Crazy Love (2022)

A very good beginning and then...an average drama

First, I really LOVED the first part more than anything, up to episode 7 if I'm not mistaken. It was very, very funny, FL doing everything to piss ML off and him not being able to do anything about it because he would be lying, if it followed that story to the end, it would be a solid 8/8.5 for me.

My problem with this drama was from the middle to the end, I didn't understand why this one started to focus more on mystery and corruption than the original story and for me, it became very boring. I wanted to see the dynamic of the two between I'm going to do everything I can since I'm going to die and him have to put up with it. Also, why did they end the cancer plot early? It was something that once again, made the story more interesting.

Another thing that I just rolled my eyes at and made me lower my grade quite a bit was that ML just ALLOWED or REHIRED all the villains again,. when they just wanted to hurt him,.... like, without any sense at all.

And let's not even talk about the drastic personality change he had, first he was a methodical boss and out of nowhere he started forgiving everyone? To me, it was not well written.

Anyway, I started the drama with hype and ended up finding it to be a disappointment.

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Not bad not great

My main takeaway from this is that the transition from enemies to lovers between the leads wasn’t believable. They were also lacking in the chemistry department, imo. Something super grating was how timid/meek the FL would act sometimes. She lost all her pre revenge confidence at some point and became almost like a prop for the ML’s character development. The second half of the drama is full of mystery plots that weren’t that intriguing. The motivations behind the ppl driving the mystery plots were weak. There were no real consequences for their actions either. Someone being a major asshole doesn’t justify stalking, death threats, actual murder attempts, and destroying their livelihoods. I started skipping scenes after episode 10.

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Funny, crazy, a story of guilt and forgiveness

This is on my top 5 dramas.
Started a bit slow but kept me interested immediately…

ML-GohJin is the worst overbearing CEO I have seen so far…. Really awful…
Throughout the story.. he is faced with so many crazy situations… acting is hilarious… kudos to ML is really good…
He took me in the journey of hating him, feeling sorry for him, understanding him and loving him… again, acting at his best.

FL-Sina went from pushover, desperate, crazy, angry to understanding, supportive and totally empowered woman with so much integrity…. She is the character with best development I have seen… ever..

The interactions between these two are great…

Overall the intrigue is fuel by guilt and blame… and like someone wrote in comments somewhere… how powerful words are… they can make you or break you…

Loved it, recommend it 100%

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Surprenant

Je ne m'attendais pas a aimé réellement cette série car je n'étais tout d'abord pas conquise par l'actrice que j'avais vu joué dans d'autres séries qui ne m'ont vraiment pas plu (ou son personnage qui m'agaçait! ) et j'avais peur que cette série répète le même scénario mais je me trompais !

J'adore les dramas qui parlent de romance "au bureau" et qui ne me casse pas la tête avec des scénarios trop poussés et autres. J'ai beaucoup aimé l'idée de base de l'histoire et au final, j'ai fini la série en seulement deux jours.

Kim Jae Wook est toujours un très bon acteur qui, je trouve, choisis bien ses séries : l'ayant découvert dans le drama Voice (qui d'ailleurs est également une superbe série), il ne m'a pas déçue !


J'enlèverais quelques points dans ma note finale pour certains côtés de la série que j'aurais voulu voir mis plus en avant à l'écran mais Crazy Love reste une série que je reverrais sûrement, ou du moins quelques moments !

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Witty, Romantic, Crazy Love Story

Romance, thrills, mystery, redemption, and forgiveness. Crazy Live brings it all to the table in a thoroughly witty, oft times scary, and uber exciting way.

The actors are flawless. The pace of the drama is sprightly, I found myself rewatching some of the best scenes.

I've been a fan of Kim JaeWook since I started watching K dramas. He's really the epitome of a cool, uber intelligent, very handsome guy. Here he plays a Math genius. His history is revealed thru the show. He is the lynchpin of this drama. His acting was phenomenal, superb, honest, real and quite sexy.

The rest of the cast were excellent. Each performance enhanced the main story. Krystal Jung and Ha Jun were great & so important to this show.

The story is so much more than an office romance or competition. Through adversity, the characters were able to flourish. Office intrigue, evil plots, villains, villians turned into partners, crazy times, a delightfully refreshing, exhilarating and complex dramady.

Also, to me a prerequisite of a truly romantic drama is resolution of the main protagonists' relationship. Crazy Love did just that.

In summary, please watch this drama. You will laugh, be enchanted, become cheerleaders and you may realize that in the end, it isn't money, fancy cars, clothes, homes, or status that brings fulfillment; it's the way you treat yourself and others. Be true, kind, forgive what you can forgive, throw off old biases and hurts, acknowledge your past deeds, seek forgiveness from others, and love yourself.

