Pretendente Surpresa (2022)

A lighthearted rom-com that plays well into their cliches

This drama started off STRONG. Even though we have seen this premise in countless of other dramas, the performance from the cast left me craving for more.

I was scared that this drama would fall into the trap of other dramas by dragging out a lot of their tropes, but to my own surprise, none of them get dragged out. The story moves very fast-paced from one conflict to another or from one trope to another, which can be a good or bad thing (some parts did feel brushed aside just for the sake of moving things along).

For such a lighthearted drama, it never failed to make me feel happy and have an overall good time. I swear I would smile for 60 minutes straight every time I watched this drama. There are so many funny moments and jokes that you won't find in most other k-dramas. In many ways, I feel as if this is a modernization of cliche poor-rich rom-coms with the fast-paced nature and a more playful story (sacrificing character development and tear-jerking moments for more playful and comical moments).

While I do say this drama started off strong, it didn't end as strong as I had hoped. The ending felt simple which I do understand with the drama only having 12 episodes, but I felt yearning for more at the end.

Overall, a great drama that plays well into their cliches without dragging any tropes for longer than it needs be. A fun and light-hearted rom-com drama for anyone looking for a drama to relax to!

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a testament to the power of "committing" and not taking anything too seriously

Business Proposal was cheesy, trope-y, and absolutely amazing. this is an example of how powerful it is when creators know exactly what they are going for, acknowledge that it is campy, and fully lean into that cheesiness aspect.

in addition to the perfect 12 episode story arc (seriously, I haven't seen such a well-paced rom-com before! no forced break-ups!), I am genuinely so blown away by how well done all of the K-Drama cliches were in this series. it was like a little homage to everything that makes K-Dramas what they are, from the silly tropes to the more serious drama (although I am glad we skipped the childhood connection trope, hah!). I loved the way they acknowledged this through the incorporation of the ongoing drama all the characters were watching. the creators of Business Proposal knew what they were making wasn't unique, or particularly fresh, but they let this guide the way to creating an absolute delight of a series that I think any K-Drama fan, old or new, will get something out of.

the characters were charming, and the cast genuinely had me smiling along with them. it was nice to watch something so fun. I knew things would work out, I knew people would fall in love surprisingly fast, but it wasn't boring or overdone, it genuinely somehow had me on the edge of my seat for each new episode. the 12 episode storyline also kept things from being too drawn out; I am truly impressed by how well-paced the story was.

I haven't enjoyed a rom-com like this in years. it is honestly a genre I tend to stay away from now because it has always felt a bit repetitive to me, and I find myself dropping dramas quickly because of it. I think my appreciation for Business Proposal comes from the fact they acknowledge many of their viewers will feel this way, and the show feels almost like an inside joke, in the most delightful way.

if you need a little happy distraction, this is the perfect drama for it.

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(Edited!) Worth time that you have. Hilarious, fun, and well done

I know that I’m only four episodes in, but it has been so long since I actually found drama that I not only deeply enjoy, but also like so much that I’m willing to watch it as it comes out that I just had to write a review. It is that entertaining. All of the cast is cast perfectly. They all really fit their characters and do an incredible job of breathing life into them. They are humorous, and sometimes the humor is over the top, but even when it’s over the top it’s still somehow feels like exactly the right amount. I find myself engaging in belly laughs, hands on my knees level laughs, gasping laughs, the kind of laughing that will wake up the people around me. It’s just frankly delightful. I’m avoiding any and all spoilers, so I’m so sorry if this review is generic seeming, but honestly all you really know need to know is that I really strongly encourage you to try this drama. The only thing that this drama has against it, is that the theme song is too catchy. In like I can’t stop thinking about it but I would like to stop thinking about it. Beyond that, if you like comedy, you’ll love this drama.

Okay so edited and without spoilers: but by the end, the drama stops being as self aware of tropes and stops poking fun at them, so it just /becomes/ trope-y. There were so many things they could have don’t to keep the pacing and humor up and it’s a little disappointing that they didn’t. But it was still a good drama that I’ll think of fondly. I’ll definitely still rewatch this for the laughs at the beginning.
once you give it the shot it deserves and love the beginning, you’ll find that you need to finish it and you won’t feel like you wasted your time when finishing it. But you just possibly won’t be as satisfied with it as you thought you were going to be.

