BREWING (OR GROOMING) WITCHES

WITCH YOO--HEE




It's been in my hard drive for months and I've been reluctant to watch it because well...admittedly, i'm still in a fix for deep and downright depressing k-dramas. But once Ghrei and I started it, it's just been one downhill-uphill laugh riot and "aaaawwww" trip! The characters are all likeable and the story is a bit cliché but you wouldn't notice these elements as they are cleverly masked with the fresher parts.

It was also the first time that I actually wanted both second leads, male and female, to actually end up with their respective love interests. If so, ruining the usual 'unusual' guy falling for the 'unusual' girl. But both second leads (DEnnis O and Jun Hye Bin) were just too damn easy to feel for!

It was also fun to watch familiar faces (from Princess Hours Goong and My Girl) gathered in this one.


SYNOPSIS
As the director of her father's advertising company, Ma Yoo Hee (Han Ga In) is known as a witch for her ruthless, no nonsense character. After a string of failed attempts to hire a housekeeper, she (literally) runs into Chae Moo Ryong (Jae Hee), ex-medical student turned aspiring chef. As a way to work off his debt for crashing into her car, he agrees to become her housekeeper and personal love affairs coach for one month. Gladly, he gives her a makeover that attracts both her old friend Johnny Kruger (Dennis Oh) and her first love Joon Ha (Kim Jeong Hoon). Despite having a girlfriend, Sung Mi (Jun Hye Bin), Moo Ryong eventually finds himself falling for Yoo Hee.




* Han Ga In as Ma Yoo Hee
* Jae Hee as Chae Moo Ryong
* Jun Hye Bin as Nam Seung Mi
* Kim Jeong Hoon as Yoo Joon Ha
* Dennis Oh as Johnny Kruger
* Ahn Suk Hwan as Chae Byung Seo (Moo Ryong's father)
* Song Ok Sook as Moo Ryong's mother
* Jung Dong Il as Lee Tim Chang
* Hwang Ji Hyun as Han Sae Ra (Yoo Hee's friend)
* Byun Hee Bong as Ma Yoon Hoon (Yoo Hee's father)
* Jo Kye Hyung as Chae Song Hwa (Moo Ryong's brother)
* Jennifer Bae as Alison

Directed by Jeon Ki-sang. Screenplay by Kim Won-jin