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"Crazy Love" is bat-shit crazy and I love it! I rolled on the floor laughing at Kim Jae Wook and Krystal Jung trying to tear each other's hair out in this enemies-to-lovers romance. Fed up with how her narcissistic boss treats other employees (including her), Lee Shin A hatches a revenge plan after learning that she does not have much time to live. Her plans changed when No Go Jin ends up losing his memory on the same night she visited his house. Thinking this as her perfect opportunity, Lee Shin A pretends to be her boss' fake fiancée so she can execute her vengeance.

I really liked Kim Jae Wook as the anti-hero: the overbearing and self-indulgent CEO who made a lot of people's lives a living hell, judging from the numerous death treats he received. He is seemingly unconcerned that everyone has their beef with him that even the police couldn't flush out the culprit behind his attack that landed him in the hospital. Krystal Jung is doubly sweet and at the same time devilish as the secretary-turned-psycho, or at least trying to be one, but really did not have the heart to actually hurt her boss other than throwing onions at him or punching holes in his clothes.

Other secondary characters like Park Yang Tae, No Go JIn's competitor and Gong Pil Sun, the company's cleaner are also a hoot along with the rest of the GoTop's staff. But the cherry on top would be No Go Jin's redemption arc as the love he has for Shin A melted his cold, cruel heart and he learns to treat people as humans.

You would think that a drama that jampacked on all the tropes imaginable would be cliché but no, it's pure fun and entertainment at its best.

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awesome!

this Drama is funny, romantic, dramatic and full of Surprises. you'll never get bored. the plot Is interesting and even thou the trope "enemies to lovers" has been explored many times, this drama does a good job at not falling into kitsch cliches. the acting is really good and by the end of it you'll even start thinking "what..another plot twist?". the romance is on point and the actors make a good job. highly rewatchable. there is something for everyone to enjoy. the only point I was kind of disappointed is that there is not really a "hot" scene between the main leads, but that's nothing new in the k dramas.
lots of real kisses thou. (not the usual still and stiff kisses you get in many dramas).

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Awesome up until episode 13!

The Good
⌲ The unique & fun romance
⌲ The acting
⌲ The subverted tropes (not all tropes though)
⌲ The fun second couple (I wish they had more screen time)
⌲ The pillow fight!
⌲ Most - but not all- annoyances were dealt with very quickly.

The Average
⌲ The love triangle (not bad not great ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
⌲ The ex-secretary club (I don't think the writer knew what she wanted to do with them)

The Bad
⌲ ML's jarringly forced character growth(s) in the later episodes!
⌲ All the horrible corporate and vengeance plots in the later episodes!
⌲ The lack of fluff in the later episodes
⌲ The ending feels super forced. (As much as I like a nicely wrapped happy ending, I would rather have loose ends, than everything resolved like this)

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What started off as a rather interesting story ended up mediocre about halfway through. Despite the decent chemistry between the leads and a refreshing premise mixed in with two rather cliched tropes, the execution of all of these things together was incredibly confusing to digest.

The drama attempted to be a few different genres in one, which was kind of reminiscent of Strong Woman Do Bong Soon but that one was actually fun to watch even with some amount of nonsense that it had. But in this case, the bit of romance that we had was pushed aside in the latter half for the sake of the story, so you might think to yourself that it's because the story is going to have a big revelation and the qualms over human morality that will surely follow with it. Yeah, no.

So past episode 10, there were some horrifying lessons about pushing blame onto a third party for your own problems and that if you lack any professionalism while working it's good because in both cases someone else should have empathy for any issues you might have as an individual. This means that instead of seeking professional help or finding ways to cope with it, you force your own burden onto others because your life and how you are living it is apparently their problem, especially if they have no close ties to you whatsoever. I can't stress how ridiculously stupid and also dangerous a message that is - to lump all of that mental weight onto another party in order to ruin their life because of a single thing that they did (which is a purely professional decision at that).

The mental maturity of supporting characters in this show is in unison equal to about a 3 and even that is stretching it. Some scenes made me question what the director was smoking while approving them because serious workplace issues shouldn't be comedic due to the skewed moral lesson you are trying to pummel your viewers with.

It's laughable and on top of that insulting that a country with a really high rate of suicides deals with the subject manner in this way through the content that they offer to their audience. What's even more aggravating is people going scot-free after doing criminal acts because we live in lulu land and people should forgive and live and let go when someone literally walks away from murder with zero regrets. Ridiculous.

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