My 20th Twenty is pretty much what the title suggests; Kang So Won ( Choi Yu Ju) was turning twenty during the millennium ( 2000). However, after encountering a bitter witch ( Go Soo Hee )who takes offence at So Won's actions, she is cursed to remain at the age of twenty forever.


While sounding like a dream come true to remain youthful, So Won finds her situation turning into a living nightmare. Her friends and those close to So Won cannot remember her after a year. She is forced to move from different jobs and places after a year ( due to the spell) and remains like a living ghost.


Now chronologically in her forties, So Won is desperate to try and find a lead about the witch and finally break her curse. After several mishaps, she meets cold and stoic Min Kang Hyun ( Jung Su Bin) and the kindhearted Jo Sang Wook ( Dawon). Despite bearing a close resemblance to her first love, Kang Hyun is the opposite of him in both temperament and personality. However, as the series progresses and So Won finds herself chasing further leads, she becomes more involved with the two youths.


For a short web series, My 20th Twenty has a surprisingly interesting premise: a girl is cursed to remain twenty forever, it is not all it cracks up to be, and she finds love along the way. It is simple, yet sweet. Naturally, it is fair to say the series was never going to be a tour de force example of flawless writing and execution. The characters are fairly cookie-cutter from other drama and pretty much ticks all the boxes you would expect from a short romance series; the oblivious, yet charming female lead, the stoic male lead and the bubbly second male lead, jealousy, and a hidden secret somewhere in the midst. It is a fair cliché series with characters only playing their roles to be assets to the short plot.


The acting is better than you would think, shockingly. Naturally, there are some more questionable and cheesy acting moments, but the main leads delivered fairly well, with all things considered.


The execution of the web series was one of its major downfalls. It would naturally be a rush, and try to fit in as much as possible into such a short time. Still, the heavy focus on the romantic factor for most of the narrative often left the more intriguing elements of the female lead's quest to find the witch in the background, leading to a rushed resolution. The ending was fairly sweet but was a byproduct of this writing direction.



Overall, My 20th Twenty is a fairly lighthearted and sugary web series with a romantic factor and a surprisingly interesting premise. Sadly, time restraints, a restricted budget and writing did mean the series felt a little easy to forget from short web dramas with similar plot scenarios and setups. Overall, it made an easygoing binge-watch, but little else.