Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy (2005)

I started with this drama mainly because the plot seemed interesting enough. We all know what happens in a forbidden kind of love story between student and teacher and I expected it to go the cliched way right from the beginning but Biscuit Teacher surprised me here. The relationship between Tae In and Bo Ri has been depicted with sensitivity and a lot of depth-they are like friends, each other's mentors, guides, siblings, parents and lovers. Beginning was extremely fun and humorous with lotsa hilarious and heart-rendering situations involving individual students. But towards the end it kind of became a drag where there was little to no substantial plot development. It was heart-breaking to see Tae In cry so much and frustrating to see Bo Ri act like a confused teenager, unsure of her feelings. However the ending totally made up for it- very sweet. If not for anything else, this drama MUST be watched for Gong Yoo's realistic portrayal of an innocent and love-struck teenager, who matures from an eccentric, unruly kid to a real man with the strength to sacrifice what's most dear to him. Great acting by Gong Hyo Jin and the supporting cast as well.

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I will start by saying what I liked most about this drama was Gong Yoo. I loved him so much in coffee prince, that I just wanted to see him in something else. I couldn't help but be charmed by him as Tae In. The character was so sweet, playful, and heartbreaking all at once. It's his character that kept me watching.

I thought Gong Hyo Jin played her role well too, and loved the chemistry between Na Bori & Tae In, but I didn't exactly love her character. Na Bori was frustrating to watch at times, often silly, and towards the end I found her actions to be almost mean. I also wasn't impressed by the chemistry between her and Ji Hyun Woo. Kim Da Hyun was so passive that he was boring, and they never had any great romantic moments together. There's one scene that I think was supposed to be touching, but I think he came across more as a creepy stalker.

Another thing that I didn't particularly like were all the class subplots. Their stories were sometimes sweet, but usually corny, and often felt like time fillers. I can't say that I honestly cared about any of those characters except for Choi Yeo Jin, who was a more interesting rival than Kim Da Hyun.

In spite of the slightly taboo topic, this is a very basic romance, with family disapproval, and love squares that you've very likely have seen before. There are many Tae in scenes that I could see myself watching again, but not much else. Gong Yoo is the main reason I would ever recommend this drama. His transformation from a troubled and rebellious teen to a maturing young man, and his struggle to deal with his forbidden love, was truly an impressive performance.

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This is a good drama- based on a kind of forbidden romance, which is handled really well. The connection between Tae in and Na Bo Ri is where the drama shines. Their relationship evolves throughout, but always exudes a simple warmth and affection.
The drama has it's share of absurdities and annoying people. At times during the first half, you have to throw away logic and reason. At other times, you become intensely frustrated with some people. But,none of it is a reason to not like the drama. And those people do redeem themselves in the end.
Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo Jin are reason enough to enjoy this drama. And the ending makes it worth the while.

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This drama is all about 2 key things 1)Love & learning how to love 2) growing up to become person you need to be, confidently. The subject was sensitive YET handled deftly by the GHJ & GY and cast who portray degrees of a relationships & shades of love. Lots of tears shed while watching with many of the sub-stories impacting youths, family, and schools and the yearning love of the GY...Funny, so many times we get caught viewing today though regrets glasses we cannot look ahead to see the things facing us cause we are wearing the wrong glasses. GREAT drama for all who love good story telling, electric chemistry, well placed sound-tracks or having GHJ - MSun withdrawal. Just get some tissues ready, you will cry...

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I watched this drama because my favorite actor Gong Yoo stars in it and I must say that Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy did not disappoint. I LOVED this drama.

This drama made me become a fan of Gong Hyo Jin and it also proved to me how much of great actor Gong Yoo is. Also, I really liked the idea of this drama. This is what made me want to watch it. I like the whole "I'm a teacher and I'm going to change these kids life" story they used. And I liked the dynamic of the older woman younger male relationship (I don't know why but they tend to be my favorites like Dal Ja's Spring and Queen of Reversals. I must be a cougar at heart. Lol)

I loved the relationship that Gong Hyo Jin's character Na Bo Ri grew with her students. I think it was one of the best things about the drama. This drama is not just about her babysitting Park Tae In. This drama focuses on the other students as well and you get a new story each episode. This was something that I looked forward too the most. Expect to laugh and cry while watching this.

You have a great story and great cast with this drama and you'll truly enjoy it. I have re-watched this drama a couple of times and I really think the re-watch value is good. Biscuit Teacher and Star Candy isn't one of those overly emotional dramas where you feel like it was too much to watch again. BTSC is really funny majority of times.

Also I want to mention that Gong Yoo once again does a great job portraying his feelings. It's another reason why I loved him so much in Coffee Prince. His feelings showed throughout this whole drama and I truly felt like I saw him fall in love with Na Bo Ri. So if you like to see a drama where the guy falls helplessly in love with this girl then this is the drama for you.

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The main reason I watched this show was to watch the relationship between Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo Jin. Gong Yoo is easily one of my favorite actors, especially because of his acting in Coffee Prince, one of my ultimate fave kdramas . Gong Hyo Jin has become one of my favorite actresses, after I watched The Greatest Love and masters sun. When I found out that they had a drama together, I HAD to watch it.