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it supposed to be fun, but the third act is no longer funn

what can I say? what a great cast. Especially for the main cast. If not because of them emoting all the right notes that tickles romantic and emotion in me , I don't think I will be drawn to the character at all.

the writing seems more organic in the first half. The romcom genre suit the first half of drama. but it's clear they want to bring the conflict and the second half should be more on serious tone. but they want to keep going about being funny, and the funny but unnecesary scene keep getting insert that at the end they resolved the conflict with half bake resolution. So the amount of episode feels short, despite it's not. what a shame. with talent cast like this, they should aim higher to get better writing. more over, it seems some character switch personality half way. like Kang Tae Moo character.

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I rom com "innovativi" che ci piacciono

Per quanto la storia sappia di visto e rivisto, questo è il tipo di drama che ogni tanto mi merito di guardare. Il tipo di drama che mi serve quando cerco una storia leggera e divertente, in grado di alleviare lo stress giornaliero. Ho apprezzato che i coreani con questa opera si siano spinti un po' più in là rispetto alle solite storie caste e che sia quindi un po' più spicy. Per il resto la storia non è nulla di innovativo, ma devo essere sincera mi è piaciuto tutto. Di solito io sono quella del pelo nell'uovo ma a sto giro mi è andata abbastanza bene. Dico abbastanza perchè c'è una cosina: 12 episodi invece dei canoni 16. Sinceramente ho apprezzato che non si perdesse in roba inutile ma l'avrei preferito un po' più lungo. Consigliato se vi piaccono drama office/rom-com sulla scia di What's Wrong with Secretary Kim ( sì, io l'ho amato, va bene? XD)

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I Think Manhwa is Better.

I just hate it. The actors didn't fit the characters, I personally think that the Female Lead could have been played by a much prettier actress. I also didn't like that people compared the series to What's wrong with secretary Kim. The comedy was worthless, it was forced, or so it seemed to me. Bromance? Blahh 🤮, nothing much. The only thing I liked there was the OST.

I just didn't like the actress in that, I didn't like her appearance, I found her annoying and in the Manhwa the Female Lead was drawn pretty, I liked her there and it seemed to me that she also had a different personality than in the drama. I'm not saying she's a bad actress, I just didn't like her in this and it bothered me. In fact, I didn't even like the Main Lead in it, as in other dramas, I don't mind him at all, he's good. Only in this one he come off as awful and spoiled the character in the Manhwa for me. Just my opinion.

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Warning! Don't eat, drink, shi.. while watching

Yep!
That's the title.
I don't want you to choke.. while laughing.
Yes. This is that hilarious.
This drama is one of those which will relieve from monday evening pressure. It's relief to watch and laugh genuinely.

All the actors are doing a great job.

I think this is first time I am watching a funny female leads , not one but both of them are funny...they are completely US.
Not allowing the opposite person to talk, and acting brash when tensed.

I can't remember how many times I laughed very loudly.
Especially the back ground music,
It was superbly fantastic.
Done very apt, for every frame. ..the underscore animal sounds
Archaeopteryx
Cat meows
Snarls
the funny
Incidental sounds when the actor are embarassed or goofy etc made it more funny.
I won't tell much ..
But...go, watch for eye catching, mouth watering ROMANCES and DISHES...
Enjoy watching.
Do let me know your views

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Just a pure happy pill

Everyone is aware of the fact that Business Proposal contains a lot of clichés, but it's a quite a well-written cliché. I am usually bothered if a drama has cliché plot points, especially if it has this much, yet surprisingly I really enjoyed this one. Frankly speaking, there is nothing about this drama that you can't see in any other drama. However, unlike those dramas, Business Proposal has some kind of a spell that will get you addicted to it. I don't know how they did it, but it wasn't annoying at all. Well indeed there were moments that I was unimpressed and believed they could've at least added something different or that it was a bit exaggerated, yet I still really enjoyed it overall. Mind you, there will be some cringey and cheesy lines too!

Business Proposal is a good one to watch if you're looking for a drama wherein you won't have to make theories, worry about what will happen, and become anxious while watching. Just sit back, relax, laugh and feel butterflies in your stomach. I think that my mood during the weeks this aired contributed to how much I enjoyed it, it was exactly what I need during those times I felt dull and spent my nights overthinking. But Business Proposal had me looking forward to Mondays and Tuesday because I know my nights during those days would be filled with laughter and smiles. I don't have to overthink if they'll end up together or what conflicts they'll have to go through because we all know what will happen anyways.

