Romantic comedy addressing the choice of having kids or not
I know from the synopsis that it was somehow an adult rom-com but I got curious on what kind of story can it give. There were lots of funny scenes that I found myself laughing out loud but at the same time it tackles about whether having kids or not.As of writing, I'm on my 20s and doesn't really have thoughts about having kids yet. This drama kind of make me think of what future lies ahead of me. For someone with mature nature, I appreciated the story being as realistic as I can imagine. However, if you're someone who wants those lovey-dovey love story which like school romance or young love, this may not be your cup of tea.
I also cried on lots of scenes as it was too realistic that I was watching with the perspective of the main leads. The chemistry of the characters is really stunning and you'll find yourself wanting to be part of them. With different personalities and attitudes that actually complements each other.
For some parts, I felt like the story was being draggy and almost stopped midway but still the storyline seems reasonable. I love the OSTs also. I may not rewatch this is in the future but I really enjoyed the experience of watching this drama.
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An Emotional & Not Your Typical Love Story
First of all, the first few episodes were so good!!! Great humorous scenes that were funny naturally and not forced, but there were also amazingly played out emotional scenes. AN EMOTIONAL ROLLARCOASTER!! Jang Nara is really great at acting out the emotional scenes! I cried so many times already T_T The episodes just fly by each time! Not only that, the OST released are so goooodd too!! I have a good feeling about this drama!!! I hope it turns out great as it airs!! However, it did turn a bit cheesy after the main couple got together which is why I lowered the rating. It also got boring after the first four episodes, so I also had to decrease rating for that. But the ending was wrapped up neatly without any loose ends (as far as I know).But, the good things are:
1. Excellent acting (Jang Nara is no joke)
2. Episodes highlight different experiences woman/men face that are not seen much in other dramas
3. Superb OST (Kim Sungkyu's song was just T_T)
4. The humor
5. A strong foundation for the script and plotline
I would recommend this for anyone looking for a drama with a love story not like your typical kdrama.
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AN EYE OPENER FOR VIEWERS
I really love this drama of Jang Na Ra this is the only drama of her that I watched and completed it for a minimum of time. This is an eye opener for all of the people who want to watch this drama especially if you want to have kids and to those kdrama fans who are already a mom who can relate to this drama. It is completely difficult for woman who wants to have a kid but having problems in their body. That moment the female lead needs to get pregnant in a few months but her partner cannot reproduce was really a difficult obstacle for the lovebirdsWas this review helpful to you?
Moral values!!!
This is my first time to write a review so im gonna make it short!! ^^Story:
This story is perfect for someone who wish to give up on something.
Acting/cast:
As you guys know jang nara is drama queen :) so her acting was flawless. This is my first time to watch go joon's acting. When i saw the comments, many people decided to put this drama on their lowest drama list because of go joon's tsundere look but when you watch this drama you will got to see many of his cute sides ^^. All the other casts also perfect in their acting, no one else can replace their roles.
Music:
All the osts is catching. Moreover, soyou's voice can melt your heart ( my favourite is "goodbye" and "beautiful")
Rewatch values:
Trust me, you wont bored even if you rewatch this drama for 50 times.
Overall:
This drama is good :3
Moral value: never gives up on you dreams even if the possibility is 1%!! Always believe in miracles. Love ya guys !!
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Jang Nara dramas are the best.
If you're looking for a mature and serious content of kdrama this is one for you. Mas makarelate ang mga singles like me who is nearly 40's na. I was so attached in this drama I really love the storyline and ang daming tapon na mga hugot lines na talagang tagos. It is a heartwarming drama alam na basta JANG NARA drama maganda talaga, but what surprises me is GO JOON oppa I fell for his charms here, very typical romantic guy malaki ang katawan pero pag nainlove lulambot din pala, ang cute nya kiligin hehehe ?.Jang Ha Ri and Han I Sang shared the same pain, very complicated as the one wants to have a baby while the one is having difficulty in having a baby. They both know that if they stay together they wont achieve the happiness that they wanted but because their love is stronger they decided to be in each others arms and both face this challenge in their relationship. Still love is stronger for them. In this drama as a viewer you will also hope and pray that they both find their own happiness in each other with or without a baby. But I tell you they both have a Happy Ending in the end. ?
Overall you will laugh and cry in this drama.
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Here she is a mature woman, that is looking for a sperm Donor coz she single af but is running out of time to conceive children for medical reasons.
