Secret Garden (2010–2011)
6/10
The body switching provides laughs, but the show is too long
13 August 2020
Warning: Spoilers
There are some good points about this hit series that make it worth watching. There are some laugh out loud scenes when the body switch thing happens. Hyun Bin fans will get to see him show a whole range of acting ability from comedy to drama to romance. But he has to act really goofy and desperate in his love scenes and in a way that is quite dated by today's standards. Ha Ji Won is well cast since she is supposed to be tomboyish and her action looks convincing. Yoon Sang Hyun is well cast as the funny singer and it's nice to see him sing the hit OST songs. His romance with beauty queen Kim Sa Rang is a bit draggy. The music is quite nice in this series. Looks like the cast were filming in super cold conditions without thick clothing.

The fault of this series is in the writer is repetitiveness as you can see from the other shows. She doesn't have enough story so the last part was silly with the amnesia. The mother in law disapproval thing is just way too overdone. The last episode should have ended earlier. The flashback at the ends things on a downer. If this had been 16 instead of 20 episodes it might have felt better.
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