Lonely Enough to Love (2020) User Reviews

An interesting, romantic but not wholly successful series

[gee-15 · 6/10 · 4 May 2021]

An aspiring writer moves into her best friend's apartment while he is on holiday. Her neighbor is a good-natured psychiatrist with whom she forms a friendship and then the beginnings of a romance but a number of issues complicate the relationship. The best friend returns early and realizes he may be in love with his friend. The writer's career suffers a couple of significant setbacks. In addition, she finds herself influenced and enmeshed in the problems of the other residents of the shared house where she is temporarily living.

There is really nothing wrong with the characters and the acting in this romantic dramedy (the actor playing the psychiatrist deserves particular mention...I liked how he was quite successful in treating people's problems but kept slipping up when trying to help someone he really cared about). However, the series just has a weird vibe to be honest. While it remains centered on the love triangle of the writer, the friend and the psychiatrist, the other characters float in and out with their stories and issues, taking up airtime without really being particularly compelling. Take the bodyguard, for example. Initially, he is shown to be interested in the writer, then in another house occupant, and then he's found to be gay, and then he's interested in the best friend and then he's not really and then....nothing. His story is all over the place as is the story of just about everyone else who isn't a main character.

If you focus on the main romance, it's enjoyable enough but the additional stories just don't work that well...in my opinion.

Light Yet Meaningful K-Drama with Some Minor Flaws

[nishera · 8/10 · 21 March 2021]

I liked this show, mainly because of the introspective and psychological storytelling. I was also glad that it was edited down to 10 (instead of 16) episodes. Not that the content couldn't have stretched further, but given the subject matter, it might have ended up feeling too heavy or whiney.

That said, there were definitely a few things that some viewers may find off-putting within the first few episodes. For one thing, the female lead doesn't make a great first impression by the "strong, independent woman" standard, though that is partially the fault of the early plot, which employs a number of typical K-Drama contrivances/tropes to set to the stage for the ensuing story (i.e. Accident prone & clumsy FL, silly misunderstandings, love triangle with a BFF who suddenly develops feelings, etc). On top of that, the first episode is also quite slow and meandering (though the pace does pick up later).

However, if you can look past any initial irritation with these flaws, the meat of the story has quite a lot to reccomend it. Aside from the emotional depth of the core plot, the relationships among all the characters are just so heartwarming to watch. Even the love rivalries are refreshingly mature and free of typical pettiness.

While this film's content is by no means life-changing, it is still thought-provoking without being too serious. If you like meaningful stories about healing and the human experience, with some romance sprinkled in, you should give this one a try. Recommended.

LGBTQ INCLUSIVE: Yes

ROMANCE RATING: * * * 8/10. The saying: "That went 0 to 100 real quick" perfectly describes the romantic development in this show. Up until the last episode things were very slow building and tame (2-3 very soft kiss scenes), and I expected at most a deep lip lock for the finale.

But to my surprise, all of a sudden there was passionate, prolonged making out, and (gasp!) clothing being removed! (not that I'm complaining). The leads (and actually the entire cast) had great chemistry together, so despite the initial shock I still bought it.

Not Good Enough

[PennyReviews · 3/10 · 18 November 2020]

" Lonely Enough To Love" was not what one should expect by the title. It is a light rom com that takes up many themes, that, unfortunately, never developed properly.

The romance itself was boring, as it was too slow paced for the length of the drama, didn't have any element of surprise and was predictable. It also felt a bit messy. As for the love triangle, that as well was nothing original.

The friendship part, however, was pretty warm and sweet. But, the side characters were often pushed aside.

Finally, the performances were okay, but the leading lady was felt like she was acting in a 2010 drama.

So, overall, 3 out of 10.

Light and enjoyable

[mavans · 8/10 · 23 January 2022]

I really enjoyed this show and recommend watching it. The lives of diverse people living together in a co-living facility, the challenges they face and how strangers become friends is fitting for every day life. Best friends pushing the bounds of romance, guys falling in love with the same girl, girl jealousy, pursuing dreams, it's all there. With only 10 episodes the story line isn't as deep and doesn't tue everything off but if you take it for what it is, it's fun to watch not too deep or heavy and generally good outcomes. I liked it only being 10 episodes, so often these series have too many episodes with storylines that become boring sometimes causing people not to finish them this series was just right. Good acting, handsome actors, beautiful actresses. Worth the watch!

Coming To Age Romance Comedy

[KdramaInStudio · 9/10 · 16 May 2023]

I liked all the actors and actresses is in this series, the settings and the scenes. The writing of the material for the actual series was consistent and stayed constant through out the episodes. As time went on the residents in the house bloomed one by one and openly shared their concerns in their lives with each other. If you have ever had an opportunity to live like this, or close to it, you know effort has to be in place, daily. There wasn't a second dating set, which I missed, there could of been but it seems the writers held back with this. There were minor other dating sets but no strong couple came forward like the main characters. At one point all the scenes were focused on one character making her choice, I almost got annoyed because I felt bad for the guys. But, the guys did great and ended up bonding closer setting a good example for anyone watching. Time did go a little slow which is why I didn't rate a 10. But, I looked forward to watching it when I could. The OST was great, some familiar songs from other shows. This cast was a great group and I look forward to seeing them in other shows.