Once We Get Married

This is worth a watch!

I am being a bit generous with my rating here. I originally thought to rank it a 7, but I bumped it up due to its positive message.

The Story Nothing new or special, here. But the arc of the story is a very positive message of growth as a person and supporting your partner. Kudos to the writers and directors.

One negative, that is probably writing/directing rather than acting. There were quite a few instances, early on in the series before the leads were a real couple, where the Male Lead grabbed the female lead by the arm/wrist, and there were a few times he bent her over and hovered over her. This is NOT OK and it creeped me out. The lead's behaviors in the later half of the series is a complete 180 from this behavior.

Another negative: The Love Triangle. Well, there was never much doubt about which leads would end up together, but the second lead (the guy who know our female lead from childhood) was a selfish jerk for not just letting go. Yeah, he helped the female lead a lot when she needed it, but he pushed ahead as a romantic rival way too long. I *hate* love triangles, and I think it is a super lazy plot device to generate tension.

Acting It was good, but not great. I think the male lead was best. His transition from really annoying jerk to caring partner was more natural than most such transitions. He was very good in his caring persona and it felt very genuine.

People have noted that the leads' kisses were less than invested and I really did notice that. I am not used to seeing that, but I would not criticize the actors or producers (or censors) for such a choice, as kissing is a very personal and potentially awkward act. They certainly got the point across anyway!

Cast A very beautiful cast all around. As in a number of other CDramas I've seen, I found the 2nd female lead (FL's friend, Chen Yi-Xin IRL???) particularly captivating. Of course the female lead (Wang You-Wen IRL) was beautiful as well!

Overall This series was not as polished as say, "You Are My Glory." There was a few instances of less than stellar acting. But the series was very cute and positive overall. So a generous 8.