Love Next Door - An entertainment delight (Series Review)

Sometime earlier this year, I ranted about being in a kdrama/movie slump, and how I found it very hard, watching a 16 episode series. Well, I'm back from it and in the span of the last two weeks, I've watched four amazing shows, I can't wait to share with you all. One of which I would be reviewing now.

Love next door is one drama I got from a friend during my slump. I collected it because after hearing it's premise, that had a nice feel to it, i thought it would be enough to get me out of my slump. Alas, it didn't. It took me about 5 months to finish this drama and now, read me tell you why it took that long.

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Love Next Door is a 16 episode Korean series starring Jung So Min, Jung Hae In, Kim ji Eun and Yoon Ji on. The Korean romantic comedy, follows the story of four women - The Suk sisters. These women, all grown up, now reside in the same area. Their kids, - Seok ryu(Jung So Min), Mo eum (Kim Ji eun), and Seung ho(Jung hae in), are next door neighbors, and have been best friends since childhood.

When Seokryu who's been living abroad, suddenly breaks her engagement and returns to Korea, there's a whole new life waiting for her. From friendship, to family, and to a blossoming relationship, and to home, she finds everything. And so, it's left for her to follow her dream.

There were so many things I loved about this movie, and I wondered how exactly a drama as interesting as this, found and left me in a slump. I guess this is just one of those things in life we have no say in. I enjoyed the whole plot of the movie. As is typical of kdramas, the humour in this drama was remarkable. From the time when Seokryu landed at the airport and instead of receiving a warm hug from Mo-eum, her female best friend, was left to hug herself, to when our main characters decided that anytime they were having an argument, both partners must end every statement with 'yeobo' (honey), I was hung up with laughter, through so many parts of this movie.

I have never watched a Jung So min movie before, neither have I watched Jung hae-in. If there were actors that had my heart, even before the movie started, it would be the second lead. Since I saw him in the drama Tomorrow, I added him to my endless list of adorable actors. Here, he did nothing other than deliver. His love story was actually my favourite. Seeing how he was paired with a crazy yet hilarious character. I enjoyed seeing the both of them love.

Jung So min and Jung hae in devoured their roles as well. That childhood besties title fit them so well, I wondered if they were really acting or just being real. And I think the moment you begin to consider that in a movie, the authors have done a great job already. I didn't have a problem with any of the characters. They were portrayed as comical, free spirited and lively. A delight they were.

If you asked me my highlight in this movie, I might vaguely answer, Seung ho and Seokryu's first kiss. If you asked me if I'm sure, I might tell you, when Seokryu's dad, had people turn out in their numbers, to celebrate his food cafe, and he was ecstatic. But if you asked me to think deeply, my answer would be seeing the Suk sisters so happy at one of them's wedding anniversary. I want that for me and my girls. They were so happy, and dressed in such pretty bridesmaid gowns, it brought tears to my eyes. It was so nice to watch that I imagined a day like that for I and my friends.

This drama touched on themes like family, love and friendship. And although it was very slow paced, the humour and the cast's talent, made up for it. I'll rate this movie an 8/10. It was completely worth the watch but I'll recommend to kdrama fanatics, who are comfortable with extremely slow paces. A delight it was, watching Love Next Door.

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Unsourced image is a screenshot from me, while watching the drama