I think this topic is important in societies where marriage is not the ultimate goal in life anymore, touching on rights of single people and the impact of decisions on children etc. However this drama is so upbeat and cute! Every episode so far was amazing . I laughed, I cringed, but in a good way. Ofc I don’t know what they will do with the more dramatic and usual arc where the main leads face their problems but so far this is one of the best dramas of the year easily. Give this drama a chance.
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Applause for effort
I am into more mature dramas so I was looking forward to this one that deals with infertility and adult relationships. However, it didn't go deep enough. It started with a very light and fluffy build-up, including the entertainingPark Byung Eun playing Jae Young, a single dad and his story, and a cute beginning of the relationship between Ha Ri the capable career woman and Yi Sang, the eligible bachelor with the good heart.
However, after that, things just fall flat. The challenges and hardships around infertility, single parenthood, career demands, discrimination against single females, and the pressures of balancing family and work, are glossed over. The main leads go through angsty motions which are grating considering their age and supposed maturity, and it just becomes fluff that leads to a predictable end.
Overall, it was an enjoyable start with some fun characters, and I like the energy of Jang Na Ra since this is the first drama I watched her in. I applaud the attempt to illustrate some mature subjects. I just wanted more.
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May be I would have never watch this among all the hyped airing dramas but thankfully I did. To my utter astonishment I enjoyed this more than any other airing dramas which started with Oh My Baby.
The story writing, representation and organization of scenes were excellently done. The main subject matter was “baby”. Everything is related and revolved around the one particular issue. A serious issue about artificial insemination has been raised, how society views an unmarried woman to have IVF, what the law of the country states and how to deal with all these struggles along with the subfertiility issue. The biological clock is ticking for the female lead. So how she should approach to have a baby of her own? There were large mountains she needed to overcome just to achieve her goals. No miracles no surprise occurred to the main protagonist Jang Ha Ri.
The whole point of this story is to give a generic view on infertility, subfertility and fertility. All sorts of characters were there single father, single mother, married couple struggling to have kids, married couple who don’t want to have kids, working woman with kids, mother who took break from work for kids but want to return to work life badly, woman who gave up kids for pursuing her career and also woman who gave up work to care for kids. It is a portrayal of today’s society – where we stand with our perception of having children with or without partner, with or without marriage.
The protagonists never gave up nor did they bawl their eyes out all day long due to the failure of not getting what they want. They faced booms and troughs of their life - enjoying their romance, working like normal people and at the same time going through their own troublesome life sportingly. Isn’t this the real life?
Another interesting fact was the patience and resilience of a mother of an early 40s daughter. She might not have agreed to whatever her daughter did or want but she understood her and supports her all along. The serious conversation between the mother and daughter seemed light hearted but was deeply edifying.
The story is also focused on the fight of a magazine company to keep their business amidst the sea of “online” era. It was appreciable to show the practical approach of keeping the company or not and how the female lead went out to open her own one.
Oh My Baby is very aesthetically presented story with laughter, tears, comedy, practicality, rationality and romance. All the characters depicted have given appropriate approach to a same issue from their individual perspective in a different way is just what can be seen in our surroundings.
I have grown huge respect for the scriptwriters, directors and ensembles of this drama. It’s been so long I have seen such a beautiful drama with a realistic approach of a particular subject matter. The OSTs are also wonderful. Jang Na Ra and Go Joon were quite natural with their acting. They are my favourite from now on. I appreciate and like every scenes every story portrayed in this drama.
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Disappointment - plot and important issues but...
This drama had all the potential to be a high rated drama
The plot was great, it had topical and so important topics such as:
Infertility in men and women, postpartum depression, sacrifice, abandonment, employment problems, society's judgment of single parents (men and women), endometriosis and the consequences, the longing for children, a sharp criticism of the law forbidding sperm donation to single women or same-sex couples (which in many countries of the world no longer exists), healthy and open relations between mother and daughter.
The first episodes were great and promising, but... the plot lost its charm, and became exhausting, with irrelevant and childish background stories, (the one-sided love story in the office) the chemistry between the main characters was annoying to say the least, (passive aggressive) lovers break up and get back together again and again Breaking up..so disappointing, they are 40 years old and behave like children.
I don't regret seeing the drama because of its important themes, but at the same time towards the end I already wanted it to end, I would shorten the episodes and remove all the irrelevant clichés.
