You Are My Heartbeat (2022)

Sweet romance, great chemistry and a feel-good fun story

Looking for a light-hearted lakorn that still provides a little emotional roller-coaster ride? You Are My Heartbeat may be just the drama for you.

This is a true rom-com Thai style with slapstick antics, witty and lowbrow humor that mesh well with the story. It also used well-paced timing, cheesy romance, and effective music effects to keep things engaging and entertaining for me from start to finish. I cannot claim the same for the Chinese original "Fox's Summer" since I dropped that series in the middle. I found the female lead character too annoying, and the actor who played the male lead could not act.

One can expect the usual tropes like co-habitation, intelligent but emotionally stunted "CEO" ML, an annoying supporting female character interested in the ML, and a domineering narrow-minded elder relative, the grandmother of both the ML and SML. The grandmother was definitely irritating, the necessary antagonist that kept the show from being too much of a fluff piece.

The cherry on top for me was the good looks galore. I think the entire show was a showcase for Push and Mai, who had great chemistry and looked so so gorgeous together. Both of them can do comedy, and they did an excellent job portraying their characters, including nailing the more emotional scenes.

Mai Davika as Kheetika was BEAUTIFUL, and I coveted her outfits. Her character was smart, stubborn, and creative but vulnerable and soft at times. Kheetika had no qualms manipulating the situation, including lying to get out of trouble, but at the same time, she was principled and straightforward. Her motto was "do unto others what they do unto you". In contrast, Push's character, Sira, was so averse to lying to the point that he could get sick if someone lied too much. Due to his past, he was also germaphobic and had a pretty low EQ when it came to romance. Push stole my heart yet again, and even if the drama only showed the lead couple doing nothing the whole time, I would still watch just to appreciate all that fineness. If there is anything to criticize, it would be the amount of makeup applied for the entire cast.

With these two as the lead couple, I was interested from the get-go, so much so that I watched it without subtitles and then with subtitles the second time.

Romance-wise, it was a slow burn one, which I did not mind at all. For someone so unsociable and inexperienced in love, Sira was one smooth operator, saying the cheesiest but adorable lines to Kheetika. One can see the character development of Sira as Kheetika gradually helped him get rid of his germaphobia and his reaction to lying. I wish there was more kissing because they looked comfortable and natural together when they did.

The secondary couple's story, however, turned me off. I did not like how they started their relationship and the cause for the SML having done a 180 degrees turn and moved his attention from the FL to the other woman. The whole situation felt somewhat contrived. Also, I am not sure what the stylist was doing with these two characters regarding their outfits. Both actors were attractive but dressed in the most unflattering clothes.

In general, though, the acting (especially the comedic parts) was good across the board, and there was just so much chemistry between the cast.

AS for the music, there were only 3 main songs, and Jackrin Kungwankiatichai, who played Sasa, the SML sang one of the tracks. I like them, but they were not super memorable. The opening song was fun to listen to and lent the same tone of positivity that was infused throughout the show. For posterity, I listed them at the end of my review.

Overall, I enjoyed this lakorn and would have rated it higher if the last two episodes were not as focused on the grandmother's redemption. Even though the lead couple got together earlier, I did not get enough of their sweet moments since the side-plot of Sira and his grandmother became the main storyline towards the end. That being said, the last few scenes were lovably cute, so ultimately, it was a nice ending.

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Huge let down in the final episodes and a terrible rushed ending.

1 / GOOD:
- The lead couple's looks : Let's say it, they look beautiful together. Their beauty and handsomeness really compliment each other. It is a pleasure for the eyes.
- The lead couple's chemistry: The first episode they hardly found a way to communicate but when one of them starts to change his opinion, there is a very fun chemistry between them until the last eps where things turn sour and their new lack of communication is barely understandable.
- Loved the acting of the main couple.

2 / NOT SO GOOD:
- The story is quite bland. There not a huge scheme or a battle to fight. Just some annoying people to put roadblocks.
- SML and SFL are super annoying and their story is very forced. Nothing believable.
- Supporting characters are not interesting. No sub story with any of them but one third couple which was a comic relief more than a real sub story.

3 / TERRIBLE:
- Latest episodes have outrageous schemes just to piss the FL off and make the ML and SML look stupid with complete change of behavior. The ending is totally rushed with ML's back story almost laughable. And last but not the least, the ending where the evil character who lied and mistreated ML for years and FL just gets away with it in the name of "family", That old hag did bad things and made people suffer for decades and she receive an award. Lame.

OVERALL: I started this because of the two main leads. The beginning was a bit messy but they were so cute and the dynamic between them was fun. But towards the end, it becomes awful to the point I started to hate the ML and could not understand the SML.

6.5/10. Ultimately disappointed and I regret I spent so many hours watching this. I clearly do no recommend this despite the fact that I loved the two leads and their cute scenes.

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