Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

An action-packed slog

Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

I watched this 40-episode drama series over a holiday a while ago. It's a remake of the Taiwanese 'The Prince Who Turns Into a Frog', which I hadn't watched before this. Overall, 'Waking Love Up' is a fairly traditional romantic-comedy TV series. The characters and plot were engaging enough for me to watch all episodes (despite it feeling dragged out and boring at times). Though the clichéd storyline may have been lacking, it's made up by the ability of the actors, particularly Yan Tang and Roy Chiu. The scenery of the series was good, being set in Sanya (the tropical beach region of China). However, many of the special effects used were dreadful. Those scenes should have been fixed or deleted out. The soundtrack was my favourite part, using songs from artists like JJ Lin, By2 and Stephy Qi (who also plays a lead character in the show).