Drama Review: Oum Rak Game Luang

24

Rating

★★★

Episodes

24

Drama Digest

Two couples, Tid and Giew dated when they were in university, but they broke up and years later Giew became a Lakorn director and Tid works at a tv company that must save her dying show from being shut down completely. Tid is now married to a woman named Pin who quit her job to become a housewife, and Giew was dumped by her boyfriend who gets married to a nurse. Upon hearing the news of her ex-boyfriend marrying somebody, Giew gets angry and sad and decides to ruin their wedding, gets very drunk, and does some illegal and questionable stuff. The whole town now knows about which and Giew thus loses her job and gets unemployed. Giew has a gay best friend named piang, who wants her to carry his and his partner’s baby because they cannot get pregnant and Giew agrees after being convinced by Piang’s father who wants a grandchild. Giew’s ex-boyfriend’s wife, Emmy is a nurse and she is the appointed nurse for both Pin and Tid who are trying for a baby as well as Piang and giew. Upon learning that Giew was behind her ruined wedding, Emmy decides to switch both the embryos and now Giew is the one carrying Tid’s child and Pin is carrying Piang’s child.

The Feel Good Part

The show is chaotic but in a good way. The cast is the best part of this show and their acting makes one laugh and cry along with them. It is a healing drama hiding behind the disguise of humor and chaos of baby switching.

The Disappointing Part

The story is messy, the whole baby switching plot is complicated and controversial and is not the legal route in real life. People who prefer a realistic slice of life drama may find this show a bit exaggerated and fictional. Apart from this, there is not much to blame on the plot or the cast.

In-Depth Analysis

This is a fun, light-hearted, show which has a rather messy and complicated storyline. The cast brings their A-game and makes this show worth the watch as they provide justice to their characters. The script and the plot set the humorous background and even though the story is controversial, the actors make it worthwhile and easy to watch.

Star Power

The actors involved in this project have brought the appropriate justification their characters need. Their character development makes it a fun watch with a satisfying ending.

Overall Opinion

This show is not perfect, but it is a good one-time watch kind of series where the plot may not be the best, but it is good enough to bring out certain emotions and pair it with a good cast who can bring depth to the characters all while acting well and you get a show like this. It is a simple show with an okay storyline and a commendable cast, while there seems to be no appropriate action taken for all the chaos in this show, the ending is satisfying and brings everybody the closure they need. It is a somewhat healing drama. Would I rewatch it though? Probably not.