Page Turner Review

Title: Page Turner

Genre: Drama, Music

Episodes: 3

Broadcast Period: Mar-2016 to Apr-2016

Cast: Kim So Hyun, Ji Soo, Shin Jae Ha, Ye Ji Won, Hwang Young Hee, Kim Dong Hee, Kim Min Sang

Yoo Seul (Kim So Hyun) is a student of an art high school. She is a talented pianist and who won various contests, but is driven by her mother. Yoo Seul's mother wanted to become a pianist when she was younger, however she failed to do so, and that's why she's forcing her dream on Yoo Seul. One day, Yoo Seul has an accident, which results in that Yoo Seul may never play the piano again. With the help of her friend Cha Shik (Ji Soo) and Yoo Seul's rival Jin Mok (Shin Jae Ha), Yoo Seul begins to live a new life.

I did not expect to laugh as much as I did in a drama about such serious, earnest themes. But the drama has a playful tone to it, where characters in the world are very serious, but we’re able to see the irony and the humor in the moments. Man Cha Shik is such a great character. I mean, they’re all good characters with lots of potential, but Cha-shik is so lovable right away. He’s delightfully dim, but I like that it doesn’t necessarily prevent the depth in his character. The directing/editing/cinematography was on point up till the end. I would give this full hearts but I took off half a heart point because I had certain expectations of the ending that weren’t met.

☆☆☆☆½ / 4½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥½ / 4½ out of 5 hearts

Divorce Lawyers in Love Review

Title: Divorce Lawyers in Love
AKA: The Divorce Lawyers is Dating
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 18
Broadcast Period: Apr-2015 to Jun-2015
Cast: Jo Yeo Jeong, Yeon Woo Jin, Shim Hyang Tak, Wang Ji Won, Lee Yeol Eum, Hwang Young Hee, Lee Dong Hwi

Go Cheok Hee (Jo Yeo Jeong) and So Jung Woo (Yeon Woo Jin) once worked together at a law firm; she was a divorce lawyer, and he was her office manager. She treated him like her inferior, while he constantly irked her by pointing out her mistakes and calling her "Chucky" behind her back. But Cheok Hee is so ambitious, so determined to win every case for her clients, that her unethical misdeeds catch up to her, causing her license to be suspended. Meanwhile, Jung Woo studies and gets his law degree. Years later, they end up working together again for a different law firm. But this time, the tables have turned: he's the divorce lawyer, and she's the office manager. Now Jung Woo is determined to get his petty revenge.

18 episodes were too much for this drama. The main plot could have been a great movie, but I guess it was all the divorce cases, that took up the time. There were a new case every 2 episodes, they were interesting, true, and I liked that there were not one case similar to another, but it got really boring and messy in the end. I guess they couldn't handle all that at the same time. The main actress seemed to be more annoying as the drama went on. Her main expression to anything seemed to be to widen her eyes. The 3 other mains were excellent and why I didn't just drop the drama completely. This drama had potential but too bad it started to get boring really quickly.

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts