Sunday, May 17, 2015

4th Drama: My Lovely Sam-Soon






Synopsis from DramaWiki:
Kim Sam Soon (Kim Sun Ah) is a baker who has a talent in making pastries and cakes. On Christmas Eve, she caught her boyfriend, Min Hyun Woo (Lee Kyu Han), cheating on her and breaks up on the same night. On that same night, she accidentally went into the men's restroom and met Hyun Jin Hun (Hyun Bin), a somewhat callous fellow but sometimes considerate guy. By sheer coincidence, Jin Hun needs a baker for his restaurant Bon Appetit and Sam Soon is unemployed. Sam Soon is hired as the restaurant's chief baker and the two fights like cat and dog. Nevertheless, they started to have feeling for each other and Sam Soon agreed to pose as Jin Hun's girlfriend so his mother would leave him alone. Things got complicated when Jin Hun's ex-girlfriend Yoo Hee Jin came back from the States intending to win him back.

My Rank out of 5:
3 1/2

What I didn't like:
I didn't like the main characters half of the time. Sam-Soon never really had much self-confidence even after several episodes had passed. Jin-Hun was just irritating, apathetic to her, and then started to get controlling when he did like her. Hee-Jin held Jin-Hun's emotions hostage a lot of the time, trying to get him back. The only character who was really likable most of the time was Henry Kim.

What I did like:
When Sam-Soon actually stood up for herself, she was great, but I think she should have progressed farther than she did. The ending was more bittersweet--it's not the perfectly happy ending that many romantic dramas have and it makes it feel more real.