She and Her Perfect Husband (2022)

Everything about this drama is perfect

Before watching this, i read the reviews to prepare myself but somehow it actually exceeded my expectations after finishing it. Every role in this drama makes sense and made this drama even better (except yao yao being YH ex is kinda out of the blue).

Most people hate the last 4 episodes, but for me, the pace, the plot are good enough and I hardly skip any scene and play it at normal speed (which I rarely do for cdrama). They have been lovey dovey from the beginning until ep 36, so i think to have 5 minutes closure is more than enough because YH clearly showed how much he love QS throughout their breakup. I agree it’s quite petty for married couple, but since they started without dating and not knowing each other better, i think YH giving QS her alone time is a perfect move.

Many actors became emotionless +boring playing stoic kind of guy, but Xukai did a great job with this role. He clearly looks super in love even with simple expression and action. It made me punching the air everytime YH and QS together. Their chemistry does look good to me even with their big age gap.

Overall, SAHPH became one of my favourite cdrama and please give it a try if you enjoy watching a cute fluffy romance while the characters actually have real life job to do (QH solving cases half of the drama)

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soft story but the last ep drive me crazy

Story: as you read the story summaries you will understand some side of story but not all of it. For me the stroy was kinda OKAY and i hadn't problem with it. What i like most in this drama that is the couple take care of each other really great and made me feel warmth and I sense love between them. But something bothering me whole time was the lies they should have say and it was not professional. Both ML and FL in this drama were intelligent in their career.
Casts: as you know well Yang mi and Xukai are really great casts and they know the emotions between characters well so I loved this side of drama. Also other casts did their best.
Music: bgms and musics was okay for me but i mostly like that song said: go away with me tonight.. :) it was pretty matched with scenes.
Rewatch Value: it was pretty hard for me to watched it again because of the lasts episode was pretty confusing for me on feeling side so i just watched it once and that first time was good but i can't watch it twice. The last episode annoyed me a lot :(
Hope you have a great day/night guys:)

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The premise of the Chinese drama "She and Her Perfect Husband" is actually very simple, which is about a child who is forced to marry.

But herein lies the challenge. Screenwriters must be able to develop it, and present it sequentially. And make the audience want to watch the next episode.

The actress/actor must also be good at acting and be liked by the audience. Yang Mi as Qin Shi, described above, is a top star. He is always able to keep up with his co-stars, including Xu Kai, an actor who is 9 years younger.

Xu Kai has not been in the world of acting for too long, but has won an award from Forbes China as an influential young man aged under 30 (2019).

As a result, the Chinese drama "She and Her Perfect Husband" is very sweet and warm. Reminds me of the Chinese drama "Love Designer" which is not only about the relationship between lovers, but also the nano-nano relationship between parents and children: spicy, sour, and sweet.

Supported by sweet songs that make you melt, the Chinese drama "She and Her Perfect Husband" is complete as a drama that is recommended to be enjoyed on weekends.

The next review can be read here: https://www.maria-g-soemitro.com/2023/03/she-and-her-perfect-husband-review-drama-china.html

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I Agree with most of review here

This story almost give me 9.5 per 10 coz the story and the character development is so good. Even the law stories was not boring. But it did have flaws and I'm a bit disappointed with it.
First, it's a shame that they didn't show yangmi as qin shi in her lawyer uniform attending the court with her clients. Even the side characters get this scene. I was waiting for this scene but we didn't get to see this till the end.
Second, the ending really make me mad. I mean why they just reconcile in the last episode and it's just a few minutes before it end? I need to see more of their reconciliation time, and solve the problems they had when they divorced. At least qin shi should give yang hua words she had been kept all this time, not just cuddling and kissing. Some of the review here said the divorce wasn't necessary. I'm half agree coz at one side I could understand why they need space (especially qin shi), but on the other side, I think need space didn't mean need to divorce right? Or idk in this section I kinda neural. But the ending really, why don't they just release a special episode to compensate the ending :(

But what I love from this are their characters development both of the leads are really good, especially yang hua. Yang hua from someone who stuck at his box, come out and try to fit with qin shi and start to think about things that he wouldn't wanna think before. And how he can face his failure.

