Mr. Back (2014)

This drama is really not bad overall, and there is even a surprising ending detail which I did not expect. But, this drama really is not for everyone. I mean, it starts out pretty well, and you are very interested in the story, but, then it becomes a little bit awkward. Since the girl our main character likes the father and is also his son's love interest. Not to mention, she is his son's age rather than the father's ( main character) age and there is at least a 30 year age gap between father and son it becomes quite awkward.

So, we as the viewer start to become very weirded out, and although the romance is cute, it is really problematic to our minds when we dwell on it. I have no real problem with age in general, and I enjoyed the dramas called: I love Lee Taeri, the Prime Minister and I, Big ( at first, until the story went downhill, I was fine with the the age gap). All of these dramas have huge age gaps, the biggest age gap from these dramas was 14 years.

I would not have minded the age gap so much if perhaps, the son was not in love with the same girl. But, I guess that cannot be helped. For those of you that have problems with age gaps, at least know what you are getting into before you watch it. But, I still recommend you at least try watching it. It may not be so bad for you. Plus, the romance gets kind of boring and in the end I did not care who she went with.

The romance in this drama was secondary to the father- son bromance ( I don't know what else to call it), that was happening in this drama. I loved those scenes and I want to rewatch this drama just for those scenes alone. So, if you love bromance scenes, this is a drama for you, as long as you can get through the first few episodes with little to no bromance. Then, bromance scenes start and the drama becomes adorable. I know why it was beating Pinocchio for ratings now. Despite the boring parts this drama had more bromance than Pinocchio.


I enjoyed the music overall and the overall acting was very good. I officially love Lee Joon as an actor. I am going to have to go back and watch all his movies and dramas. The plot overall was quite interesting and I did not mind the plot holes as much. Anyway, I would recommend you give this drama a try, but, if you don't like it, it's okay this drama is not for everyone.

Leia Mais

The show started out really cute...I loved the fantasy and the comedy.
Then it started lagging, and I ended up fast forwarding a bit. Lots of fillers which got boring at times.
There is romance, but it gets overweighed by the father son relationship. That seemed the most interesting part of the drama. It transitioned from hatred to pure love, and the process was really heartwarming.
Overall: Not bad, but not great either. It was a good watch especially as I was in the process of waiting for all the other dramas to finish, as I usually watch when they finish airing.

Leia Mais

This was a pretty good drama all in all. I did skip around on this one though as I was not interested in the romance for this one, I was interested in the Father/Son relationship and it was enjoyable to see them go from enemies to frienemies to brotherhood and eventually Father & son bonding^^

Story: a 70yr old man gets a chance to re-live his youth and see what he did wrong in order to correct his mistakes, what he believed to be right all along may not have been right...He'll see things differently through his sons perspective & a girl he falls for (mind you I skipped their romance scenes).

Cast: Choi Dae Han (Lee Joon) - My favorite and the entire reason why I decided to watch this drama and the sole reason why I kept watching 'till the end ;) He was entertaining to watch from beginning to end. All his smiles were dazzling^^ I would have fallen for him in a heartbeat <3 Handsome and wounded - his mending is on the way - It was beautiful and touching to watch <3 His father considered him to be troublesome and untrustworthy - that is until he realizes why his son was living that way. Eun Ha Soo (Jang Nara) an employee who gets entangled with father & son. Choi Go Bong/Choi Shin Hyung (Shin Ha Kyung) - This is the first drama I've seen him in and I admit he's a good actor & his scenes with his son were adorable - He's the chairman that gets a second chance at life - we see him go from selfish to caring during the process of this drama.

Music: Hong Jin Young ft. Outsider: 'Give Me Back My Youth' -

Re-watch Value: 5/10 - I more than likely won't but if I get an urge to watch Lee Joon some more I might pop back in to re-watch his scenes^^

Leia Mais

Finally finished, i started the show then put it on hold for a long time then finally decided to get it over with. I couldn't get past ep 1 and 2 for a while it was too cheesy esp the old man. he was doing too much it dint feel natural. I watched coz of joonishi, his smile is so adorable and the girl is cute too.it wasnt really that memorable i dont ebeven remember the music. The driver guy was funny and i liked the manager lady. My favorite part was watching eun ha so being aggressive and initiating kisses and sad part was the Christmas puppet stories. Other than that it was ok

Leia Mais

This show has an awesome beginning and I was hooked right away. But sadly things I anticipated never happened and the show lost its spark quite soon. There are many repetitive scenes and the humor tones down quite a lot (gets replaced by boring melodrama elements). I guess I put my hopes too high for this show and became extremely disappointed, so I dropped it at episode 10 after which I rewinded the last episodes like in 10 minutes, that is just how excited I was. There was so much potential which never bloomed. Eventually the show left a bland aftertaste, lacking character and any sort of impact. The ending was lame too.

The reasons why I stopped watching? There were many. The first thing was the father-son relationship which didn't seem to get anywhere. I was anticipating to see a lot of bickering and fighting, there was some but the plot was mainly about the father's love relationship. There is more father-son action in the latter part of the drama but the plot just drags badly and honestly speaking I felt extremely bored. To my disappointment the father concentrates mostly on 1. trying to stay alive longer 2. trying to take over the company himself 3. trying to take his revenge on his horrible family. This is all utterly selfish but above that boring. For several episodes the son goes around doing who knows what, seriously. None of that is even relevant to the plot. I was also extremely disappointed with the main couple, I just think there is something weird about it. First of all they barely have any sparks and this makes their relationship boring. Second, I wanted her to end with someone else so badly. Because I think she compliments that other person more.

All in all, the acting was okay and the music was fine. I liked the settings in each scene and the clothes used by the characters. It's just that none of the characters shone and everything became gray mass eventually. I couldn't find myself caring for anyone.

Leia Mais

Still Thinking

The start got you interested in the idea of the story it made me curious. As the story goes many of the characters become more easy to follow. I felt that the aunts and the uncle were useless characters through out the story. The assistant to the chairman made me confuse. Did she like the chairman's son or the director that work in the company. There is a lot of deceiving within the family of the chairman, but I felt like he was not really worried about it. The romance is cute until you really think about it. By the middle of the episodes it starts getting boring. Memories stories are done over, and things that have been said become redundant. The ending was a surprise but they leave it to the last 5 minutes. The actors performance was good but the script I thought could have been done better.

Leia Mais