Prime Minister and I Review

Title: Prime Minister and I

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Family

Episodes: 17

Broadcast period: 2013-Dec yo 2014-Feb

Cast: Lee Bum Soo, Im Yoon Ah, Yoon Shi Yoon, Chae Jung Ah and Ryu Jin.

Kwon Yool (Lee Bum Soo) is a single father of three children and the candidate for the Prime Minister post of the Republic of Korea. Quite famous for being a good man and a great Politian, everyone seems to be interested in him. The news as well as the gossip magazines all have an interest in him: one of them is Scandal News. Working as a reporter there Nam Da Jung (Im Yoon Ah) is a perky woman who is forced to find out about the love life of the Prime Minister - basically making a scandal.

After several tries and failing all, she by accident meets Kwon Yools youngest son, and while taking him home is misunderstood by Kwon Yool and scolded. This scene is taken from a different angle and the next day blown out of proportion saying that the Prime Minster is having a relationship. In order to save her but also him, Da Jung declares that they are a couple, which temporarily saves them both.

But due to the nature of the Korean people and the pressure from the political parties, they both decide to make a contract marriage…

Okay, so I wasn’t really expecting much more than the typical nanny-boss love story (just made the roles different) and I was actually looking forward to a family drama, but somehow it didn’t really make me that happy. I mean the most I remember of this drama is Da Jung fighting the other rich women, the entire ‘secret’ which I kind of figured out a long the 6^th episodes, the second lead and his “manipulation for (lousy) revenge” and lastly the feud between the father and the brother-in-law. Though when I spend a bit more time to think small scenes do appear, some where I laughed a lot, others where I was touched, but overall it didn’t really leave me with an impression… and the ending just ruined the good feel with a useless cliché.

I don’t want to spoil anything, but it kind of felt ‘pressed’ as if they were trying to make an old type Korean drama, with a little fif of a cool woman and a prime minister…

So: to watch or not to watch? Well I won’t say it’s a complete loss to watch, even if I don’t remember much of the 17 episodes I have watched…

☆☆☆½ / 3½ out of 5 stars

♥♥♥½ / 3½ out of 5 hearts

Baby-faced Beauty Review

Title: Baby-faced Beauty
AKA: Youthful Beauty / Pretty Young Woman
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 20
Broadcast period: 2011-May to 2011-Jul
Cast: Jang Na Ra, Choi Daniel, Ryu Jin, Kim Min Seo and Oh Yeon Soo.

Lee So Young (Jang Na Ra) a 34 year old baby face is usually judge as younger than she actually is. When she is fired from a fabric factory after the company starts to cut down people. In order to keep the firing a secret from her mother, she tries to get a job at a tailor. Her younger sister So Jin (Oh Yeon Soo) busts her, and demands money for it, but when So Young turns her down, she steals a designer jacket and runs away from there. When So Young finds out about it, she finds So Jin in a night club, but the jacket is in the hands of a man names Choi Jin Wook (Choi Daniel). Jin Wook works as a MD in a fashion company, and looks much older than he actually is. So Jin had given Jin Wook the jacket so she could run away, but this is seen by So Young, so she tries to get the jacket back. Things escalate and the two destroy the clubs property, and are told to pay $20.000. So Young betrays Jin Wook by running away, leaving him with the debt and anger. Not knowing who she is, he puts her face on wanted posts, with a reward for information.
Due to So Young’s sister’s tardiness, So Young has to save So Jin from getting fired from her part time job, by acting as a 25 year old, instead of her. That very company happens to be the very same company where Jin Wook works..

I didn’t think I’d like it, but the lead couple has become a favorite. They really complement each other, even though he is at least 30cm taller than her, and his head is x3 bigger. The plot in the beginning was silly, but as it continued, it became interesting, and worth the wait. And I believe that this is the first time the lead actress falls for a co-worker and not the CEO… Like that made me so happy. 
The script is good too, and the screenplay adorable, though a bit cliché- might only be in my eyes, but I did expect most things to happen. 
I think it’s one of those that you either love or loath. I happen to love it (And I unwillingly have started to like Choi Daniel - doh!)
All in all great watch!

☆☆☆☆ / 4 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥ / 4 out of 5 hearts