Final Reviews / Ratings - List

A list of Pandafan's drama final reviews / ratings         (In alphabetical order - click the Review link to go straight to the review)

A Female arrives at the Imperial College (2021) 國子監來了個女弟子: Review: Hilarious, light-hearted, and lightweight 

Overall rating:         7 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8 Stars

A Journey to Love (2023) 一念关山 / 一念關山: Review: Wuxia meets politics as a princess, an assassin, and a squad of spies embark on mission impossible

Overall rating:         9 Stars Plot:                       8 Stars Acting/cast:            9 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    9 Stars Re-watch value:      9 Stars Enjoyment factor:   9 Stars

               

A League of Nobleman (2023) 君子盟: Review: An all-male cast shine in this atmospheric tale of vindication and vengeance 

Overall rating:         8.5 Stars Plot:                       8.5 Stars Acting/cast:            9 Stars Chemistry:             9 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      9 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8.5 Stars

  

A Love so Romantic (2020) 少爷与我的罗曼史): Review: An enjoyable, laugh out loud funny first part followed by last third cliché

Overall rating:         7 Stars Plot:                       5 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7.5 Stars

And the Winner is Love (2020) 月上重火: Review: Aesthetically beautiful but too much talk and not enough action

Overall rating:         6.5 Stars Plot:                       4 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      3 Stars Enjoyment factor:   5 Stars

Be my Cat (2021) 我的宠物少将军: Review: Fluffy, short, Cat-centric romcom

Overall rating:         6 Stars Plot:                       5.5 Stars Acting/cast:            6.5 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    6 Stars Re-watch value:      5 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7 Stars

Blossoms in Adversity (2024) 惜花芷: Review: A heartwarming comeback tale with family at its centre and a strong heroine at the helm 

Overall rating:         8.5 Stars Plot:                       8 Stars Acting/cast:            8.5 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    8 Stars Re-watch value:      8.5 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8 Stars

Decreed by Fate (2022) 千金难逃 / 千金難逃: Review: A fun romcom with eye candy and laugh-out-loud comedy aplenty!

Overall rating:         7.5 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8 Stars

           

Dr Cutie (2020) 萌医甜妻: Review: Fluffy fun with a Heroine who outshines the Hero

Overall rating:         5 Stars Plot:                       5 Stars Acting/cast:            6 Stars Couple chemistry:   5 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      4 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6 Stars

Egg and Stone (2023) 少女闖江湖 / 少女闯江湖: Review: A wuxia parody romp with zombies 

Overall rating:         7.5 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7.5 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7.5 Stars

Fighting for Love (2024) 阿麥從軍/ 阿麦从军: Review: Hodgepodge of cringe comedy, decent action, and poorly written palace intrigue that falls well short of epic

Overall rating:         7 Stars Plot:                       6.5 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   4 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      4 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7 Stars

General's Lady (2020) 将军家的小娘子: Review: Cute Couple and many happily ever afters 

Overall rating:         6 Stars Plot:                       5 Stars Acting/cast:            6 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      5 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6 Stars

Heart of Loyalty (2021) 一片冰心在玉壺: Review: Detective work takes a backseat to romance in this watchable but bland take on Kaifeng

Overall rating:         6 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            6 Stars Couple chemistry:   6 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6 Stars

                         

Hello There (2023) 公子贵姓: Review: Slapstick humour in a light-hearted and speedy romcom

Overall rating:         6 Stars Plot:                       5 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    6 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7 Stars

           

Heroes (2020) 大侠霍元甲: Review: A fitting homage to one of China's legendary heroes 

Overall rating:         8.5 Stars Plot:                       9 Stars Acting/cast:            9 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    8 Stars Re-watch value:      9 Stars Enjoyment factor:   9 Stars

Heroes (2022) 說英雄誰是英雄: Review: True blue wuxia that falls short of greatness 

Overall rating:         8.5 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   6 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8 Stars

In a Class of Her Own (2020)漂亮書生/漂亮书生:

Review: Heartwarming tale of friendship that strikes all the right comedic notes 

Overall rating:         8 Stars Plot:                       8 Stars Acting/cast:            8 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      9 Stars Enjoyment factor:   9 Stars

Jiu Liu Overlord (2020)九流霸主: Review: Pride and Prejudice in the Tang Dynasty which begins well but sadly fizzles out 

Overall rating:         6 Stars Plot:                       5 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   6 stars Music:                    6 Stars Re-watch value:      5 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6 Stars

