Jung So Min's (정소민) Can We Get Married Year End Review

As a K-drama addict, I tend to read year end reviews,

Just to see how my favorite dramas fared to the other viewers like me.

And happy to see that even though MinMin's drama Can We Get Married is not yet done

I have read a good comment about it!

It makes me so proud as a Minnies to know that MinMin's drama is being appreciated.

This is a repost of excerpt from HeadsNo2 reviews from dramabeans!

Thanks Heads2No2! ^_^

You can read her full reviews at dramabeans.com

credits: HeadsNo2 of dramabeans.com

Though less buzzed about than fellow cable sleeper hits such as Queen In-hyun’s Man and Answer Me 1997, Can We Get Married? has proven itself to be one of the strongest romantic comedies of the year. Scratch that – it’s just a strong drama, through and through.

I gave the first episode a chance unabashedly just for love of Sung Joon, and was taken aback when the end of the episode hit because it seemed like it was all of five minutes long. And yes, episodes are a bit shorter on cable, but the reason why this one feels like it just zooms by is due to the tight writing and even tighter directing. It just injects a sense of energy to the show that you didn’t know you were missing. The scenes feel fresh and breezy, the dialogue is quick, the characters relatable, the pace fast.

Pacing is really what makes or breaks a romantic comedy, since too much time spent running around in circles tends to tire the audience out. Not here, where we experience a myriad of couples while our main duo, Sung Joon and Jung So-min, are introduced to us having already passed the honeymoon stage of their relationship. We meet them as they’re already considering marriage, and walk with them through the havoc reality wreaks on love.

Another standout of the show definitely falls to the depiction of a divorce, played with stark realism that other dramas tend to shy away from. I especially love that we’re not being peddled the idea that this marriage should be saved, so that we instead get to commiserate with the soon-to-be-ex-wife as she faces a horrible nightmare none of us would want to find ourselves in.

In a year so starved for romantic comedies, Can We Get Married? is an astonishing little drama filled to the brim with realism and handled with aplomb by everyone involved. Cable networks jTBC and tvN had a good year, that’s for sure. Here’s to many more.