Xu kai acting also really good. We can see from BTS and other drama BTS, yang hua character is really different from his real self behind the scenes, but he deliver yang hua character well as a gloomy and introvert person. This is my first yang mi drama, but I think her acting is excellent.
The moral of the story is good and they deliver how you need to have moral even though your environment didn't allow you to an persevere with your principle.

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What a disappointment! The trailer looked promising but the drama did not do it justice. The use of fake-marriage slash noona romance trope was wasted on this one. There a very few things I liked - and they mostly involved the lawyer-y stuff, but the rest is abysmal. What I liked: Though Yang Hua's mother is meddlesome, her uncanny ways of trying to outwit his son I find quite funny. And even more funny is how Qin Shi manages to foil the traps laid out by Mrs. Yang. I also liked the friendship between Yang Hua and Cai Liang, how odd their dynamic is, especially when Cai Liang tries to give the emotionally-stunted Yang Hua some relationship advice. How the rivalry between Li Dai and Qin Shi turned out to be a mutual understanding of each other's ambitious dreams.

And there are the things that I didn't like: How Mei Mei is such a pushover to keep going back to her cheating scumbag of a husband. How annoying Wu Fei turned out to be. How Tang Yi manipulates Qin Shi despite being her employer/friend, just so Qin Shi could be her little lap dog. How the drama throws in so many conflicts that are conveniently resolved. Or unresolved. How the show tried to solve all life's philosophical questions by jamming in so much rhetoric about inequality, fairness, justice, relationship, you name it, they talked about it enough to fill up a year's worth of Sunday sermons. How incredulous that a top law agency would solicit somebody's husband as an expert without vetting his credentials, and as if Yang Hua was the only available source for financial advice. How Qin Shi's lies about her marital status weren't exposed sooner, even with such glaring inconsistencies. How the drama had so many filler scenes and dragged so long that I am glad that they invented the Fast Forward button on the remote, which I certainly put to good use while watching this trainwreck.

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Perfect Marriage????

The drama was actually pretty fun in my opinion. Yes, it being a CDRAMA meant that there was a lot of filler scenes and unnecessary dialogue. Nonetheless, I really liked it.
The FL and ML had good chemistry and even though it was a "fake marriage" they were able to make it look so realistic. In other dramas I've seen that utilized the Contract Marriage trope the couples always found it difficult to hold hands, give smooches or just be in each others presence. This was the opposite in this drama. The leads hugged, they communicated and they actually started to fall in love while married.
The only thing I really hated was just how the antagonist and the FL boss was always there causing problems. Like obvi, that's the antagonists duty but it got highly frustrating at times.
The ending was also MID. The ending was what made me rate it so low too.

Give it a watch though and don't just take people's opinion for yourself.

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Story tests the idea of conventional marriage and gender bias in the workplace

Not your typical rom-com...this story tests the idea of conventional marriage and gender bias in the workplace. Are societal norms really the standard we should keep just because they've been around forever? Or, does one challenge them for equality sake?

The story line is slightly different from other rom coms for the most part. Girl wants to move the needle against women gender bias in the work culture, to remove the glass feeling. Girl meets younger guy. Contract marriage. The actors are great. Usually love Xu Kai and Yang Mi in other dramas, but there's something off about the chemistry between these two... especially on her role. Awkward. Xu Kai plays his part well. Actor playing Tao Junhui also great in his role; same with actress playing Li Dai turns out to be better than I have her credit for from the start. Supporting cast is pretty decent...but plot line for MeiMei is annoying on how it shows what a woman is willing to put up with in a useless cheating husband and even eventually encourages the bad behaviors that she loathes.

Update - finally finished this drama and meh...it's just okay. I stuck with it til the end hoping to see it pick up. I felt like the endings just happened with no real storyline to work up to it. I wanted to rate this higher, but I'm being generous already. I would've loved to have seen more of a buildup to Qin Shi and Yang Hua's love story. I didn't feel the passion between the lead couple. However, the story does take you on a journey of consequences, depending on what path you choose in life for relationships. It does make one think about the conventions of marriage and is it really necessary or just society dictating it to be that next step. Who says it has to be? Can one still find happiness amidst all the chaotic relationships around you?

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May as well have been called She and Her Perfect Law Office

Everyone has already talked about the last episodes, so I won't even touch on that.

