Great acting all around...
I'd have to say that the acting from most of the supporting cast are nearly perfect. They made you like the ones you're supposed to like and despise the ones that you're supposed to despise. For an actor to get you to really dislike their character is an artform. The ML is only OK to me because his character here is pretty much the same character that he's portrayed before in other shows. Not bad, but not great either... nothing really stands out. The FL did a much better job. She was able to show her emotions with facial expressions and body language, most of the time, without resorting to screaming and throwing a tantrum.The only negative for me is the way all the other supporting characters were written. It's pretty much the same formula over and over... making me tired of it. If we were to just go by Cdramas and Kdramas, we can say that all asian families are screwed up, evil, calculating, controlling, and don't really care about their own children's true happiness. Being Asian myself, I can understand the traditional family loyalties and responsibilities, but this isn't from 100 years ago. In present times, most Asian families have already gravitated away from this kind of strict family hierarchy. Again, as an Asian person, I would like to give a little advice to these drama writers... keep portraying Asian families as screwed up as this and eventually, the rest of the world will start to believe that all Asians families are like that.
In reality, although there are families like that, they are few and unique... and come from all races and ethnic groups. Sons are given slightly more value than daughters, but not that extreme extent. Most Asian families these days give equal value to both. Again, I'd like to tell these writers to maybe not go this extreme or else risk having the international community view Asian parents in this way. Just like American movies... Dirty Harry, Rambo, Die Hard, etc which has made most the rest of the world believe that every American is a gun-toting murderous psychopath and that every town and city is filled with crooks, thieves, and muggers.
The FL's father and mother are both worthless human beings... never mind as parents. The dad's actions are pretty much child abuse... abuse doesn't always have to be physical. I'm surprised the daughters aren't traumatized for life being told over and over again... and treated like they are worth less. The mom is just as guilty for letting her husband get away with it and doing nothing to protect her children. The best parent out of the bunch is the ML's father... which is funny because he's the only parent that was written with a "shady" past.
I just wish writers would give these ML's and FL's more backbone. Then again, that wouldn't cause enough tension and stress to build the drama. Imagine the ML and FL being able to just tell people to bug off and live their own lives. The filial responsibilities between parents and children isn't a master/slave relationship. Just giving birth to a child doesn't give the parents unquestioned authority to abuse and control their children to that extent. Parents should be there to guide and support instead.
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Welcome to Dysfunctional Family aka Centimeter of Love.
Scenes with ML Xu Qing Feng and FL Guan Yu Ping together were enjoyable. Their love story was charming, but their interactions with family members were aggravating. Several satellite characters were annoying, clingy, irritating, selfish, self-centered, manipulative, domineering, devious, conniving.The gap between parent and child is apparent in the Xu and Guan household, as the matriarch Xu Xiu Lan and patriarch Guan rule the respective roosts. They have obsessive love for their sons, Xu Qing Feng and Guan Zhen Lei respectively, controlling and manipulating every free moment of their lives. Mrs Xu and Mr Guan are the autocratic dictators of their households.
Madam Xu gets up every morning, cooks breakfast, and takes it to her son’s home or office. She is possessive, obsessive, suffocating, stifling. She cooks, cleans, makes his bed, shops for his groceries and clothing. She picks up women for him to marry, and gives these leeches the key to his apartment. That boy is too timid and passive around her. She walks all over him.
Mr Guan coddles his thirty years’ old son who cries like a baby, and always runs to his father for comfort. This is the most pathetic part of the drama. Mr Guan, seventy years’ old with a heart condition, treats his son like he is a baby, and shelters him. Mr Guan shows no love or appreciation for his second daughter, a successful professional. She is the bank, financing the Guan family members. He demands that Guan Yu Ping give her money to the lazy good-for-nothing brother, and denigrates her frequently. Zhen Lei, in turn, denigrates his older sister throughout the drama. There were times I wanted to shake Guan Yu Ping, and tell her to get the hell out of the Guan family, change her name, and leave no forwarding address.
Madam Xu, Mr Guan, Zhen Lei, Lin Jie, Female Doctor dominate the plot with their obsessive, possessive, aggressive, maniacal, lunatic, clingy behavior. While these five actors displayed a wide acting range, and deserve the Maniacal Lunatic Award, they shifted focus from the lovers’ story.
Tong Da Wei is a likeable actor, but his permanent smirk and lack of emotion, made him look like a puppet actor and puppet character. Tong Li Ya is a charismatic actress, and her portrayal of Captain Guan is stellar.
The final episode, which included a very nice wedding with no food service, turned into propaganda film for the country and the fight against COVID-19. The statement adds realism to the plot, but the flag flying and political allegiance were overdone. The production company might have used this crutch, to get the drama past the censorship board.