Love like White Jade (2021)白玉思无瑕: Review: Cute romcom that needed to be about 10 episodes shorter 

Overall rating:         6 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      4 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6 Stars

Maiden Holmes (2020) 少女大人: Review: Light hearted, satisfying romance between equals

Overall rating:         8 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            8 Stars Couple chemistry:   9 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8 Stars

                                                                  

Miss the Dragon (2021)  遇龍 / 遇龙: Review: Xianxia lite, which does not quite hit the right emotional notes 

Overall rating:         6.5 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            6.5 Stars Couple chemistry:   6 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      5 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6 Stars

Ms Cupid in Love (2022) 姻缘大人请留步: Review: Frothy romcom that is watchable if a little bland

Overall rating:         6 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    6 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7 Stars

                                                         

                             

My Dear Brothers (2021) 亲爱的吾兄: Review: Cotton candy sweet Xianxia drama with a modern twist 

Overall rating:         7.5 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7.5 Stars

                                                  

    

My Heroic Husband (2021) 赘婿: Review: An enjoyable game of two halves with a hilarious and sweet power couple 

Overall rating:         8.5 Stars Plot:                       8.5 Stars Acting/cast:            8.5 Stars Couple chemistry:   9 Stars Music:                    8 Stars Re-watch value:      8 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8 Stars

My Sassy Princess (2022) 祝卿好: Review: A rapturously romantic feel-good romcom with sass and swoon-worthy chemistry

Overall rating:         8 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            8 Stars Couple chemistry:   9 stars Music:                    9 Stars Re-watch value:      8 Stars Enjoyment factor:   9 Stars

Mysterious Lotus Casebook (2023) 蓮花樓/莲花楼: Review: All aboard the Lotus Flower RV for a fantastic tale of wuxia, mystery, and brotherhood

Overall rating:         9 Stars Plot:                       9 Stars Acting/cast:            9 Stars Chemistry:             9 stars Music:                    9 Stars Re-watch value:      9 Stars Enjoyment factor:   9 Stars

Oh my Lord (2022) 惹不起的千歲大人: Review: Fluffy cuteness with a cliffhanger ending 

Overall rating:         6 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7 Stars

                  

              

Qing Luo (2021) 清落: Review: An average romcom that's a bit hit and miss 

Overall rating:        6 Stars Plot:                       5 Stars Acting/cast:            6.5 Stars Couple chemistry:   6 stars Music:                    6 Stars Re-watch value:      4 Stars Enjoyment factor:   5 Stars

       

Rebirth for You (2021) 嘉南傳: Review: An exercise in exasperation

Overall rating:         4 Stars Plot:                       3 Stars Acting/cast:            5 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      0 Stars Enjoyment factor:   3 Stars

                                             

Romance of a Twin Flower (2023)春闺梦里人: Review: Cute chemistry squandered by a patchy and unevenly paced plot 

Overall rating:         6.5 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6.5 Stars

Romance on the Farm (2023) 田耕紀: Review: Not much romance but there is family melodrama aplenty 

Overall rating:         7.5 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7.5 Stars

Royal Rumours (2023) 花琉璃轶闻: Review: Cute romcom with a pretty pretender and her prince 

Overall rating:         7.5 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7.5 Stars

Scent of Time (2023) 為有暗香來: Review: A suspense-laden reverie on regret, redress, and redemption

Overall rating:         8.5 Stars Plot:                       8 Stars Acting/cast:            8 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      8 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8.5 Stars

Song of the Moon (2022)月歌行: Review: Decent acting from eye candy cast marred by a lackluster script

Overall rating:         7 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    8 Stars Re-watch value:      5 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6.5 Stars

The Autumn Ballad (2022) 嫣語賦: Review: A surprisingly realistic take on relationships and a refreshingly flawed heroine 

Overall rating:         7.5 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8 Stars

The Double (2024)(墨雨雲間 / 墨雨云间): Review: Revenge is a dish best served doubled and with theatricality 

Overall rating:         8.5 Stars Plot:                       8 Stars Acting/cast:            8.5 Stars Couple chemistry:   8.5 stars Music:                    8 Stars Re-watch value:      8 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8.5 Stars

The Flowers are Blooming (2021) 清風朗月花正開: Review: A lighthearted fluffy romance with architecture and teamwork thrown in

Overall rating:         7 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   6 stars Music:                    6 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7 Stars

