I think of My Princess as a typical, cute, romantic comedy. It was perfect to watch while sick at home. Song Seung Hun, & Kim Tae Hee, are really good together, and make a really good looking couple. I loved their chemistry from episode one, and became quickly addicted to their flirtatious teasing of each other. Lee Seol was charming, without overdoing it. As for Park Hae Young/Mr. P, the P could stand for perfect, as in... 'dream man', as in... 'more shower scenes next time, please!!!'
The rest of the cast was pretty good, but not particularly impressive, except for Park Ye Jin. I loathed Oh Yoon Joo, so I have to credit the actress for bringing out so much hate in me. Clearly a sociopath, Oh Yoon Joo definitely was a perfect villain. The other characters weren't really written with much depth in my opinion. I guess this isn't exactly a drama you should expect much depth from anyway.
I think this drama's weakest area is in the writing. I didn't mind the recycled poor-girl-turned-princess story, and I liked that there was, initially, a legitimate dilemma keeping the two main stars apart. My biggest problem was that eventually the story started to go nowhere for too long. The first episodes set the bar high for cute, funny, rewatchable, and romantic moments. The last episodes felt like complete time wasters, and even the cute romantic moments lost some of their spark. The overall ending was fine, but it felt to me like too little too late. I wish that they'd just quit while they were ahead, then my numbers would have been much higher.
I would still recommend My Princess, but if the chemistry in the first few episodes doesn't appeal to you, I would suggest moving on to something else.
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