Hilarious and Spicy
This was a cute movie. I watched with my friends for Girls night and we all enjoyed it. It was hilarious, so many funny moments we were absolutely dying with tears in our eyes. It was also spicy, there were quite a few sexy scenes , let just say we were stupidly shocked by the skin, it’s definitely rated R for mature nudity. The entire cast really did an awesome jobs with their rolls, a few pieces were very cliche but in the best way, we loved it. I definitely recommend it for anyone who wants a laugh. And loves the love/hate trope.Was this review helpful to you?
Standard enemies to lovers movie, but with some open conversation about sex
This movie is like a standard version of the trope mentioned above but there were some sweet scenes and cute moments. It's not super creative in terms of plot aside from the doctors using their medical expertise to insult each other. There's some signature Kdrama elements like parental pressure to get married, a distant parental figure, and a past trauma that needs to be overcome. It does touch on some sexual topics not usually explored like some reasons men may feel unconfident in their ability to perform and women feeling the need to be "tighter" to prevent men from cheating. Because of this, it seems like they knew they'd lose the more conservative viewers, so they decided to go completely in the opposite direction added in some softcore scenes that don't really serve any purpose in the movie other than to show off Ha Joo Hee's body. I was hesitant to mention that in the only review on this movie in case people only watch it for that reason, but it did come out a while ago and a lot of people probably already know. And I think that if people end up watch the whole movie even if just for that reason, they may end up becoming more educated and aware of some of the stigmas related to sex.Was this review helpful to you?
Size doesn’t matter, as long as you can make a joke out of it
As other reviewers have noted, this movie is not your typical weeknight drama. This show certainly pushes one “sensitive” topic relentlessly. It is not even really about sex but the awkward situation both men and women find themselves in once you get past first base and must do the “show and tell” and keep up with the Kim's.Maybe the show is trying to milk the shock value but almost every second scene will involve a discussion/action related to the human sex organs and how well they are functioning, or more likely, not functioning. It does the trick . . . for the first 15 minutes but combined with the barely-there filter on bad languages, the dialogues can be quite one-note. You do become desensitised.
BTW, they don’t just talk about sex but there are several elaborate sex scenes. Most are centred on a softcore "starlet" (aka SFL) who is happy to bare all for her art. It is not exactly egregious, but it is pretty much done like punctuations and to emphasis that they can walk the walk. However, this doesn’t quite extend to our leads. They provide their fair share of skinship, but it is quite tame by comparison.
Once we pare back all those "extremities", we are left with a fairly basic rom-com. It boils down to the usual enemy to lover, romance/healing drama. All the typical misunderstandings and push-pulls are present and accounted for. This show leans more heavily into the comedy side with most angst radiating from the FL as she rage against the patriarchy. The movie ticked a lot of boxes but with only 100min run time, there is barely enough time to race through the tropes.
Acting is fine. The leads are charismatic and they make a nice couple. Support cast tends to overact but this is the style of show we are dealing with.
In the end, the movie is entertaining and watchable. It does deliver a fluffy romance and it all ends well. It is not as shocking as the initial premise as the show does fall back to the well-trodden path even though that path was edged with brambles. I suppose the NC-17 rating proves that it wants to be contentious, but not WAY out there.
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