Welcome to Wedding Hell

The drama had a decent introduction and seemed promising with its theme. The first 3-4 episodes gave the impression that the drama was going to be an episodic formula about a variety of different scenarios and struggles couples could run through around their wedding, however, although they had a couple of these scenarios early on but everything after that boiled down to the typical financial issues which the drama repeated and reskinned 5-6 times until the end. The drama had a good set up to easily come up with a handful of other ideas themed around preparing weddings. On the other hand, the drama had a good cast for a short drama which made the whole thing more tolerable.

At first, I was a bit reluctant when Lee Jin Wook was cast as a male lead in a rom-com drama considering his previous roles consisted of more action, angsty, supernatural, and overall non-romantic characters (Bulgasal, Sweet Home, Voice, etc.). I was afraid the lack of experience in rom-coms would affect his performance in 'Welcome to Wedding Hell'. On the contrary, this exact reason (lack of romantic projects) was what intrigued me about WTWH.

Lee Jin Wook does a good job as Seo Joon Hyung. His romantic side feels okay but occasionally too forced. His chemistry with Lee Yun Hee sometimes comes off as bland. The whole show felt a little distant and I was having a hard time getting to like the characters (especially Na Eun and her "I'm always right and will never apologize for my actions" behavior).

To be completely honest, Jin Wook and Yun Hee's chemistry just wasn't there. Sometimes they felt like really good friends but during the whole drama, I just did not get the feeling they are going to be newlyweds. Especially considering they were long-term partners but Na Eun's knowledge of Jun Hyung's obliviousness to almost everything she does felt off...like she almost didn't know him at all.

In the end, I found this drama boring, the characters annoying, and the acting pretty average (which is a pity especially for Jin Wook as I know he's an exceptional actor). I do admit that in the end, thinking about the pacing of the drama and all, it did come off very realistically and real-life-like. HOWEVER, overall the show just wasn't that good, especially for a Netflix show. Wouldn't recommend.

It wasn't as good as I'd have liked, and I'm glad it was only 12 episodes, but it was good enough for a one-watch time.

ML is phenomenal in everything else, but given they are not romcoms, I was curious if he could pull a role like this off. I came away believing that he's better suited to his usual action /sci-fi/ crime genres. He wasn't terrible, he's just not comfortable and I could tell. I hope he gets more mainstream dramas with some romance interspersed, until he becomes more comfortable with comedy. Still adore him.

FL I don't have much to say about. Her character annoyed me as always feeling she was right about everything. I don't fault the actress. She is someone I'm unfamiliar with as an actress, and I'm afraid I found her to be forgettable.

Sadly, they didn't have much "in-love" chemistry to me either, but to be fair, the series begins at the problem starting phase. The dialogue wasn't stellar at times, but I've definitely endured worse. Those moments were thankfully brief and few.

The real stars of the show are the parents. The moms especially are favorites from other Kdramas and they are the foundation of the series. You need to watch at least for them, and the sidekick friends with their better handle of comedy and honestly well written words of wisdom about marriage and relationships. Special mention to the ML's two colleagues' anti-marriage "advice" which was hilariously delivered.

Wow, it was a monotonous and boring series with long talking scenes without any excitement I am completely familiar with the friendship and communication cultures and traditions in Korea, but it isn't a bit exaggerated that two best friends who happen to be colleagues at work still call each other Sonbae instead of their first names even in the most intimate situations??

About actings, almost all of them were good, except for the first female lead, whose face did not change a bit in conveying anger, jealousy, doubt, or any other emotions!!!

If you are looking for a breathtaking interesting drama, forget this one.

This is light romcom series and you will be addicted to watch especially if you are relatable to the story of marriage. Leejinwook is so handsome that you wAnt to repeat watching again. Must see romcom.