The Man Living in Our House (2016) User Reviews

fix the female lead and get rid of love triangle it would be better

[Faith-Gibbs · 6/10 · 30 August 2022]

Overall it's a pretty good show. Like the non romantic plot line. Some of the romantic plot line was alright. Though the lead female sometimes drives me crazy. I don't want to give any spoilers but, she's dated before and still does stupid stuff that's inappropriate. She's always getting mad at the male lead over dumb crap. She's late 20's international age after dating for 9 years, so there's no excuse for her to act like she doesn't know relationship rules. The last several episodes were not as good. The lawyer got on my nerves a lot. (Love the actor, just disliked his character at times) Seriously not every Kdrama needs a frickin love triangle. I hardly leave reviews but I had to stop episode 15 several minutes before the end, to write one.

Adorable Kdrama!

[reviverinpink · 10/10 · 30 August 2021]

This is a must see drama. It has everything from comedy, to romance, to some action! I was so sad when it was over. I'm rewatching again!

Romantic, Suspenseful, Good Trimphs Over Evil Drama

[cageronimolaw · 10/10 · 25 April 2024]

I loved this show. Transformative for all of the characters. Isn't it a great story when the main characters evolve, become more human, etc?

The main character Go Nan-gil is played by Kim Young-Kwang, one of my favorite actors. A striking young man with a complicated, devastating back story. His smile is transformative & enchanting.

Soo Ae is an actress I have not seen before. She was excellent. Someone who is skeptical, sarcastic, and troubled turns into a woman who smiles, is giddy and dreams. She has been engaged for 9 years - why?

Lee SooHyuck is your not very friendly neighbor lawyer turned museum owner. Prickly, detached, critical, sarcastic but with a bruised heart.

Jo BoAh is fantastic as an interfering, coworker who covets Soo Ae's fiancee, played by Kim Ji Hoon, a very handsome guy. Woo Do-hwan and Kim Young-kwang are adopted brothers, but will their relationship survive or collapse?

This is a complicated story with many threads, but in the end, it's a love story, life-affirming good beats evil tale.

The chemistry between the leads is palpable. Dealing with their history, they are able to lay the truth bare, survive and prosper. A must watch.

Mediocre

[benny-72835 · 4/10 · 19 March 2021]

The first 6 episodes were smooth, but than the plot turned dull and confusing. Plus the comedy element was a little bit weak, and so was the chemistry between the main actor and actress. If it weren't for the man lead, I would say this series painful to watch.

Good enough

[PennyReviews · 4/10 · 18 May 2017]

The first half of this drama was really good: a woman, having broken up with her fiancé, goes back to her mother's house. Her mother had died a few months ago, and the woman hadn't visited the place for some years. But she is surprised to find a young man (younger than her) living in the house. Moreover, she is more surprised to find that the man calls himself her father, having married her mother without telling her, and now demanding from her to treat him like her father as well. The story proceeds as the woman struggles to accept him as her father and she starts to discover alarming evidence about his past life. That's the first part. The second half, however, gets a little tiring and boring. The twists are obvious and not interesting, the love triangle is seriously weak and the romance gets a little held back by so many events and eventually, loses its power and gets boring as well. Other than that, the drama as a whole was funny, especially the times when the guy acted like an old man, had some interesting parts and the performances were good, though I would have preferred the leading lady to have acted more active when pretending to be happy (she smiled, but her eyes were boring). So, 4 out of 10.