Marriage Not Dating (2014)
Grade:
B
16 Episodes, 1 Hour Each
Viewing
Platform: Dramafever
Cheerful department store worker Joo Jang
Mi decides to propose to her boyfriend of one year, the playboy Lee
Hoon Dong. Fortunately Hoon Dong has backup; once he senses Jang Mi's
intentions, he calls best friend Gong Ki Tae to help break up the
couple. Jang Mi is relentless though, and plastic surgeon Ki Tae has
to step in more than once to spell out that the relationship is over.
Meanwhile, Ki Tae's meddling mother is threatening to sell Ki Tae's
home – his sanctuary – unless he settles down and gets married.
Out of desperation and a need to settle things once and for all
against his mother, Ki Tae hatches a plan: find a girl that his
mother would NEVER accept, and pretend to be dating her. The perfect
accomplice is of course the sincere and sympathetic Jang Mi, with the
promise of revenge against Hoon Dong. What happens when the
supposedly simple lie in this game of chicken with Ki Tae's mother
keeps growing bigger? Will Jang Mi be able to keep seeing the
mysterious and handsome waiter at Hoon Dong's restaurant? How will Ki
Tae handle the realization that he doesn't want the deception to end?
*This drama is more risque than most
Korean dramas I've seen, with the characters sleeping around, showing
a lot of skin, and drinking a lot – but nothing more than a PG-13
movie would show. Jang Mi's character is cute, and I love when the
prideful guy realizes the girl he thinks he'd NEVER love ends up
fulfilling him in ways he didn't think possible. This had a great
pace as well, with very few slow moments, and the writers managed to
show some real character development over the course of the drama.
The music was fun, too. I might watch it again.*
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