The acting is a mixed bag, leaning heavily on the side of melodrama. Sun-young Kim (playing Da-hye) does her best to navigate a character who is written as a victim of circumstance but often comes across as merely passive. She handles the emotional breakdown scenes with competence, but the script gives her little agency beyond being the object of desire for the men around her. The male antagonists fall into stereotypical tropes—the helpless husband and the manipulative executive—offering little nuance.
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