Warm and Cozy (2015)
Grade:
C+
16 Episodes, 1 hr each
Viewing
Platform: Viki
Lee Jung-joo drew the short end of the
stick when it came to relationships and jobs. When Jung-joo flies to Jeju to
check on the property her brother was supposed to purchase with her
life savings, she discovers her boyfriend cheating on her. Then Jung-joo is fired from her job and has nothing
left but a ramshackle, dirt floor house that is literally falling
apart. She finds work at a small restaurant nearby, named “Warm and
Cozy,” and soon makes friends with the renowned diver women of the
island. What happens when she starts to have feelings for the
restaurant owner? Will the reappearance of her mother cut off the
budding romance? How will the villagers' efforts to match her up with their mayor go? And what happens when a secret is revealed about who
took the life of the head diver's husband 30 years ago?
*This drama has a slow pace from the
get-go, but it seemed to fit the slower paced island lifestyle. The
lead actors are attractive, but the script did not give their
characters many opportunities for romance. The script also relied
heavily on drinking as a way to get anyone to admit anything; I
understand that as a device to use once in a drama, maybe twice –
but any more often than that reflects poor character development and
lazy writing. There are a few cute comedic moments, but that's about
the only good point. There was too much push and pull between two
immature characters, to the point I lost interest in whether or not
they'd ever end up together. I would not watch this drama again.*
