My Girl is a korean drama that aired originally in Korea in 2005 and gained a lot of popularity to be ranked among the top 20 TV shows. Lee Da Hae (top picture, 2nd from left) won the 2006 SBS Drama Awards for one of the top 10 stars as well as 2005 SBS Drama Awards for an Excellence Award- Drama Special, both for her work in Green Rose and My Girl.
Park Si-yeon also recieved an award for her work in My Girl in 2006's SBS Newcomer Award.
Gong Chan (Lee Dong Wook) is searching for his long lost cousin to get his grandfather back on his feet again and in the process meets the lively and beautiful Yoo Rin (Lee Da Hae). However, their encounter was not love at first sight but rather, distaste. He finds out that she has similar features to his missing cousin as well as a knack for lying and asks Yoo Rin to lie about being his long missing cousin until he can find his real cousin.
She agrees after much persuasion and each soon develop feelings for each other which gets in the way of their plans. Gong Chan's friend, Jung Woo (Lee Jun ki) falls for Yoo Rin while Gong Chan's ex-girlfriend, Seo Hyun (Park Si Yeon), a pro tennis player, returns to Korea and tries to win him back. Will the two ever tell each other how they feel? Will Gong Chan ever find his real cousin?
Although the starting of the show was interesting and deadly humourous, the plot started to falter towards the end. It seemed like the writers were so happily creating problems for the couple that they forgot to leave enough screen time for them to reconcile those said problems properly. Everything towards the end was in a rush and left little for the supporting characters to develop. Especially Park Si Yeon's character who practically does the same thing throughout the whole story- trying to separate the two as well as Lee Jun Ki's character who never received a proper ending.
Fortunately, the drama was peppered with lots of jokes and humour that kept viewers hungry for more as well as the antics of the female lead that'll leave you sprawling on the floor, roaring with laughter. The chemistry was not quite there but there is still fantastic rapport between the two as well as the female lead and Lee Jun Ki's character. Lee Jun Ki's character is charming, suave, witty and romantic while the female antagonist (Park Si Yeon) who is fantastic at her role will make you really hate her.
Romance: 8/10
Chemistry: 6/10
Comedy: 9/10
Antagonists: 10/10
Story Plot: 7/10
Result: 8/10
My Comments: [SPOILER]
Well, if i were the cute female lead, i'd choose Lee Jun Ki. Come on! He's so damned romamtic (i'm not saying the other guy is too but come on! He did so much more for her compared to THE OTHER GUY) I also hate the grandfather who was so stuck to his ways that he was blinded by the fact that he was hurting his grandson from the inside out and it was sooooo ridiculous the way they had the grandfather reconcile his grandson and the girl. what did he say? You can't throw away love blah blah blah when just what? 30 minutes ago, you were trying to make her leave the guy and saying 'Why are you separating my grandson from me??!' (What the Friggin hell ) The story was great but the ending was not really fufilling
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