Amor Bem Intencionado (2019)

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A series normalizing abusive and controlling behavior by a sociopathic male lead, with a female lead that ends up going back to him, and supporting characters that excuse his behavior and don't try to get her out of the horrible relationship.

The male lead fakes the female lead's cancer diagnosis to manipulate her into marrying him, after stalking her for 2 years, then when she finds out has guards stationed at the house so she can't escape, and steals the marriage license so she can't leave or divorce him.

Paired with a female lead that doesn't leave immediately, doesn't call the police when he basically kidnaps her, and doesn't report the huge medical fraud that happened because his family owns the hospital (both him and año te doctors are to blame here), goes back to him after 2 episodes and ends up having a real marriage and having his child.

Leia Mais

Great first half, horrible plot twist

I'm dropping this after only watching 13 episodes, mostly because it became too ridiculous for me to continue investing time in.

The amnesia, while cliche, was tolerable. The large secret the husband kept from the wife felt really wrong and kind of silly when you consider his postion, wealth, and power. The "killing" of a side character for plot progression *rolls eyes*. Plainly put, the villians felt juvenille and the plot twist was super dumb and borderline creepy, cultural diffrrences aside.

I wouldn't recommend this drama, even if the first half of the drama was enjoyable.

Leia Mais

The name of the drama is a LIE

My review contains a spoiler, but in my opinion it's a necessary spoiler.

When I started this drama I thought it was pretty okay, a bit cringy at times but still okay.

Then, The Twist happened, and I dropped this drama pretty much immediately.
They just casually said "Lol everything is a lie and the male lead is legit a gaslighting abuser but that's okay right? <3"
NO, it is NOT OKAY. I simply refuse to keep watching something that literally glorifies emotional abuse and manipulation and tries to brush them under the rug like it's nothing. My advice to you is that you do the same. Do not watch this, or if you do, don't say I didn't warn you. This is such a disgusting series and I can't believe it got a second season.

Leia Mais

just don't

acting great i actually really liked. actors had great chemistry and each had own thing.
and the main couple was a really good match and different with the usual very little skinship. they had a lot
and actually seemed like a real couple

plot good, but after episode 11 things went into the shit show.
i just dropped it after that, also the plot became really messy and stupid.
HE FAKED THAT SHE WAS ILL, and they tried to turn it into some fairytale.
like nah, i wasted my time don't waste yours.
Here you learn to read reviews.

Leia Mais

very disturbing, and not in any way that could be considered good

There are TONS of reviews saying the same thing so I won't go too much into it, but I'll just say if you're even considering giving this drama the benefit of the doubt, stop right there. Don't watch it. Just don't. If you desperately want to, I'd stop at around ep 10 or 11. But it's better if you don't watch it all.

I gave this drama a few more stars just because the acting isn't bad, the chemistry is there, and the humor was doable. But the so-called plot twist is so sick and disturbing, and the worst part is the drama never acknowledges that. It's like all the people in the production of this drama thought it was okay for these kinds of things to happen. The male lead, while at first just seemingly assertive and confident, is manipulative, abusive, and aggressive. And no, no reviewer is overreacting or exaggerating. It's really that bad. I couldn't continue watching because this plot twist made me sick to the stomach, especially since no one ever addresses how horrible and not okay it is.

Leia Mais

Honestly i never thought that a 20 ep drama could feel like so long. Like did writers use even a little of logic or common sense while writing, or they had their brain grazing in the field all along. Finally m done watching it but like seriously, even cartoons and animes make more sense than this.
It really could have been a good drama but seriously i will seriously say they ruined it this bad it cant be any better.

Plot and Acting: Ok it goes like a cute modern drama story like a cold rich man, grandma pestering for marriage, and contract marriage. Female lead story was also doing pretty good all along like sick girl and she need help from Male Lead. But the ways the female lead kept approaching the main lead were so childishly written like it would be like you are watching a cartoon for toddlers. Ok thats still abit cute till there. But a quater after frst half is like so annoying.

Like the man is crazy, ok they mean to show the possessive character trait which he changed, But if it was supposed to be that way ACTOR DID A TERRIBLE JOB, because it was cute throughout . The story and atmosphere was purely mismatched. He does passionate things which are ridiculous, but there is no ridicule in the atmosphere like seriously. And there is no character development in any character.

For main plot and leads, both failed to come upto the expectations. Neither the plot was well written, nor the leads did it well, but their way rathar made show less serious than it is, making it easy to continue until the episode end.

