¿Qué le ocurre a la secretaria Kim? (2018)

If You are looking for drama with deep and profund plot - better go find something else. But as long as You are seeking for nice, romantic story, a little bit cliche, yet still with lots of humour and heart-fluttering - this is drama for You !!

Let's face it - this is not a story worth of Oscar Award, but that was not the point. Despite it, I found this drama very enjoyable to watch!!! I can't count how many times I laughed while watching it - I also cant count how many time my heart flutters during romantic scenes. I am sure that for many people the plot could be very cliche, but that's how it supposed to be - just light drama to watch as a form of relax from stresses of outside world.

Let's focus on leading roles - Park Min Young and Park Seo Joon were just perfect couple. He, as a narcissistic vice chairman, and she, as his secretary, created characters that make You laugh, cry, angry. You can feel the chemistry between them. But not only them - also support actors left really good impression. In that drama there is no such person You couldn't like :D

Moreover, this drama has got one of the best special effects I've ever seen. All this flying hearts, lewd devils etc. were the perfect match to the scenery. The music also made this drama really pleasant not only to watch, but also to listen.

Overall, 'What's Wrong With Secretary Kim' is perfect, if You want to relax during the afternoons and forget about everything. Just gather with Your friends, grab some popcorn and start watching it!!! You won't regret it, so just sit comfortably and enjoy it!!!

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everything all tied up in a little bow

Came for the cute romance between the two leads and got more than what I expected! This is a simple drama to watch with a forgiving mix of romance and comedy. This drama is exactly what I was looking for when I needed something light to watch amidst other more "serious" dramas.

The one thing I really enjoyed about the storyline was there was no shaming the "poor girl" nor is the "rich guy's" mom spiteful towards her. I love all the familial relationships. But other than that, there wasn't really anything special about the plot. It has all the ingredients for your typical kdrama (not a bad thing). However, I did feel like it dragged out for a bit. Perhaps I am just impatient and considering that the episodes were an hour long, but I pushed on! I don't regret watching it. Like I said, it's a fun drama to watch so just don't take it seriously :)

What really carried the show was the acting especially between the male and female lead. They have so much on-screen chemistry it's insane. It really sells the story. Every time they're doing an intimate kissing scene, I keep forgetting they're doing all this while the film crew is surrounding them because it truly felt so natural seeing them together.

P.S. Don't forget to check out the OST. Every song is good

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It's a generic kdrama, if you're looking for something that's different, it's not for you

I decided to pick up this drama because of the hype going around it and I briefly read the webtoon however I personally found it difficult to engage with.
Personally, I'm a viewer that enjoys dramas that stray away from the 'narcisstic guy fell for the kind female lead' because at some point I feel that it gets dragged on for too long (maybe that's just me though because I've seen a lot from that trope). I found it difficult to engage in after seeing a 'Business Proposal' because the romance aspect of the show was dragged on for too long and there wasn't any power-duo that kept me wanting to watch more.
For the viewers, if you're looking for a drama that's different from the generic kinds of romance plots or has seen a LOT of romance kdramas, I wouldn't recommend this drama for you.
However if you're a newbie in the kdrama world, this drama is a good one to get you going.

Happy Binging!!

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A story of trauma, healing, and the journey between

I've seen a lot of bad reviews saying this series is lacking on story since there was no diabolical other woman/man, death threats, evil Mother in law, etc. but honestly it was refreshing to see the main characters growing and healing together.

From first impressions Young Joon seems to be cold and pompous but you see as the story goes why he became that way. He felt as a kid that he had to hide his trauma from not only a kidnapping but the preceding bullying that was inflicted by his brother that caused him to be kidnapped. It was implied that he was ostracized for being intellectually gifted, so instead of letting others mock him for it, he shrouds himself in a protective façade of being overly pompous. When he starts to relax around Mi So, he becomes more open and protective of her but then when he becomes nervous he will slip back behind the self protective wall of being overly pretentious. I really loved seeing him grow as a partner to her, going from "wont it be great to marry me, an amazing intelligent handsome man" to "I want to marry you, the most amazing beautiful intelligent woman, can I have that honor?"

Also seeing how the brothers guilt over what he did and how it caused him to repress the real memories and how it caused so much animosity between them. Them learning to forgive each other and regain their brotherly love was so nice to see.

Also the side couples, are the cutest. I love the awkwardness and sweet love between them.

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It’s the 21st century, let’s write better male leads

At the beginning, this drama left you questioning what was real and what was not, and kept you engaged in the story. After we find the real story of what happened in the childhood though.. the drama takes a sharp turn, the CEO was finally turning into the courageous, righteous person he was when he was younger.. until he wasn’t, and they bring back the arrogant, narcissistic speeches which become less and less funnier as the story progresses.