The version I watched on YT has no opening credits on the episodes, and the singing is suppressed. May God bless the people who did this miracle. The directing, acting, editing, wardrobe, set design, music were very good. This is the first drama that I watched, where I cannot complain about the editing, extraneous flashbacks, excessive loud singing or loud BGM.
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It’s not the beginning….
I rate this very high because as I think about it, the story plot is not bad. Three different families, their struggles, their connection, brings a dynamic portrayal of life. In these families, it brings to light what is right and not in parents, and parenting. While it has the most frustrating and despicable side characters, it really opens the mind of some culture and how these things are acceptable. Thus, it helps some to draw the line and say, nope not in my life.Cast do a really good job. You hate them, their acting is very good. You love them, they’re doing a good job. That’s how you’re feelings fluctuate throughout. Throughout the story, as the families connect, disconnect, and bond, the build up to beautiful relationships is established. Leads are great. Their chemistry is real stuff, thus, no shyness in passionate kissing. It really is a big difference when actors are mature.
Here’s the best part. They wrap up everything beautifully. Don’t we all want that after investing so much time? The last episodes were so well done you forget you had wanted to throw your device so many times because of some people. The ending is well worth it. I only say I wouldn’t rewatch because there’s too many to watch. The leads scenes though after watching wide eyed stare females with closed lips dramas are definitely a must go back to. Great series.
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Run Run Run
This is the most annoying drama I ever seen in my life. Except ML and FL all other characters are totally bu****it. All characters are shown in a very cheap way, how come a father keeps on destroying his own daughter’s life and keep on mooching her till her last drop of blood and the mother kept silent without any attempt to stop his husband. Own father requested his daughter not to marry to satisfy his mentally unstable(negative element of the society) son’s demand. Once he said he didn’t needed or wanted daughter he wanted only son, he told these words like making fun on this. From starting to end he acted like villain to his own daughter and in the end episodes when his daughter cut off all ties with him he starts to act like 5 year child, and the mother OMG, in the last episode I think, she tells to ML that FL’s father always loved his daughter but didn’t showed outside OMG (neglect the bullshit things he did it from the starting episodes) he tried to stop his own daughter’s wedding and like a leached her last single drop of blood may be not enough to say evil father, instead of putting poison to her husband she tried to patch up between daughter and father even though she never interfered whenever her own daughter was suffering.The most bullshit thing in the end everyone forgave everyone and become a happy family. In the end it is portrayed like FL’s father realized his crimes he committed to his daughter and resenting himself, if had really realized those heinous things he did to his own daughter he would have died by heart attack or committed suicide, instead acted like childish stubborn.
I have just mentioned only some of the major bullshit here but if you watch this drama you can see complete bullshit.
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My wonderful experience watching "The Centimeter of Love " of 2020
This drama is a true work of art. It was so realistic it made me cry sometimes. The story is really something. It is full of emotion and feels like you're watching a live family show not a drama. One thing I appreciated was the ML(cardio surgeon) and FL(pilot) were mature people and their love wasn't the youngsters type of sweet love. ML and FL constantly faced pressure from their families. ML's mom was the person who pressurized the ML to have a gf and get married, she was overprotective (a true tiger mom), while FL's father was always forcing her to give her younger brother anything he asked for (even though they knew he'll just waste it). The unrealistic pressure was what brought them together. They relied on each other for emotional support even though their parents were against their relationship at first.At times I felt angry,sad,happy,frustrated throughout the drama. It was full of behavior change, separations,reunions, etc. It is a mix of everything! I must say, no drama has ever made me feel this way, that people's everyday life could be brought to the film version. If someone tells me it was based on a true life story, I would believe it ?. Just glad I was able to watch and testify. My rating for the story and acting is full 10.0. Some people might suggest you take it slow when watching but I watched as many as I could a day and it felt like being on a pleasant roller coaster ride. I'll be willing to rewatch this . I highly recommend!
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Très bon drama, plus familial que romantique, même si le CL est très attachant.
STORY :Les relations familiales sont bien décrites, dans leur complexité, leurs contradictions, leurs jalousies, leurs blessures. Certains commentaires insistent sur l'égoïsme excessif du frère, sur le comportement abusif du père,... mais désolée, c'est malheureusement réaliste, et les traumatismes liés à un traitement injuste/amour inégal au sein d'une fratrie de la part des parents, sont monnaie courante.
Mais :
- la partie située en Afrique est sur-réaliste :) :) On peut se demander si le réalisateur a jamais mis les pieds en Afrique... Tous les clichés sur l'Afrique sont présents (sauf que la population est majoritairement non africaine) : le désert, la tempête de sable, l'avion de Saint Exupery, l'amoureuse seule capable de trouver son lover, ... et toutes les images sont tournées sur fond vert ou avec des effets numériques low-cost.
