Flash Overview: The Finest Day Of My Life [China]

At simply 14 episodes of solely half-hour every, a premise that sounded tropey-but-cute, and a handsome pair of leads, I assumed this little present could be a shoo-in as an ideal little drama nightcap for me.

In the long run, I loved this lower than I’d hoped, however that doesn’t essentially imply that you just wouldn’t like this one.

Right here’s the fast evaluate to put all of it out, so that you just’ll hopefully be capable to work out if this one could possibly be for you.

WHAT IT’S ABOUT

The brand new consumer director whom Xu Mu (Jiang Zhi Nan) meets on a brand new mission, unexpectedly seems identical to her highschool deskmate, Xie Shi (Zhang Jiong Min).

Stuff occurs, and Xu Mu unexpectedly finds herself in a contract marriage with him.

MANAGING EXPECTATIONS / THE VIEWING LENS

I really feel like there’s only one key factor to remember, to maximise your enjoyment of your watch, and that’s:

Count on broad strokes execution

What I imply is, don’t anticipate Present to enter lots of element about lots of stuff – together with fleshing out our characters and their relationships.

In the event you can regulate your viewing lens for that, it could most likely assist fairly a bit.

STUFF I LIKED 

I’m going to maintain this quick and easy, since that is such a brief and easy present, so listed below are my essential likes, in a nutshell:

1. The idea

I assumed the idea was cute, and I do have a smooth spot for contract marriages, so this had my identify throughout it.

2. The OTP, in broad strokes

I assumed they had been cute collectively, and I preferred the concept of them rising nearer, whereas navigating their contract marriage.

STUFF THAT WAS OK

1. The humor

I used to be simply comfortable with the humor, which principally got here from the workplace setting. I principally discovered it type of awkward, however it wasn’t a deal-breaker.

2. The secondary OTP

As with most fluffy dramas, the secondary OTP (Wang Chuan and Yan Zhi Chao) comes collectively in a manner that feels fairly random, so I didn’t thoughts this, in precept.

I did discover the vibe with this couple reasonably too cutesy and try-hard for my style, so total, they fall into the impartial zone, for me.

STUFF I DIDN’T LIKE SO MUCH

There’s one key factor that I didn’t like a lot, and that’s:

The skimpy execution

I do know that Present’s solely received 7 hours of display screen time to work with, however I’ve seen extra and higher, from dramas with much less display screen time than that (see What Comes After Love which solely had 6 hours of display screen time to work with, however which did a extra strong job, I felt).

My key problem with Present utilizing a broad strokes method to the final execution, is that the characters don’t really feel sufficient like actual folks, and the relationships don’t really feel sufficient like actual relationships.

Because of this I felt unable to actually interact with this story, nor correctly care about these characters and wish to root for them.

I discovered this to be Present’s large flaw, and want that it might have accomplished higher.

THOUGHTS ON THE ENDING [SPOILERS]

After all this fluffy little present serves up a contented ending; there was by no means any doubt in my thoughts, about that.

On the upside, I preferred that we get to see Xie Shi proposing to Xu Mu, asking her to marry him once more, now that they’ve come to a deeper love for one another.

I assumed this scene was properly accomplished, and I preferred that Xie Shi tells her, that she had at all times been his place to begin, and can also be his finish level; it’s fairly romantic.

And naturally Xu Mu says sure, and so they hug and kiss, and I might have been fairly comfortable to have had our story finish right here.

Nevertheless, Present goes and does a 6-year time skip, and throws in a bit of bewilderment round whether or not Xie Shi really needs to have children, simply so as to add some last-minute dramatic rigidity, for good measure.

(Of course he needs to have children, and naturally Xu Mu quickly will get pregnant, and so they rejoice.)

After that, we get a lot of voiceovers, amid a spotlight reel of comfortable moments that includes our essential characters, which, in itself, is ok in idea.

My essential problem right here, once more, is that Present has, for my part, accomplished so little to flesh out these characters, that I discovered myself struggling to care, notably after the time skip. 😅

In a manner, I felt like Present was belaboring the purpose; like, look how comfortable these characters are, with their little households, and these kiddies, and all these touching reflections about life and relationships.

I preferred the thought of this, however I’m sorry to say that all of it simply did not seize my coronary heart. 🙈

THE FINAL VERDICT:

Higher in idea than in execution, however remains to be low-key cute, with the suitable lens.

FINAL GRADE: B-

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WHERE TO WATCH:

Present is obtainable on Viki, and YouTube.

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