Drama Review: When I Was the Most Beautiful

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Rating

★★★★

Duration

0 Hrs 35 Mins

Episodes

32

Drama Digest

Two siblings who fall in love with Oh Ye-Ji are the central characters of the television show. Things go south when Seo Jin, the older brother, wins over Oh Ye-Ji even though he knows his younger brother is in love with her. The once-close brothers have now sworn foes as a result.

The Feel-Good Part

Amber is the only average person in this drama; she is kind, fun-loving, adorable, and naturally cute and joyful. Hwan only ever smiled when he was with her. Amber was the only logical person in this drama; she was understanding, fair and nonjudgmental, and she pursued what she wanted.

The Disappointing Factor

If you can endure the stupid reasons not to appreciate this drama, such as the tempo that is both high-speed and unbelievably slow, the narrative lines that are making-related, the funny antagonists and conflicts. There may be a show in this section that you like. In the end, they kept adding ludicrous story points one after another, concluding with, “I shouldn’t have done that.”

In-Depth Analysis

Oh Ye Ji creates ceramics. She is unwaveringly optimistic and has a pure heart, and she never gives up. She hopes to find ordinary happiness, but a sad turn of events forces her to become involved in a romantic triangle with two brothers, Seo Hwan and Seo Jin. An innocent young guy named Seo Hwan, an architect falls head over heels in love with Oh Ye Ji. He disagrees with his older brother Seo Jin over his feelings, but he can’t let go of his disastrous first love. Seo Jin is the rally team’s captain and a race car driver. Although he presents himself as calm and restrained, he is merciless when pursuing his goals. At his father’s workshop, he first encounters Oh Ye Ji, and he is immediately drawn to her. Seo Jin’s ex-girlfriend and business partner Carry Jung is known as a femme fatale. She has a magnetic personality but is also very envious of her ex-lover and has an egotistical tendency. Even after they break up, she still feels intensely in love with Seo Jin, whose rally team she used to support.

Star Power

With their facial expressions, emotions, body language, and other cues, Ji Soo, Im Soo Hyang, and Ha Seok Jin truly dug into this ridiculous material they managed to make it feel relevant and intelligible. There are so many of exchanges between our leads where the tension in words and the joy of seeing them in the scene together kept me from turning my head. They had the arrogance to waste time on the supporting characters and their messed-up relationship, Yeji’s aunt being insane and overly theatrical.

Overall Opinion

This drama is not for you if you are aware that you quickly become frustrated and refuse to understand why and what it did. Overall, the cinematography, acting, execution, and story were excellent. And Ha Seok Jin, Ji Soo, and Lim Soo Hyang give outstanding, must-see performances.