- la partie Thérapie anti stress après la crise avec le père va aussi faire rire les vrais thérapeutes. Si c'était si simple de guérir des traumas liés à l'enfance, à quoi serviraient les cliniques psy ???
ACTING
Les acteurs sont TOUS excellents, subtils, et donnent vie à leur personnage avec beaucoup de finesse.
J'aime beaucoup les 2 leads (dans tout ce qu'ils font) et j'apprécie qu'un chirurgien et une pilote d'avion, ne soient pas interprétés par des acteurs qui ont l'air d'avoir 20 ans :) C'est ce CL qui nous tient en haleine devant notre écran.
TECHNIQUE
Le rythme est soutenu. Il n'y a pas trop de flashback. La caméra s'attarde un peu trop sur les moments émotionnels (sans doute pour plonger le spectateur dans l'émotion ;) mais c'est parfois agaçant.
Par contre, 44 épisodes c'est trop ! L'histoire aurait pu être racontée avec 10 épisodes de moins, sans rien perdre de développement.
Les OST sont bien adaptées sans être mémorables.
Conclusion : Un très bon drama familial, assez réaliste et bien construit.
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Drama ini asli relate banget sama kehidupan sehari-hari. Banyak banget hal yang dapat kita pelarjari dari drama ini. Bukan hanya soal cinta dan hubungan antar pasangan tapi juga hubungan setiap keluarga dari ayah anak, ibu anak dan adik kakak. Di sini kita bisa belajar soal ketekunan,kesabaran,perjuangan,ketulusan,kebaikan,keberanian,pengertian,kepatuhan,pengampunan dan yang terpenting cinta antara keluarga dan pasangan. Tapi di sini kita juga bakal dibuat emosi dengan perlakuan orang tua kepada anaknya . Ada yang terlalu memanjakan anaknya hingga anaknya tidak bisa menjadi dewasa, ada yang terlalu mengatur hidup anaknya hingga anaknya terasa sesak napas, ada yang terlalu mengabaikan anaknya sehingga tanpa sadar melukai perasaan anaknya. Tapi drama wajib banget di tonton meskipun emosi kita naik turun tapi banyak hal yang bisa kita ambil. Ini bener-bener seperti mencerminkan kehidupan di dunia nyata dan mungkin ada salah satu dari kita ada yang mengalaminya. Yang terpenting bukan soal bagaimana orang tua ,saudara atau pasangan menyakiti kita tapi tentang bagaimana caranya agar kita memaafkan mereka. Terakhir suka banget sama hubungan si dokter dan kapten bener-bener hubungan yang sangat dewasa saling membantu,menjaga,menghibur,melindungi dan melakukan yang terbaik buat pasangan masing-masing dan tentunya sekali lagi chermistry pasangan ini harus dikasi jempol. Ternayata si cowok sudah 44 tahun dan bener-bener ga kelihatan. Muka tanpa ekspresi tapi sesekali ngakan dengan tingkah konyolnya. Wajib banget ditonton dan selamat menonton peops. Pokoknya kalian bakal dapat hate and love relationship sama ini drama.
Pesan yang bisa kita ambil dari drama ini :
- Semua yang menurut orang tua baik belum tentu baik buat anaknya, terkadang kalau terlalu memaksakan kehendak malah akan menjadi boomerang bagi hubungan anak dan orang tua.
- Seringkali kita baru merasa seseorang itu berharga ketika kita telah kehilangan orang tersebut.
- Tidak ada manusia yang tidak bisa berubah yang ada hanyalah apakah manusia itu mau atau tidak berubah.
- Kesempatan yang diberikan kepada kita mungkin ada sekali dua kali tiga kali tapi tidak ada yang namanya kesempatan seumur hidup.
- Carilah pasangan yang bisa melindungimu ,menjaga dan mau menerima keluarganmu bagaimana pun keadaannya. Karena pernikahan bukan lagi soal kamu dan dia tapi soal mempersatukan dua keluarga menjadi satu.
- Dokter bukanlah dewa yang bisa menyelamatkan semua nyawa, tapi percayalah mereka yang lebih berusaha dan paling berharap agar setiap nyawa di tangan mereka bisa kembali hidup. Jangan ketika mereka menyelamatkan nyawa mereka dipuja-puja seperti dewa tapi ketika mereka gagal mereka bahkan dihujat dan dimaki. Sekali lagi dokter hanyalah manusia biasa.
- Tidak ada kata terlambat untuk berubah menjadi orang yang lebih baik dan tidak ada kata terlambat untuk meminta maaf dan memaafkan.
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