The show started as a solid 9/10 for me, I was eating up the new episodes every week, but after a while I realized that they just kind of... stopped showing Yang Hua? He's the male lead, so I figured that he would be shown the most, but it was like Tao Jun Hui was the real male lead since he was given so much more screen time. Between him and all of Qin Shi's work stuff, it was like Yang Hua's character became unimportant. Which was a shame, because he was easily my favorite, and him not appearing as much is part of why it took me so long to finish.

I also don't understand for the life of me why they chose the secondary couples that they did. Like... I imagine most people watching a show like this with mature, respectful leads would want to see secondary couples that have at least a similar energy, but Qin Shi's brother and his wife???? I have no idea what they're doing in a drama like this and why we're supposed to be rooting for them. Wu Fei and Tao Jun Hui were also pretty off-putting, but not nearly as bad.

Overall, it had a lot of potential but just fell short in so many areas.

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A modern fairy-tale that requires industrial grade rose tinted glasses

This Show might have a contemporary setting, but it has all the hallmark of a fairy-tale. The characters do not behave in a realistic way and the settings are more staged than true to life. The female leads are dressed to the nines to go to work and high society balls and cocktail parties are regular as clockworks. Wheeling and dealing are the only game in town but not a lot of real lawyering. It is a make-believe world that our protagonists have their fateful meeting and begin a fake marriage of convenience.

Fake marriage is such a trope nowadays that it is almost an automatic point deduction when a show uses it as the main plot. In this case, the Show is watchable, in part because of the charisma of the FL and the chemistry between the leads. The ML’s character is lying flat and generally taking a low profile. This means the FL is about as flamboyant as you can get as a counterpoint. She also has a collection of frenemies to match her designer handbags.

The raison d'etre for the fake marriage is the premo law firm where the FL works has a glass ceiling for unmarried female lawyers. Of course, the ambitious FL is not taking that lying down. In true drama fashion, lies begot more lies and the house of cards grew bigger and ricketier every day. I could add plot holes begot more plot holes but that would be labouring the point. ;)
The Show is entertaining at times and there are swoon worthy moments as the leads goes from being antagonistic towards each other to being lovers. However, the writer decided to keep their relationship ambiguous all through the Show. To be honest, it is disappointing as we see a lot of PDA but we still gets the “are we, aren’t we” vibe and the de rigueur breakup. This brings about the cliché fallout for several episodes.

The less we talk about the 2nd CP the better. They are a total narrative mess. They seem to exist solely to highlight how rational the OTP’s relationship is. If they were funny, at least we can get an occasional laugh, but they are just cringey to watch. The 3rd CP (FL’s ex) feels more like a one-sided crush. There are PDA but you don’t feel the passion.

While relationships are all over the place, the Show is littered with business subplots that are both ethically and legally questionable. Motivations are overblown and seems to always focus on monetary gains and one-upmanship. It serves to highlight the weakness and illogic of the FL’s chosen path. The longer the Show ran, the more untenable her situation becomes. It begs the question why she doesn't just quit if she is intelligent, professional and focused? Is it greed, stubbornness or blind ambition? It doesn't shine her in a positive light.

Acting wise, it is a mixed bag. There is a fair bit of overacting from the ensemble cast. The FL is the focal point, and she usually does a good job, but it starts to feel samey after a while. As I mentioned before, the ML’s delivery can be a bit flat but he is the yin to the FL’s yang so there is a certain balance there. When it works, their scenes can be quite swoon worthy. There is a decent amount of skinship which doesn't look fake. The OTP’s romance is pretty much the saving grace of the Show.

OST is not bad. Some nice tunes but they do get a bit repetitive by the end of the show. I might watch a highlight reel in the future, but it would be a challenge to rewatch the whole show.

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She And Her Perfect Husband is a fun show to watch — equally comedic, romantic, dramatic, and intriguing. It kicks off funny and light and then eventually escalates to touch on the reality of the weight and consequences of decisions and actions.

It’s a show that’s worth the watch and also worth rewatching, though I guess not so often since it’s not overall light and feel-good and because it’s 40 episodes long (I can’t finish this in one sitting even on a long weekend), but the cast is amazing that I’d watch it all over again just to see them all work their way through the story.

The characters have depth and are complex (as realistic as the most complicated people can get), and how your rivals and frienemies can eventually become your best allies. Not to mention the casting is actually perfect in my opinion. Everyone played their part well and put their heart into their characters.