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Babyless Woman
While the drama had its moments of charm and humor, it struggled to deliver a truly expansive storyline that kept you engaged. The drama relied on the key characters interactions to drive its story, however, the long wait between these scenes was off putting despite barely having any additional side plotlines. Speaking of which, there were a few small side plotlines but none of them were remotely good or had any considerable weight. The third guy (Choi Kang Eu Tteum) always felt out of place and the attempt to give him something later on for his character was pathetic. The theme is good and some ideas were entertaining but the characters needed a deeper exploration. The OST was below average and the track "Only You" in particular was plain awful. The drama was alright but it felt incomplete in many aspects.Was this review helpful to you?
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I watched it because I'm a huge fan of Jang Nara. Lover her acting. I really liked this drama at first but I never thought that the main (and only) plot would run from start to end. I'm not sure if it's just because I'm one of those girls who's really not a fan of having their own child but the story line got a bit bland by the end.
Love their friendship and the mature way they handle things here but I guess the main story isn't really doing it for me.
Congrats to the team though!
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Refreshingly Mature Topics & Go Yun. Nuff said.
Full transparency- I just came off The Fiery Priest and was absolutely FERAL to find something else Go Yun stars in. He stole every scene he was in, and I'm amazed I haven't discovered him sooner. He's got more charisma and charm in his left sock than most Idol actors I've recently seen on TV, and I'm honestly gobsmacked by him whenever he's on-screen.OKAY- So, about the series:
I'm not typically drawn to dramedies (I'm more of a grand-scale epic saga or cerebral thriller type), but aside from Go Yun, I adore the cast; particularly, Jo Hee Bong and Park Byung Eun, and I love the more mature topics that I'm surprised to see on Korean airwaves. The series starts off in a quirky-off-kilter-type way, handling Jang Ha Ri's excessive work ethic and problematic reproductive problems with self-deprecating humor, and 2nd hand embarrassment. Jo Hee Bong's character, Chief Nam, was instantly likable and funny to me. I loved his shameless Insta comments on Han Yisang's profile to get him to get in contact. I also love how subversive the series is in handling stereotypical situations; for example, Ha Ri is faced with an uncomfortable situation at work where she wants to intercept a potentially harmful article from getting released and has to face a male peer and their boss. She handles the situation fearlessly and even throws herself onto her boss's couch to force him into complying. I thought it was funny, empowering, and a total boss move. The women in this series are independent, fierce, self-sufficient, and AWARE of their power.
Hari and Yisang have great chemistry. Especially when they bicker. Their quick retorts constantly had me cackling. Their first few interactions are rife with comedic misunderstandings. With her friends, Hari recalls a fond memory of her first meeting with Yisang, and it's depicted in her memory as a classic K-drama romance scene with slow-moving snow, and flattering nostalgic lighting, and she was completely swept off her feet when she mistook his Visine drops for tears.
"It was my first time seeing a guy cry. A guy's tears can somehow open your heart." LOLLLL.
Later, as her Chief tries to introduce the two, she takes poor advice from her friend and tries to initiate awkward small talk and {nonconsensual} skinship while Yisang squirms uncomfortably at her terrible flirting before hilariously and savagely shutting her down. Needless to say, they've gotten off on the wrong foot and I think the editing choices throughout the scenes make it so much funnier as I catch myself laughing out loud regularly without feeling like the situation is overtly ridiculous or unrealistic.
Outside of the lens of humor and silliness, there is a very real, very raw sadness that permeates our FL as she tries to have what she wants most in the world, a child. Since she was a little girl, it's all she's ever wanted. We follow her journey and her (sizzling) chemistry with Yisang throughout the series. Her platonic chemistry with the other male leads and female colleagues is also fantastic. I really have to give a lot of props to the writers, because there isn't an episode that goes by that doesn't make me laugh consistently throughout while hitting me in the feels. Time and again, it introduces a typical trope and completely flips it upside down, surprising even the most jaded K-drama viewer.
"The happiest person is a mom. Moms always smile when they see their babies. My dream is to become a mom."
It isn't just about Hari's ever-reaching journey toward motherhood. The show broadens its lens and shows us the intricate interworkings of each character and the journeys they're going through as well. What it's like as a single parent, a divorcee, an aging mother, an older bachelor afraid to start again. It's life and all of its machinations, day to day, relentless and without prejudice, while we try to surf the tide and find our way toward happiness.
I highly recommend this series, and not just because you get to look at Go Yun's face for 16 glorious hours.
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