashions were lovely.

The seniors, Alex, Grandma, Mother and Father were very nice. Shang KE and Mu Rou Na did not work for me. Perhaps different actors would have made them look more appealing and attractive. The different in their maturity level, experience and intelligence was 1000%.

Best Friend Xiaoyu and Fei'Ang should have coupled earlier in the plot, and receive a sub plot. I suspected that they would end up together at some point. Fei'Ang needs a hairstylist.

Ratings: Overall 7
Plot: 7.5 (Without Ran Yi Wei, it would be 8.5)
Costumes: 7.5 (Women's Fashions = 7. Men's Fashions = 8)
Hair: 7.0 (... except for Sichen, who gets 8).
Acting: 8
Music: 7 (The signing was too repetitive, but not obtrusive.)
Directing: 7.5
Editing: 7 (Flashbacks were not necessary.)
Casting: 7.5

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Kudos to a great writer who wrote a love story just for me

The danger of this type of storyline is destroying the male lead beyond redemption. If you tear him down you have to build him back up to make the story work. I’ve always said that anything beyond the half way point is the danger zone. So many potentially great dramas have suffered this fate. I could name them but that’s not the point of this review. Let’s just say that this great writer Shang Ming Lu writes as if she’s watching her drama unfold in front of her eyes.

Somewhere around the halfway point the ML looks at the FL, who is sleeping, and says, “I like you”. This was an amazing release of tension that was building up in me. The point of change that you have to look for. It came with emotion and the understanding that things will be different. I wasn’t disappointed because a beautiful romance unfolded like a flower from this point forward.

It’s the kind of romance that makes you feel good and beg for more. A couple that stays together against all odds in total support of each other. It takes a good writer to accomplish this and still have drama filled with suspense and a great villain. It was a perfect romance filled with love and passion.

Yes, I’m a romantic, my MDL name shows that. This is the kind of story that I constantly search for. I’m sad that it’s over but happy that I had the opportunity to watch it.

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Pretty good with 2 caveats

The show starts of pretty weak, the first 3-4 episodes aren't really that good, althoguh they do decent work to set up all the characters and such.
Then the good parts of the show starts. It's nothign groundbreaking for the most part, and filled with cliches, but I wnat to highlight a few real god things:

1) The FL is strong, but has her clear weaknesses. She has a few very clearly defined flaws that occasionaly bite her i nthe ass (read contracts fully before signing them girl) she is in no ways a pushover, and whiel she gets to be somewhat dependant on the ML in the way peopel would be in a relationship, she is still clearly her own person, with her own ideals and her own way of doing things, and she isn't just deadlocked without the ML solving her problems (he does multipel times, but not because she wasn't willign to solve them herself)

2) The ML has emotions. He starts of as the clicheed cold rock CEO at the beginning, but after 5 or 6 episodes he starts to warm up. And not only towards the FL, but in general. And not just positive emotions either, he just starts displaying the full set of human emotions.

3) While they grab nearly every cliches in the book (no amnesia though thankfully), they resolve a lot of them a lot better han they are suauly resolved, and

4) he whole show atfer the first few episodes just has a good flow of events. You don't feel like it's stuck on one problem or situation for to long.

5) They do a lot better than some other shows (especialy korean ones) to show us the characters working on solutions to a problem instead of just mopping over the problem all the time. And not all of their solutions even work, some of them run basically head first into a wall withotu solving anything, but at least the characters tried instead of beeing deadlocked just lookign at the problem.

6) If you like Kissing scenes, this show has a LOT. And they are msotly pretty good too. And with a lot I don't mean slightly above average. At a rough estimate I'd say before they get together properly they kiss as much as more than half the romances I've seen kissi n total. After they get together i'd say they kiss more in any given episode than half of the lead couples of other romances kiss in the entire drama.


Now to the two main problems I had with this show.

1) As mentioned earlier, the first couple of episodes aren't that great. not 'stop watching' bad, but just not that good.

2) While they manage to nearly completely stay away from stupid cliches and problem handling, they fall for one classic pitfall. After their marriage contract is relvealed in public, they for some unfathomable, unexplained reason can't just solve it by lying. Liek their whole marriage contract was based on both of them willingly lying to the public and faking the relationship. WHen someoen revelas the contract, they could solve 95% of the backlash by simpyl stating 'no, thath's not true' or 'no, that was a joke' and go on with it. And at the point it gets revealed they are a loving couple for plenty of episodes already, with their friends constantly complaining because they show so much affection in public. they have no problem whatsoever proving that they are in a real relationship. Why can't they say that was true from the begining??????



TL;DR:
Different spin on cliches, and overall a really good show as contract marriage shows go.

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cliche marriage contract, horrible storyline but cute romance!

i give it a 10/10 or even 11/ 10 for the cute and sweet parts! however the story and other characters gets like a 6.5/10...

The storyline is so choppy, but the overarching theme is the marriage contract and how they fell in love.

Gu Xi xi is a rising fashion designer and has her own online store. There is a very famous brand called Marryme who is designed by the famous Alex. Someone online tried to ask her to get one of the very few marryme wedding dress, that person is none the other but the male lead. Gu si Cheng. He is the owner of Waymo , which is a fashion company... Due to certain situation, they have to be in a marriage contract, thus starting their sweet encounter!

They of course initally didn't like each other but slowly the male lead fell for the female lead. The male lead turned from being a stonecold emotionless person to a cute and caring person through Gu xi xi. However Gu xi xi doesnt have too much growth or character development... but i mean she eventually opens up her own store.

but the storyline development... its super choppy. Like they have a misunderstanding but it doesnt seem to get resolved and she already goes back to him. Or the fact that the annoying second female kept trying to ruin their relationship! They gave her ( the annoying second lead) quite a lot of time to ruin and destroy their relationship.

The other side characters I didnt care for. Usually there is a cute sidekick, but the characters didnt interest me. Esp the friend of the male lead who liked his coworker.

BUT I'm here for their sweet scenes! I anticipated it! it toook forever for it to finally broadcast all ep. I love the love the male lead has for the female lead. They are so cute together and have good chemistry.

I really liked the ost song 因為相愛 by 都智文!!! recommend the song

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Cliche but sweet

yep this show has all the cliches, but if you can’t desl with that, why on earth are you watching dramas? It’s just the way they are. Chemistry between the mains is perfect from the beginning and those looking for romance will come away satisfied. The 2FL is horrible and thankfully she gets figured out fairly fast by ML which is usually a gripe of mine when they don’t. The 2ML draws a very short straw sadly, but his role is what it is in shows like this. I didn’t see much benefit to the friend couple scenes, skipped them mostly. If you just want an easy to watch drama where love grows naturally and no stupid break ups, this is one to watch.

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Ik it's a drama but this one is too much drama...

Actually in the beginning the story it's very good I think. I like FL she's a girl that have her own dreams and ML even though he's overproud abt himself but actually he's a nice guy. They mess it with the third and fourth people between ML and FL relationship. There's so many misunderstanding make this drama it's very frustrating to watch. And the worst thing is the second couple which I always skip their part. I don't understand what's the point to add them in this drama. They didn't effect anything in this drama and I can't feel the love and chemistry between them.

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