[Reviews] Please Be My Family

A single mother is duped into marrying a CEO single father. 
Notable Actors/Actresses

Xie Bin Bin: Song Hao Yu

Zheng Qiu Hong: Qi Si Le

Director

Li Jie

Chinese Title
請成為我的家人

Please Be My Family

Genres: Contemporary, Romcom, Sismance, Family, CEO, Contemporary Romcom

Network: MangoTV

Year: 2023
Episodes: 30 + Special Ep

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Cast

Xie Bin Bin: Song Hao Yu

Zheng Qiu Hong: Qi Si Le

Zhang Yan Bo: Song Xing Chen

Huang Bo Si: Qi Zi Xuan

Zhu Yuan Ding: Hao Jun

Sheng Hui Zi: Li Xin

Jin Chong: Qin Tian

Yang Xue Er: Tong Luo Qi

Romcom/Romance Checklist

How much of the plot is angst/romance?

0 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

The ML: 

Cold–Lukewarm–Warm / Timid / Falls in Love First / Noble Idiot / CEO / General /

The FL: 

Bold / Cute / Cool & Independent / Falls in Love First / Better Than ML / Noble Idiot / 

Describe the Relationship (the tropes):

Bickering Start / Childhood Connection / Cohabitation / Contract Marriage or Fake Couple / Enemies to Lovers / Hidden Identity / School to Adulthood / Love Triangle / Married Couple (Real) / Secretly in Love (F/ML) / Star-Crossed Lovers / 

Relationship Progress (officially together; first (official) kiss; breakup*):

Ep 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26* / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 

# of CPs (including main CP):
0 / 1 / 2.5 / 3

Ending:

Happy / Sad / Open Happy / Open Sad / Bad

Reviews

See Rating Guide for more info

Five (5/5)

Four (4/5)

Three (3/5)

Two (2/5)

Reviewer: cynlynn
Date: June 2023
Hearts: ♥♥

A fluff drama with contract marriage + cohabitation + bonus kids. 

A visual drama too! One giant and three shorties. You won’t get that anywhere else.

I love my giant Xie Bin Bin, but I cannot defend his dastardly character. He had so many chances to confess his marriage scam, but no, drama needed him to drag this out for its 30 episode quota. However, it seems drama is self-aware and gave us a time-loop special to punish him, ha. Still, I wish the truth came out sooner so I could enjoy his cuteness and thoughtfulness without being guilty for/with him.

I’m going to be the a-hole here and say the cute kids are terrible actors. Nananabooboo! However, Chen Chen and Xuan Xuan have their (one or two) touching moments. Also, for our couple, I think they both had better chemistry with their previous co-stars. Again, they have cute moments too, but not enough for my greedy heart. 

The best surprise is the 3FL. Her friendship with Qi Si Le came from left field (well, a common enemy), but I’m all for the random sismance. She’s great with the kids too!

One (1/5)

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