Touch Your Heart 진심이 닿다 Review

 


★★★★★

The 2019 South Korean drama starring Yoo In-Na as Oh Yoon-Seo/Oh Jin-Shim and Lee Dong-Wook as Kwon Jung-Rok. Directed by Park Joon-Hwa, written by Lee Myung-Suk and Choi Bo-Rum. 16 episodes, each about 1 hour long.

Brief summary: Oh Yoon-Seo is a has-been actress who has only been remembered for her pretty face and bad acting. In a last-ditch effort to reclaim her fame, Yoon-Seo agrees to go undercover as a secretary at a law firm to prepare for a role in a legal drama. She’s assigned to be a secretary for Kwon Jung-Rok—a stiff, expressionless attorney. At first, Jung-Rok doesn’t know what to make of his new secretary who obviously knows nothing about law, or even about being a secretary. He’s inclined to kick her out of the office for both their sakes! But after witnessing her kind heart, Jung-Rok decides that it couldn’t be so bad to take the naïve secretary under his wing… just for a little while.


For those looking for the perfect follow-up to Lee Dong-Wook and Yoo In-Na’s chemistry in Goblin, look no further! This drama makes them both shine and features one of the cutest love stories we’ve ever seen.


Touch Your Heart proves to be the reunion between Yoo In-Na and Lee Dong-Wook that we were craving after Goblin’s success in 2017. The stellar chemistry between the co-stars from their 2017 project continues in their 2019 drama. The cast certainly boosts the expectations, and we were not disappointed!

The plot is certainly a delightful romantic comedy. The best entertainment comes from watching the spritely Yoon-Seo try to get under the boring Jung-Rok’s skin. They are not a duo that happens very easily and the characters accept all the awkwardness that comes from trying to make a relationship work.


Oh Yoon-Seo is by far one of the most admirable characters we’ve seen written into existence. Her career hasn’t been what she wishes, but she’s accepted her shortcomings and simply looks forward to improvement. She’s kind, something incredibly hard to come by these days. No matter how many negative things people say about her, she refuses to get upset by it. Oh Yoon-Seo has an insight and perspective that if everyone else adopted, things like hate and resentment would dissipate into thin air!


“It’s okay to lie. So long as it’s what’s right for you, I’m okay with it,” Jung-Rok tells Yoon-Seo. What’s so fascinating about this is that Jung-Rok respects Yoon-Seo’s decisions, even if it means keeping the truth from him. He knows that Yoon-Seo is not telling him something important, but he’s willing to put aside his own curiosities and put his faith in Yoon-Seo. It’s a pretty impressive development when K-drama lead males go from the wrist-grab to keeping their distance out of considerate affection, and loving just as purely. Finding a significant other like that has must be the greatest thing anyone can attain.


Touch Your Heart is a feel-good picker-upper, an adorable drama is that sure to keep you entertained through all 16 episodes! 5/5 stars!


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