So if you're looking for a drama that would make you feel thrilled because of its intriguing story, or bawl your eyes out because of the angst, this is definitely not the one and you might feel annoyed watching this.

The acting could have been better, if I were to be honest. There were a few parts where the acting felt a bit awkward (for specific actor/s), but it did not bother me much since I still had fun. The acting overall is okay, but didn't stand out to me much except for Seol In Ah who was perfect in portraying her role. Nonetheless, all actors did their best and sometimes it was actually the camera angles' fault because I saw some behind videos and it was actually better than the scene that was presented.

Although I still liked the main couple more than the second couple, I cannot deny that the second couple had more chemistry. Don't get me wrong! Both couples have amazing chemistry, but the second couple felt more natural. Hatae is still my favorite because I enjoyed their scenes a lot. To sum it up, the main couple focused on cute and innocent-like (but definitely not purely innocent) scenes. You can clearly see they're first timers that's why it's so cute! Especially because they had some moments when they needed to hide their relationship. While the second couple had a more steamy and mature relationship, it's as if they're already married because their romance was so natural.

I definitely think that they should've extended it to a few more episodes, it felt too short and i wanted to see more Hatae scenes especially because they became a couple just in the last few episodes of the drama and they had to hide it until the end. I wanted to see them openly in a relationship more and even their life after marriage, but Netflix probably told the writers to cut it off at 12 episodes. They still should've found a way to speed up the development of their relationship because the ending felt rushed and incomplete. Even so, that doesn't erase the fact that this drama comforted me a lot.

Overall, it was nothing new yet still very fun to watch. A light romcom to watch if you need something simple in this kdrama era where every kdrama would make your head or eyes hurt. It still depends on your sensitivity to clichés, cheesy lines and overused plots if you'll actually enjoy the drama. Just give it a shot and see! Personally, I feel like I was not myself during the time I watched Business Proposal lol. I really don't get how I actually enjoyed it, it was so unusual of me. But yeah like I said, it could also depend on your mood and what your mental health wants lmao.

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Neoui haengdonge seolleeohago (I feel excited because of your actions)

To start this, I'm happy I watched this w/o waiting the complete episodes. It's supper funny lovely, cute, etc
Firstly, I was wowed when I saw the ratings get so high that fast. I actually did't check last night because I want to watch it together with ep 12.

I will list first the thing that I don't like because there is just little things I don't like
- I hate those "years later" thing, you could say it is the same with airport scenes.
> the story wast good enough the america thing is not needed for me.
- They should handled the grandfather of Taemu and father of Yeongsu better
> they showed the series about Geum Hui so I never thought that they made it like the series too, it means the series is
unnecessary.
- Did I ever heard them saying "I Love You", they should atleast right hehe.


Stop the negativity there, I'll focus on those a lot of things that I liked
- Shin Ha Ri the ultimate heroine. She is so funny, cute, beautiful and mature w/o being naive. She has the best relationship with everyone. She's the most likeable character these days. Although, she shouldn't hide Tae mu all the time haha.
-Tae mu the great cold president but crazy in love with HaRi. He is too funny too especially when there are unexpected things hehe. It's good that they made him the president that is not obsessed with high class places, he can go anywhere and he stands his word towards Ha Ri.
- Yeongsu and Sunghoon, they are so funny too. they have shorter scene because they are the 2nd couple that is why there relationship is not that chaotic. They just love each other and they fight for it.
-Chairman Kang. He should be my favorite character but not now because of his reaction to Ha Ri and Taemu's relationship. I'm not saying that they should let him accept her directly but they should handled it better like the parents of Hari. I love the reactions of Hari's parents, they are not 100% approved but they handled that part well. This drama is so funny and hard to cry but I cried when Hari's father talked to Taemu.

The number of episode is just fine, they might just drag it if it will be 16 but I hope that it should be 13 or at least an special episode to wrap up everything because there are things that I want to see. They did not actually finish giving a solution to Hari's situation at the company, they should show them their marriage so that Hari's name will be hundred percent clean. I love to see the reaction of TEAM 1 about them being lovey dovey hehe. I want Taemu to clear things with Hari's parents about those rumors, they can't just ignore that because the parents doesn't know about it. They should show the future relationship between Hari and Grandpa because they are the funniest in this drama, I'll say that the hospital scene was the funniest for me ahahaha. I want them so badly to say "I love you" to each other openly. Of course those are just my wishful thinking hehe because I'm already happy with it.