The Imperial Coroner (2021) 御赐小仵作: Review: A delightfully clever gem of a drama in the historical detective genre 

Overall rating:         9 Stars Plot:                       9 Stars Acting/cast:            9 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    8 Stars Re-watch value:      9 Stars Enjoyment factor:   9 Stars

The Legendary Life of Queen Lau (2022) 我叫劉金鳳: Review: Laugh out loud comedy with a Queen of Hearts

Overall rating:         8 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            8 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    9 Stars Re-watch value:      8 Stars Enjoyment factor:   9 Stars

The Legend of Anle (2023)安乐传: Review: A decidedly average half-way house adaptation only made watchable by its cast 

Overall rating:         7.5 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            8 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7.5 Stars

The Long Ballad (2021)長歌行: Review: A binge-worthy epic journey of love, loss, and growth that does justice to the source manhua

Overall rating:         9 Stars Plot:                       9 Stars Acting/cast:            9 Stars Couple chemistry:   9 stars Music:                    10 Stars Re-watch value:      9 Stars Enjoyment factor:   9 Stars

The Sleepless Princess (2020)离人心上: Review: Adorable couple chemistry and a Tale of Two Endings

Overall rating:        8.5 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            9 Stars Couple chemistry:   10 stars Music:                    9 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8 Stars

 

The Starry Love (2023) 星落凝成糖: Review: Hilarious and heartfelt xianxia take on "wrong carriage, right groom" tale 

Overall rating:        9 Stars Plot:                      9 Stars Acting/cast:            9 Stars Couple chemistry:   10 stars Music:                    9 Stars Re-watch value:      9 Stars Enjoyment factor:   10 Stars

       

 

The Trust (2023)恩爱两不疑 / 恩愛兩不疑: Review: A delightfully funny body-switching drama on the importance of love and mutual trust 

Overall rating:         8 Stars Plot:                       8 Stars Acting/cast:            8 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      8 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8 Stars

Till the End of the Moon (2023) 長月燼明/长月烬明: Review: A xianxia trolley dilemma and a Devil God that will break your heart

Overall rating:         9.5 Stars Plot:                       9 Stars Acting/cast:            10 Stars Couple chemistry:   10 stars Music:                    8 Stars Re-watch value:      9.5 Stars Enjoyment factor:   10 Stars

Under the Microscope (2023) 显微镜下的大明: Review: A quixotic quest to right a mathematical injustice in an unjust world

Overall rating:        9 Stars Plot:                      9 Stars Acting/cast:           10 Stars Chemistry:             10 Stars Music:                    8 Stars Re-watch value:      9 Stars Enjoyment factor:   9 Stars

Wanru's Journey (2023)少年江湖: Review: A no frills wuxia that is surprisingly watchable up until the lame ending

Overall rating:        6 Stars Plot:                      6 Stars Acting/cast:            6 Stars Couple chemistry:   6 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      5 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6.5 Stars

Who rules the World (2022) 且试天下: Review: The ultimate power couple take on jianghu and politics 

Overall rating:        8 Stars Plot:                      8 Stars Acting/cast:            8 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    8 Stars Re-watch value:      8 Stars Enjoyment factor:   8 Stars

  

Wrong Carriage, Right Groom (2023) 花轿喜事: Review: Cute and clichéd romance on a familiar trope

Overall rating:         6.5 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            6 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      2 Stars Enjoyment factor:   6.5 Stars

        

Wulin Heroes (2023)武林有侠气: Review: What's an amnesiac ginseng fairy to do when she meets all the boys she's loved before?*

* Or the boys she thought she loved and who claim to love her but betrayed her and/or will betray her; or the boys who truly loved her and lost her; or most importantly, the boy who is her one true love?  

Overall rating:         7 Stars Plot:                       6 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   7 stars Music:                    6 Stars Re-watch value:      7 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7 Stars

Yong An Dream (2024)永安夢/ 永安梦: Review: A sweet adaptation that eschews the darkness of the source novel in favour of light fluffiness

Overall rating:         7 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   6 stars Music:                    6 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7 Stars

Your Sensibility, My Destiny (2021)公子倾城:    Review: A sweet and satisfying drama that engages the senses

Overall rating:         7 Stars Plot:                       7 Stars Acting/cast:            7 Stars Couple chemistry:   8 stars Music:                    7 Stars Re-watch value:      6 Stars Enjoyment factor:   7 Stars