Is an entertaining K-Drama with quirkiness, a bunch of misfits, an impossible man and a dog.

cant marry

The drama centers around the main character Jo JaeHee, a 40 year old know-it-all Architect, who succeeds in everything but human relationships. We explore the people around him, his unfortunate neighbour, even more unfortunate Doctor, his partner and his competitor.

I totally dig it, it’s fun, not too heavy and most of all, entertaining.

I must admit that the drama does, at times, drag on a little, which makes you go, “please please, just hurry things along”, but what drama doesn’t have those moments?

All the actors were well picked for the role, although I thought Kim SoEun was too young for her role (the character’s meant to be 26 while she’s actually 20), she pulls it off. And my bias on her being a decent actress to look out for in the future (check her out in Empress ChonChu, awesome), doesn’t blind my opinion at all. Although her character isn’t far too demanding.

Uhm JungHwa is as always, on the spot with her portrayals of roles, she picks them well enough to make them go off without a hitch. It’s also quite funny to see her stress so much on marriage in this role, when she seems nonchalant about it in real life. And see her take her sexy down a lot of notches to drab.

And best of all is Ji JinHee who plays Jo JaeHee, the main character. An all round jerk but strangely likable because of his eccentricity. He’s too rude for words, seriously anti-social, a hypochondriac, has a dysfunctional relationship with his mother, and seems to have a baseless vendetta against the world. He is flawless and I commend him in his portrayal.

The drama is based on a Japanese drama of the same name, but has its own Korean slight twist in plot.

Anyone enjoying this as much as I am? Strangely, a lot of my friends are watching the drama without anyone elses’ recommendation, which is of course a happy coincidence. :D

hmm

He’s got a great job, he’s handsome, has an awesome apartment, can cook… So, what’s the problem? Can he not get married, or won’t he?

Watch it on mysoju.com if you’re interested!