Park Shin Hye is beautiful but bland in her second time playing a doctor

The movie "Doctor Slump" stars Park Shin Hye and Park Hyung Sik.

According to Nielsen Korea, the latest episode achieved a rating of 8.2%, a modest number after 10 episodes aired.

According to SCMP, this new work is only getting attention because it stars Park Shin Hye and Park Hyung Sik. Because the script has many limitations and the content is boring, it is difficult to keep the audience.

"Doctor Slump" is considered a movie that mixes medical and healing topics, but the plot is not new. In terms of medicine, the movie does not delve into the field. In terms of healing, the love story of Yeo Jung Woo (Park Hyung Sik) - Nam Ha Neul (Park Shin Hye) is also very predictable.

"With their good looks, Park Hyung Sik and Park Shin Hye do a great job in the romantic scenes in the film, but it must be admitted that the motif is very familiar. A good cast alone is not enough to make a film successful, and in the case of Doctor slump, the stars have to shoulder a huge burden," SCMP commented.

Park Shin Hye's performance was average, not much different from the roles she has played before. Up to now, the most notable scene in the film is the kiss scene between the main couple in episode 10.

Park Shin Hye and Park Hyung Sik. Photo: Soompi

The plot revolves around Nam Ha Neul (Park Shin Hye), an anesthesiologist who is oppressed and treated unfairly by her colleagues and superiors. Meanwhile, Yeo Jung Woo (Park Hyung Sik), a plastic surgeon, causes a medical accident.

Coming from two different medical specialties, the film creates common ground for the two characters by... having them both suffer from mental illness. One is depressed, the other suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, healing each other.

The script builds a fateful past for the main couple. Ha Neul and Jung Woo were rivals in high school, met again when they were down and then lived in the same apartment building.

On forums, viewers said they did not understand whether the film's content focused on anesthesia, cosmetic surgery or psychiatry, or maybe a love story between two doctors.

Not to mention, Park Shin Hye's appearance is not a breakthrough, while the actress had a very successful previous work with the same theme, "Doctors".

Even the role of Ha Neul has many things in common with the character Hye Jung played by Park Shin Hye in "Doctors" such as straightforward personality, not giving in to evil, being looked down upon by those around her, speaking "shamefully", arguing with the male lead...

Seven years ago, "Doctors" ended with a record rating of 20.3%. Looking at the situation of "Doctor slump", Park Shin Hye seems unable to overcome the huge shadow of her previous role.

According to SCMP, the journey of healing and exploring mental health in "Doctor slump" is bland and unconvincing, especially when compared to films with the same theme such as "My happy ending", "It's okay to be not okay", "Daily dose of sunshine"...

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