Other than that the supporting characters did their parts pretty well and made more sense than mains

Rewatch Value: well I have many good dramas in my bag so at least i wont be rewatching it any sooner. But if u plan to, just give ur mind a holiday while u r watching it because it makes no sense. It would be pretty well and cute until u dont talk about some common sense.

Leia Mais

You may watch to pass the time ???? it is not that bad - it just acting stiff. I think the most ‘okay’ is female lead and second male lead. However female lead really not suit this character as she keeps emphasis that she is only 20 years old - but she look like 35 years old ????????‍♀️ Her acting okay, but imagine she playing 20 years old role - certain casts does have baby face but her look very mature. So casting here wasn’t satisfied as well as other roles in this drama. The rest like newbie / when expressing certain expression at certain situation - I skipped. So most of the time I just watch lead couple moments - plot okay, just in the end when male lead explained the reason he like the female lead and courting her....illogical I guess ???? it just a drama anyway, can watch to pass time :)

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Leia Mais

drama is indeed good, though nothing special. the best part is the friends are real friends till the very end and this is one of the biggest YES for me in Dramas.
the creep game is on level God, though it was weird still was funny.
In overall chemistry is good, story is ok- there are real psychos and detestable human beings.
In overall I would give 7.9/10 - if you have watched many alike dramas and is looking for something similar style, then this is pretty fine. If it is first time- I'd rather advise to look for better dramas. Not bad, but not good enough to put in my top 10.

Leia Mais

So I just finished Season 1 for Nine days straight 😭 I have a looot of pending cdramas to watch, I think we all are haha! But I just couldn't find a certain cdrama that will help me move on from FIYS 🤷 I meant, it's one of the best decision I made, watching this first!

I dont know if this cdrama is underrated or not but I will rate it 9/10!! It's worth watching! I was super into the lead actor (Xu Kai Cheng) and he had a good suave personality, as well as being caring, thoughtful and has a husband material vibe 😭 He is like a chinese version of Mr. Grey haha very much dominant for his role, he also reminds me of my crush Danniel Henney a korean actor 🥰

I honestly enjoyed the first 10 episodes, their cheesy thing hahaha the couple looks great together in one frame, omg plus the kissing scenes are on fire 🔥 hays, from that moment, I thought they werent acting anymore. Haha Ling Yi Zhou (Xu Kai Cheng) and Xia Lin (Simona Wang) looks so natural for a married couple!

And yes! I would recommend this to you all. Haha after all, I couldn't resist and love the lead actor, Xu Kai Cheng 😍

You all should watch this!!!!♡♡♡♡

Leia Mais

This has every single modern romance cliche with an uninteresting cast of characters.

it’s starts off okay and despite all the common tropes (rich boy/poor girl, cold boy/lively girl, chance encounter, evil ex’s, love triangle, etc...) it’s still effective.

And then the story continues and we get into ridiculous plots with evil characters who manage to still get away with things. The actors aren’t that interesting, but the script doesn’t do them any favors either so I don’t know who to flault.

But when a guy is apologizing for being too controlling, he could not give her earrings....with a GPS tracker. Come on!!! How is this an acceptable way to NOT control your girlfriend? UGH!

A stupid quibble — whoever is doing the hair on the men needs to find a new job. it’s not flattering and I feel the desperate need to send them all some conditioner since their hair looks painfully dry and brittle.

Anyway, skip it since there are better ways to spend your time.

Leia Mais

Quando l'ho consigliato in passato, avevo il prosciutto sugli occhi

In passato l'ho consigliato davvero. Anzi, lo ritenevo addirittura molto bello. Poi mi sono "acculturata" guardando diversi altri drama e il mio metro di giudizio è radicalmente cambiato. Recentemente, l'ho riguardato. Per quanto continuo a condividere nella mia impressione di allora che la storia possa somigliare ad manga letto in passato, l'argomento della leucemia viene davvero trattato di m*rda. La storia di per sè fa acqua da tutte le parti. Non capisco se è un'opera volutamente trash o spazzatura da quattro soldi non voluta. La recitazione è pessima. Poi quello che succede attorno ai protagonisti? Mah.
In realtà ammetto che se la storia avesse parlato di una love story iniziata un po' così (ovviamente senza la leucemia) e avesse trattato in modo molto sweet, della serie mi escono gli arcobaleni dalle orecchie, le problematiche di una coppia sposata tramite contratto, io l'avrei accettato. Anzi, l'avrei amato. Perchè a volte ci vogliono anche questo tipo di storie e non solo strappacuore alla "Mr. Sunshine".
Ma questo drama è veramente brutto.

Leia Mais