I would say this is my favourite among all the dramas I watched so far this YEAR but I'm giving it 9.5 because I really want atleast 1 ep hehe.

OK. So, this drama is all about the chaotic, funny, and lovely relationship of a president and an employee. The president and employee thing might be an old concept but it is different from this drama, they made it so good. There are too many characters and scenes that will crack you up from laughing , it is light not to intense and there is no relative that will try to snatch the company. I just loved how they made it simple, adorable yet satisfying story line. I give credit to Kim Sejeong for bringing Hari's character the best, she made it so good, although everyone is good it's just that Hari is the best for me. This drama is my happy pill every monday and tuesday.

SO TO THOSE THAT ARE YET TO WATCH THIS, DON'T HESITATE AND START TO BUCKLE UP YOURSELF FOR A CRAZY JOURNEY.

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A MUST WATCH DRAMA.

This is, without a doubt, the best K-drama I've seen in 2022.

Yes, it was another cliched love story. The cold CEO male lead, who has no idea what love is, A chaotic yet calm female lead from a middle-class family, and the romance of their respective friends. It creates a love square in which neither of them has any negative feelings. For a brief moment, there is also a love triangle, but yeah.
They will keep you engaged and curious about the next episode from the very first episode. They have fantastic twists in between, as well as a family comedy drama, which makes the whole thing perfect.

In a nutshell, this is a cute, fluffy, sweet romance drama about two couples with a lot of comedy that lasts until the final episode.

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One of the best kdramas I've ever seen

To be honest, this series are amazing. Not only do the cast portray an incredible job, but also they have insane chemistry which is no joke. The plot is really interesting and every chapter is so enjoyable that I could watch it several times. The only thing that I can object is that the ending was quite rushed, but I still enjoyed it as if I was a child watching a movie. I would love a second season but I believe there won't be enough material to do so. Anyways, I would love it in order to see the interactions between both the lead and the second couple, as both of them are really amazing and you can really feel they are in love with each other. Also the friendship between the characters is so funny that I wish I had some friendship like that.

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I 110% recommend this kdrama!

A Business Proposal
Soooo A Business Proposal just finished and although the last episode was kind of rushed, I loved the whole series! I can totally see myself re-watching this in the future! I loved the characters (the Grandad made me laugh so much, he's so relatable!), the acting was fantastic, the OST was so so so good, and the overall story was beautiful! I wish the ending hadn't been as rushed and that we’d seen a wedding or two, but I'm glad it wasn't a full 16 episodes. I don't think it would've worked well, it would've meant dragging things out and the show would've lost its spark. I should give it a 10/10, but I think it's a 9.5 because I'm being picky about the ending.
Oh, and one last thing, this was one of the first series where I loved both the lead couples! I thought both the main and second lead romances were beautifully crafted, they oozed so much chemistry and were heart-racingly amazing to watch!!!
Here are some reasons why you should watch it:
• The Grandfather
• The bromance and the sismance 💖
• The OST 10/10
• Its shorter than most kdramas
• It was definitely made to be binged watched
• THE CHEMISTRY 🔥
• The comedy scenes (the fake Jin Young Seo scenes were hilarious)
• The friendship between the leads
• Samantha and Rachel (if you know you know) 😏
• The perfect use of glasses, to enhance someone’s attractiveness and spice up scenes
• And all the feels! 🥰
• It is an ultimate rom-com in which clichés are used perfectly and mainly not in a cringy or awkward way.
Reasons you may not enjoy it/want to watch it:
• It’s a classic all out romantic comedy so if you hate all things trope filled and romantic, it's probably best to avoid this drama.
• If you passionately hate any sort of trope/cliché, then you might not like this show even though in my opinion they used them really well
• It has its cringe moments, just like any good rom com
• You may find that the whole drama is just moving too fast. This kdrama is only 12 episodes so they had to ensure that the storyline moved quickly (I think this was done and handled really well, although another episode of an extended episode 12 would’ve been nice)
All that being said, this drama made my Mondays and Tuesdays so much more enjoyable, and I totally recommend treating yourself and watching this kdrama!

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