Perfect Family

I watched this with zero expectations and while it was okay it had so many unanswered questions that baffle me. The storyline had promise, the execution was messy.

It had way too many flashbacks all through it to make it even remotely understandable; the villains changed every 5 mins and the FL had zero expression the while way through and was a bit robotic.

My biggest question is why the FL didn't recognise the man at all who suddenly turned up and warned her about her parents. In all the years since she last saw him there would be no way she wouldn't remember him as he looked identical, and she wasn't that young the last time they met that it would erase.

Lots of plot holes, unrealistic scenarios and disappearances made this one big mess - but it didn't have to be.

Choi Seon-hee (Park Ju-hyun) is the adopted daughter of a successful lawyer and his wife and seem to live an idyllic life. That is until one day when she returns home covered in blood claiming to have killed a school friend who had a crush on her. This is the catalyst for a turn of events nobody expected and the family and friends around her soon turn out to be not what they at first seemed. The plot is quite clever but the trouble I have with it, is that it plods slowly at times but then just brushes over other events. I think if they had made fewer episodes and made the plot a little more believable it would have been better. Having said that it was still an ok watch and very entertaining at times.

Korean Drama '' Perfect Family '' is a twisty thriller with a compelling mystery.

The drama has many questionable characters, creating a smooth drama filled with suspects and plausible outcomes.

The plenty of twists were also well handled, gave the drama more edge, and enhanced the suspense.

The ending, in addition, was original and interesting and a good outcome to the mystery.

Moreover, the performances were all great by every actor and actress in the cast who did a good job giving a sinister twist to their characters.

So, overall, eight out of ten for the Korean Drama '' Perfect Family ''

This is the type of fare that South Korea is famous for. It's a psychological carnival ride that leaves you wondering what the next twirl will bring. By the end, you're not even mad that it turns out, it's all about life and human failings, after all.

Yes, people exist who are just as dastardly as the dastardly father. Indeed, some people get hung up on terrible things in their past and do everything to make their chosen scapegoat pay - with their blood, if needed. And, for a fact, you'll find people whose past trauma convinces them they are unlovable and should not ever be loved. Outsiders, those who've never endured that kind of life, would never understand these things. They're nice and helpful, but they can never enter that circle.

You'll find all this and more in Perfect Family, and it's brilliantly done.

Kim Byung-chul and Yoon Se-ah resume their roles as a married couple, a partnership they played in Sky Castle (in a very different dynamic!), Park Ju-hyun continues to excel; she gives off serious Park Hyung-sik vibes. The rest of the cast complements them well.

Minus one star for draggy scenes, and for that weird burnt-house-dinner scene that hardly made sense. Otherwise, well worth the watch.