K-drama Perfect Family: Park Ju-hyun, Kim Young-dae lead high-energy baroque melodrama
- Two orphans, one adopted into a life of privilege, the other condemned to suffer. Years later, contrition gives way to bloody confrontation
Lead cast: Park Ju-hyun, Yoon Se-ha, Kim Byung-chul, Kim Young-dae
Latest Nielsen rating: 2.55 per cent
With Baroque classical music blaring over its title sequence, a shocking twist and gruesome prosthetics all appearing within its first few minutes, the new KBS drama Perfect Family – which another South Korean broadcaster, MBN, was originally scheduled to air – announces itself as a loud and proud melodrama from the very start.
Tuning in to watch a show called Perfect Family about a family that truly was picture-perfect from first to last would not be much fun. So the question that the audience must ask themselves as the story begins is whether the titular family is about to have its perfect facade smashed to bits through trial and tribulation, or whether in fact they were far from perfect to begin with.
