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Wedding Impossible – Full Review
Wedding Impossible: Fake Marriage and Falling in Love
Dive Into the World of Love, Drama, and Loyalty
Discover the fun storylines, nice cast interactions, and unforgettable moments of the 2024 hit Korean drama, ‘Wedding Impossible’. Join us as we delve into the details of this light-hearted series.
Series Information
General Information
Wedding Impossible aired in early 2024 and consists of 16 episodes. You can watch it on the popular streaming platform, Viki. The drama falls under the romance and comedy genres and stars Moon Sang Min and Jeon Jong Seo in the lead roles.
Story Summary
Wedding Impossible: A Tale of Contract Marriage and Hidden Secrets
A struggling actress finds herself in a unique predicament when her long-time friend asks her to pretend to be his wife in order to hide his sexual orientation from his demanding grandfather. As heir to a major conglomerate, the pressure to settle down and take over the family business is more than he can bear.
But as the actress steps into this role, she will face unexpected challenges, including a younger brother who finds their relationship suspicious from the start and vows to stop it at all costs. And when she begins to have romantic feelings for the brother, she is forced to make a choice between her own happiness or the happiness of her best friend.
Lead Actors: Moon Sang Min and Jeon Jong Seo
Meet the Leads: Ji Han and Ah Jung
Lee Ji Han is the illegitimate grandson of LJ Group. Although he works for the family business, he is forced to keep his identity a secret. But he dreams of one day helping run the company. So when his only ally in the family, his brother, Do Han, suddenly decides to come home and start working for the business, Ji Han sees his opportunity to ride on his brothers coat strings. But when his brother suddenly announces his engagement, Ji Han is sure there is something suspicious about the relationship. And he is determined to stop this marriage at all costs.
Ah Jung is a struggling actress who has made her money taking any bit part she can. But she has always dreamed of being the leading lady. So, when her gay best friend, Do Han, offers to pay her to play the part of his wife, she jumps at a chance to finally be the star. But when Do Han’s younger brother announces that he has no intention of letting this marriage actually take place, she anticipates trouble. And when she starts to fall for Ji Han, she finds herself in an impossible situation.
Character Insights
Delving Deeper into Ji Han and Ah Jung
As a boy, Ji Han was involved in a car accident on a rainy night that left his mother dead and him terrified of the rain and saddled with extreme survivor guilt. But as the truth of the accident slowly comes out, Ji Han is eventually able to find healing. Moon Sang Min is an adorable actor and I felt like he did a nice job of showing a range of emotions through the course of the drama.
Ah Jung has worked hard to achieve her dream, even taking the time to acquire extra skills like martial arts and horseback riding to get more parts. But her failure to land a starring role makes her a feisty, worthy adversary for Ji Han. While I didn’t find Ah Jung’s character especially complex, Jeon Jong Seo’s chemistry with Moon Song Min was the highlight of the drama.
Key Supporting Characters
The Heart of Wedding Impossible
Lee Do Han
Lee Do Han has been Ah Jung’s best friend since high school. That is when she first started playing his girlfriend to help him hide the fact that he is gay. Now, as an adult, his grandfather is pressuring him to get married and take over the family business. So he enlists Ah Jung’s help once again.
Yoon Chae Won
Yoon Chae Won is a family friend of Do Han’s family who is also the daughter of Taeyang Corporation. Their families want the pair to marry to help boost their own businesses. But Chae Won has always had a crush on Ji Han insead of Do Han.
Hyun Dae Ho
Hyun Dae Ho is Do Han and Ji Han’s grandfather. He is also the CEO of LJ Group. He has guilt about the fact that he is partially responsible for the accident that killed his daughter. And that guilt has caused him to be cold to her children. But when he announces his support for Do Han as his successor, it sets off alarms within the rest of the family.
Top Highlights
For me, the highlight of this drama is the chemistry between the lead actors. Their banter felt so natural and the timing was great. Their performances are so convincing that you can’t help but root for their love story to succeed despite the odds, even when the plot itself starts to lose steam.
I thought the love story between Ji Ae and Min Seop was cute. And having Jung Hee make fun of them the whole time, kept their story light and fun. Jung Hee Tae plays a great smitten love interest and I always enjoy seeing his smile.
Some fun, unexpected cameos from actors like Kim Bum and Lee Soo Hyuk were a nice touch. I actually liked that they gave Chae Won her own love story at the end. Getting rejected in some way by both the brothers must have been hard on her ego. She deserved a little win and who doesn’t love a little Kim Bum screentime.
Areas for Improvement
The Flaws in Wedding Impossible
I felt like Do Han’s story really kind of disappeared as this drama went along. He started out as an interesting character who was going to learn to become true to himself after hiding his sexual orientation for years. He at least deserved his own love story or potential love story. Instead, his only “love interests” are a nameless one night stand in the first episode and a psycho ex.
Another downside is the time wasted on unnecessary secondary characters. There were too many character for a 12 episode drama, and none of them got much development. The half sibling storyline felt like a waste of good screen time. And there were characters like Ji Ae and Min Seop who could have been much better if they had gotten the extra screen time instead.
I am kind of confused about how Do Han and Ah Jung are best friends, yet she tries to hide the fact that she is still ekking out a living playing bit parts. And when she falls for Ji Han, you would think Do Han would be the one person who could understand her dilemma. Yet from the time they got engaged, the pair rarely spoke unless it was for business purposes. I felt like we should have seen more friendship moments betweent he two of them.
Drama Ending Summary
Conclusion of Wedding Impossible
This drama does not have a great ending, in my opinion. Do Han finally makes a public statement about his sexuality, and then has to leave the country. So much for being able to be honest and learning to accept yourself. We also have our leads decide they can’t possible date now that Do Han has sacrificed everything for them. Way to ruin Do Han’s selfless act of love for them. On the positive side, their grandfather is finally interested in having a relationship with his grandsons.
Points to Ah Jung for bluntly telling the old guy to get his act together. And after a year, Ah Jung is now a successful lead actress. And she and Ji Han finally get wise and realize their love isn’t just going to go away. The drama ends with a fake out wedding that ends up just being Ah Jung’s drama role. But Ji Han comes to whisk her away in her beautiful dress when it suddenly starts to rain.
Personal Reflections
‘Wedding Impossible’ is a romantic comedy about a contractual marriage between an actress and her gay best friend. To be honest, I really expected this one to be a hot mess. And I was pleasantly surprised. In my opinion, it’s nowhere close to perfect, but it has some very sweet moments. There are too many ridiculous side characters for a 12 episode drama. The acting is a bit rough in spots and the story gets more flat and inconsistent as it goes. But what kept me invested was the chemistry between the lead couple.
Their bickering and interactions just really worked for me, even when the rest of the drama didn’t. If you are a fan of rom-coms, this one has some nice moments and is a fun, easy watch. I give “Wedding Impossible a 7 out of 10 ramen.
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