However, the most devastating part about the ending scenes are the female lead apologizing for things she absolutely shouldn’t be apologizing for.. first for not being sure about wanting to sleep with him, and then for taking him to the same place as the man she went on a date with ONCE.. It’s like the writers wanted us to hate this man after they wrote younger him as mature and caring, who made choices those older than him couldn’t even make (one point in case being his older brother), and giving us 1/3rd of a glimpse of what a proper male lead with that personality looked like for like a half of a second. What a shame.

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Funny drama, but loses any driving force towards the end

This had a strong start for me. I loved the characters and how funny it was at times. The plot was pretty simple and straightforward; it definitely had elements that pulled my interest and kept me watching, but around episode 12 after pretty much everything had been solved I got SO BORED. Not even my love for Seo Joon could stop my from skipping massive parts of the last few episodes, and based on what I saw during my skipping, I wasn't missing much. There's basically no plot after episode 12. Barely any conflict, which means there's nothing driving the story anymore. Anyway, a good time for a little while, but I'll likely forget about this one quickly.

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Like a romance sampler - a little bit of every type of romance all in the one drama.

Just a simple romance show. Nothing special about it, but you can lose yourself in it for a few hours.

Another user mentioned that an "enjoyment" rating would be a good addition to this site. I agree. This show wasn't really good, but I enjoyed it and don't exactly regret spending 16hrs of my life on it. (Although the music became really repetitive and grating.)

The show is all over the place. Manipulation, mental health issues, trauma and phobias, hot-and-cold lovers, poor-meets-rich, first loves, exes that aren't over each other yet, secret pasts, workaholics, poor life choices... the writers sort of just grabbed a bit of everything they had in their cupboard and threw it in a pot. But every individual element was done pretty well. I especially liked the realistic portrayels of phobias and traumatic flashbacks, and the on-going effects they have on a person.

However, I wish this wasn't is a romance. It would be a hilarious show, where the rich egomaniac keeps trying to win a girls heart in order to get her to take back her job, while she just continues on with her life and shuts him down each time - without falling for his persistent harassment.

Can someone make this show, but leave out the weak willed romance?

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Story
It is a light and heart-warming drama. It is a rom-com. There is almost no plot twist in this drama and you won't have any roaller coaster mood because this drama almost never has that "sad" and "heartbreaking" moments. If you love plot twist, this drama is certainly not for you. And as a drama goes on, we will see mostly romantic scene. The story isn't what the author focus on. Sometimes this becomes a huge problem, because it made the drama boring to watch

Acting/Cast
This drama is led by superstar actor and actress, whom they are Park Seo Joon and Park Min Young. They definetely did a great job of potraying their character. Their chemistry is certainly great, looking by the fact, there are rumors that they already "date". But, I would like to say, Park Min Young did some unnatural gestures. Park Seo Joon really did a great job I would say, but sometimes, I felt weird watching him as the character.

Music
The osts were good, I love one of them, but that's it. The music mainly didn't affect our (or mine?) emotion of watching the drama.

Rewatch value
I mostly rewatch the drama for its sweet moment, but not only for it. The story is a bit boring, so I might hesitate to rewatch it.

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I waited until I completed watching What's Wrong with Secretary Kim before giving my final thoughts in this review.
First and foremost I should mention that I overall enjoyed watching this drama and never once considered dropping it. The story itself is nothing new, but that's okay! I personally love a lot of the cliche genre's used in this drama including rich man "poor" woman, office romance, male lead falls in love first, arrogant male lead, and etc. The biggest reason from the story that really stopped me from considering this as one of "the greatest" rom-coms was how useless the character of the big brother (AKA the 2nd ML?) was, and I blame that entirely on the writing. He was for sure the most confusing nonsensical character period! Having said that though the saving grace of this entire drama for me was Mr. Yang and Ms. Bong's romance it was not only funny beyond words, but it was also incredibly cute to watch go down, this is one pairing I would not have minded getting more screen time.
The acting was incredible both Park Seo Joon and Park Min Young delivered in making me root for this final pairing. As well as all of the supporting cast, not a single actor comes to mind as the "weak link" everyone's performance truly made the cheesy lines (thanks again writers!) appealing and interesting to watch!
Music was always perfectly timed and the song "It's You" was perfect for romantic scenes.
Now as for the rewatch value personally a drama would have to completely blow me away for me to ever consider rewatching it, which this one didn't. I might look up specific clips that made me smile when I saw them, but no this drama is not one that I'd rewatch.

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Too boring to watch

I have no idea why this show has so many good reviews and a high rating. It is such a boring, plain and exhaustingly simple "helpless girl" x "strong dominant boy". Why not make a show where the CEO is a woman and the man is her assistant? I'm not complaining because it is "misogynistic" or "misandrist", but I am complaining because it's exhausting to watch... We are already used to seeing small, tiny and frail women and strong men everywhere. We watch TV to escape daily life and reality. It is your job to give us a fun escape like "Princess, you have 5 husbands" kind of funny. We want to see something like that. A secretary and her boss are male fantasy, which you can find on certain websites dedicated to male fantasy and other disgusting videos.

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