I started this wanting to watch Xu Kai after Falling Into Your Smile but it actually took a bit longer than I would’ve liked before I actually got to see him on screen, which already gave me an idea that this was going to be more about the life and story of the girl than it is about the guy and their relationship.

This show made me a fan of Yang Mi. She’s an amazing actress and she carries this role well. It’s frustratingly amazing how she has chemistry with the cast in all the right ways.

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I guess the show writing falls short at a few parts like with how cases just end abruptly with little to no conclusion, and how storylines and sub-plots just get forgotten. I feel like they wanted to do a lot of things that, though met the bare minimum and did not become plot holes along the way, still could’ve been written and executed better.

The last episode felt just a little rushed for me. I guess I would’ve liked to know more context and details about what happened and basically everything else that we didn’t get to see on-screen, but I guess overall it was satisfying enough.

I guess my most major comment is how Tang Jing Mei deserved more screen-time, and I actually thought she’d get her own partner in the end. But I love Li Dai as a character and TJM did so well to bring her to life.

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Yang Hua-
I loved his character. Xu Kai did a great job. After meeting Qin Shi he grew as a person. He looked at life from a different perspective. And that is how it should be. I never felt that they were in a fake marriage. Qin Shi was so comfortable around him. He will not forget to put her heels in their place even if he is drunk. That was so cute. How cutely he recites poems when he is drunk. I liked how he never felt ashamed of being a househusband and Drama did a commendable job of showing this in the first 20 episodes.

Qin Shi-
This character cannot be understood by all. Sometimes she comes as a red flag or weird but no one is perfect. Her goal was clear. She lied because she saw how difficult it was for her to get a job just because she was not married. And she could do anything to change that. I like how professional she was when her ex joined the company. What I don’t like about her is how blindly she trusted President Tang. And her obsession with being a partner in the firm. Leaving the firm was the best decision. Though she should have done it sooner.
Some might say that the last 5 episodes were unnecessary. But according to me the thing which happened in episode 36 should have happened in episode 30. She was afraid of marriage and I can understand that. She saw her father’s divorce twice. She saw her younger brother’s marriage being failed like every alternate day(that’s a different story). And then her seven-year relationship with Tao Jun Hui. Not everyone can break their wall easily. So yes she needed time to figure everything out. And Yang Hua gave her that. They should have shown their reunion and all other things in 3 episodes. Things were quite hasty in the last episode.

Li dai-
I just love this character. She only wanted fairness in her company. I love how underrated her friendship was with Yang Hua. When she got to know that she didn’t receive a single vote for the 11th floor, she left the firm. And I loved that she knew when to stop. After that, she shined like a bright diamond. She was a gem. I wish there was more screen time for her.

Tao Jun Hui and Wu Fei-
What do I even say about these two. He never took a stand for Qin Shi in front of his mother. Even in later episodes when his mother was speaking nonsense about the FL family, he never spoke up. His mother can make her son a puppet of a rich family but cannot allow to marry him such a beautiful and kind person. And after that, he was being rude to Qin Shi. I mean hello who gave you this right Sir? He could have gone to her even if she was not answering his texts. He knew about her fear of marriage right? But he went abroad. And then he dares to speak to her like that.
Wu Fei was an immature kid who got spoiled all her life. TJH never stopped her when she was doing such childish things with Qin Shi. She took her office, and cases, and even made someone spy on her from the office. Wtf? He always laughed and brushed it off when she did all these things. If your man is making you feel insecure you cannot blame it on the female lead.
Always shouting, yelling, and crying in the workplace. I mean that’s not your father’s firm. That’s all I need to say about this annoying character.

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The script is not perfect, but the writer created a very cute character. Yang Hua has his faults, but he is charming. The number of unsavory characters in this drama is frightening, some because of their doubtful character, others because they are downright irritating. She took advantage of fiction to address some topics that require reflection, such as the question of differences between genders in companies, harassment practiced in the work environment, family pressure to want children to follow their dictates, among others.
The cast performed well as it was possible to both love and hate the characters. The interaction between Yang Mi and Xu Kai was very good, in addition to presenting a visually harmonious couple, they delivered smooth scenes loaded with the necessary emotion for the development of the drama.
The director made no mistakes that compromised the drama, she conducted it with a satisfactory rhythm and ended it simply, however, within the context.
The soundtrack used is pleasant.

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