The only reason why I continued to watch this show was because of them. I had the hardest time liking the second lead, hyun woo. As much as I thought it was cute that she really loved her teacher, and the teacher shared the same feelings, it got REALLY WEIRD. What teacher (SPOILER ALERT) keeps albums and paintings of their students for six years? He was really obsessive, and controlling. The step mom of Tae-in was just as annoying.

The side stories with the students were nice. While some seemed ridiculous and corny ( as someone mentioned) some was nice to see Bo Ri grow as a teacher. She had heart, and cared for her students so much, as if she was their friend.

All in all, all the scenes with Tae in and Bo Ri is the only reason why I gave this show an 8. They has so much chemistry , especially in the end. If you took them away as the main lead, but kept the rest of the story/cast, I would have given it a 6.

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wtf

Park Tae In doesn’t deserve to be called a man. He’s a spineless, lying, abusive, and toxic little piece of shit and the worst male lead to ever exist. Okay, now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, I can talk about everything else. This drama just sucked. Like plain sucked. Both male leads were rather pathetic (although I do admit that Tae In did grow on me at some point and I kind of cheered for him at the end. The first sentence of this review was written when I was in the middle of the episode where he outright lied to Na Bo Ri about Ji Hyun Woo’s fiancee) and especially Ji Hyun Woo completely pissed me off at the end where he basically started hating Na Bo Ri for no reason? Idk what happened to them I was barely paying attention. The entire dynamic of the relationship just made no sense and made me feel kind of icky because the age difference was just a little bit too obvious for them to the point where it felt inappropriate for Na Bo Ri to be romancing a literal teenager. Eugh. Besides that, I was incredibly annoyed at the love triangle in the drama and how Park Tae In did everything in his power to break up Na Bo Ri and JHW. Like how much more toxic can you get as an ML? Of course besides the fact that he literally bullied and assaulted her in the beginning and continued to act super bipolar around her before “falling in love” with her out of nowhere. The entire drama was just a complete mess and I cannot fathom how people ever enjoyed it. There was a ton of unnecessary angst and wayyyy too many side stories about characters I gave zero shits about. It felt like every episode was focusing on a whole different student and his or her oddly intense life problems, such as suicide or loan sharks/gang violence. And I only just met those characters! How much do they expect me to actually care about them? Anyhow, I could probably go on for ages but this review makes no sense and is just a very long rant in which I’m essentially trying to say that this drama is 100% a waste of time and shouldn’t be watched.

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For me this drama was one of those that started strong and then slowly went downhill from there. The plot at the beginning was fun and was really cute until episode 9 or 10. I loved the relationships between the students and Bo Ri developed -you could tell she truly cared about all the students and her being a "legend" at the school was quite funny. After that the love triangle that formed became really tiring and I found myself was feeling really, really frustrated with the whole situation, people, and how the characters handled things. The last 5 minutes of the last episode was really cute though.

Acting very good by all parties -you could feel the frustration and confusion Bo Ri felt, the brokenheartedness and love of Tae In, and the sympathy and bittersweet feelings Teacher Hyun woo had for Bo Ri. Hyun Woo's sister and Tae In's mother was kind of a B at times, but I thought her role was appropriate since she prevented what wouldn't have worked out. Tae-In's father seemed like a level headed individual except at the beginning when he had a bit of a cold shell.

Music was fine with nothing exceptional nor terrible. Rewatch value is low because although I loved the first half of the drama, the latter half was just so so.

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Basically it is a must watch drama if you are a fan of Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo Jin

Story
It was a really cute story but if are a person who is in the box who is against of "Noona & Dongsaeng Love" this would be hard to digest..but if you neutral about that you will enjoy the story..and no need to tell anything about the people who love that type of love stories..cuz this is a perfect story for them.
Many people criticize this as its not nice to have a relationship b/w female teacher and a male student..but !!! don't be one of them...cuz ultimately its a noona dongsaeng love..
And in addition there are episodic stories which reveal about each student and about their personal relationships..which helped to understand the atmosphere of a school.
The story also show the different emotions which was well created by the cast specially by the main leads..

Acting/Cast
Both Gong Yoo and Gong Hyo Jin did really good job. They portrayed their characters really well and confirmed that they are very talented actors

Gong Yoo -
As a 19 years old student ..that was something no one will reject to see..he was so cute..couldn't believe that actors who played his uncle and teacher were younger then him in reality i don't wanna reveal more about his character since it could be spoiler.. simply he was really cute and adorable in a mischievous way..; and i think no need to talk about his acting skills since he was versatile actor from those days..

Gong Hyo Jin-
She was so pretty..as a person who loves her since master's sun i really enjoyed her character..in the first half she was almost the Pyo Na Ri in Jealousy Incarnate...

There were many good actors as students who later became popular actors..
so the cast was really good..

Music
nothing noticeable but it was OK..it helped me to enjoy the situations..

Re-watch value
i don't re-watch at all :P so not the person to talk about that.

What I Didn't Like About This Drama
After i watching the entire drama i realized that they could have do the same story much better with the same actors
i mean even though it was good story and had good actors there was something lacking as a drama...i thought about that several times and once thought its just because it was a old drama which aired in 2005..but then i realized I've watched dramas that are way older than this..
So i guess it was the editing part..when the raw story turned into a drama script..they did it wrong at some points..
So that is the only thing which i didn't like.

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