Marrying a Millionaire

Want to marry a millionaire? Add one 'Average Joe', be one of eight women selected, and money from the television network station and you can.

Han Eun-young works as a clerk at a bank, trying to pay off the debts her step-mother and sister have piled on her. Kim Young-hoon is your regular, 'Average Joe', worker. He provides for his father, his older brother and his wife, as well as his younger brother.

One day, PD Yoo Jin-ha is asked to take over the project, "Marry a Millionaire". Reluctantly, he agrees to handle the project. His search begins for the perfect man to play the 'millionaire'. His goal is to use a man who is an average worker, but can pull off the facade of a millionaire. Kim Young-hoon is that man. Although he works hard for a living, there are many who can easily mistake him for a rich guy.By chance, Eun-young is selected to be a particpant in the TV show. Although the women are not supposed to know that this millionaire of their's is just a regular worker, Eun-young knows his true identity.How?Simple. Young-hoon was her first love. After many years, they meet up again at a party. Although she didn't recognize him at first, she realized it was the young boy she had fallen in love with back in middle school. Although she says she made a mistake in liking him, being in the show with him is bringing up warm feelings once again.

Marrying a Millionaire is based on the US reality television show, Joe Millionaire.

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I watched this drama out of boredom. I saw a DVD of this, here in our house, and since I don't have anything to do, okay let's try watching it. What I liked about this drama is that it shows how a television show works behind the scenes. How the production is working hard for every detail of the show. The concept, the main character, the supporting cast and the flow of the show. The scandals are made for the sake of publicity and ratings.

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Han Eun Young is a smart girl who fell in love with a mentally challenged boy. At first, she was annoying because she pretended that she didn't like Young hoon but eventually, she gave in. I didn't like it when she got the bad publicity when in the first place, all she had were good intentions. See how people could easily judge others without knowing the facts first?

Kim Hyun Joo couldn't cry well. But I found myself crying with her during some parts of the story. Now that's something.

I read from somewhere that this drama is Go Soo's last drama before entering the military. He's cute! I love his character, Kim Young Hoon because despite his immediate stardom, he remained down to earth. I also love the idea that he was overwhelmed by all the good things that happened to him after the show. He felt that he didn't deserve those. And when he lost his star, he strived really hard to get back on the scene. He took lousy commercials and bit parts. So when he got succesful again, he definitely deserved the success and the glory.

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Son Tae Young plays the actress Jung Soo Min. She's very pretty and she carried the role pretty well. I hated her though when she was being selfish to Young hoon. For Yoo Jin Ha, he tried to woo Eun Young too much, but I guess the more he strived for her, the more she flies to Young hoon.

I like this drama but I would have to say the phasing was really slooowww. Too much time are spent on the characters staring into space and thinking. There were some scenes that aren't really that necessary.