Too Clichéd: Actually, rom-com’s like these are always heavily clichéd.
Had Grandpa threatened them with disownment they would have all come wagging their tails behind him and he would have to neither spend money on Ha Won nor face the threat of one of his grandsons falling in love with a poor helpless girl. I mean young good-looking boys and not expect her to fall for even one of them? He is aware of how rebellious those boys are, so what made him think that a lame ‘dating’ ban will stop the girl from falling in love with any of the boys.
Too Farfetched: Now tell me why will a chaebol (extremely rich businessman) grandfather hire a young girl to change or reform his young grandsons? Why would a grandfather keep a young girl in a house full of testosterones ooops…. Finally, the song played mostly when someone (read Hye Ji) was brooding on the show, Apink’s ‘Without You’ is a song that will stick in your memory even when you do not really get the lyrics. It is a fun and peppy song that suits all the amusing and mischievous instances on the show. ‘My Romeo’ by Jessi always reminds me of the first few episodes that were dominated by Hyun Min. Its beautiful lyrics ‘… you’re the only one for me….I’m the only one for you’ perfectly captures what Ji Woon feels for Ha Won. Melodious OST: I give the show’s OST a big giant humongous thumbs up! Ji Woon and Ha Won’s love song ‘For You’ (the ballad version) gives you the feels. She acts well and shares good chemistry with all the three Kang cousins. She isn’t the perfect Cinderella but most certainly was the perfect Ha Won. So Da m may not be an exceptional Korean beauty but her tomboy looks helped her look convincing in the show. Park So Dam: This new age Cinderella is smart strong, brave, and indomitable. Couldn’t they have given him more screen time? He was so good! His chemistry with Hye Ji (Son Na Eun) was just meh… maybe because Hye Ji herself was so meh on the show. I was actually hoping for the show makers to surprise the audience and let her go with Hyun Min. I was rooting for Hyun Min (Ah Jae Hyun) for the longest time despite knowing the fact that Ha Won will eventually end up with Kang Woo. His chemistry with the Park So Dam was far more electric than that with Jung Il Woo. Let’s weigh Cinderella and Four Knights on our show beam balance and see how well this rom-com fares.Īh Jae Hyun: I liked him from his first scene itself. The rebellious and flirtatious Kang Hyun Min (Ahn Jae Hyun), the aloof and cold Kang Ji Woon (Jung Il Woo) and the sweet and kind Kang Seo Woo (Lee Jung Shin). At first she refuses his offer, but later due to a twist of fate, she finds herself amidst the three cousins. In exchange, grandpa will sponsor her entire college education and even send her abroad for further education. If she accepts the job she will have to stay with the three boys under one roof under the condition that she can never date any of them.
One day, she happens to meet a rich businessman, CEO Kang (Kim Yong Gun) who offers her the job of uniting his unruly grandsons as a family. Ha Won’s stepmother and stepsister take his absence as an opportunity to harass Ha Won and make her do all the house chores for them. Ha Won dreams of becoming a teacher and has been doing several part-time jobs to collect money for her college fee. Her father is always travelling for work and is seldom at home.
Now how am I supposed to know that the weekend has arrived?Ĭinderella and Four Knights is a 16 episode Korean romantic drama about a poor girl named Eun Ha-won (Park So Dam) who lives with her stepmother and stepsister in a small house.
Nooo! Why did this show have to end? My Saturday and Sunday mornings would start with this show and now that it has concluded, I have nothing to kickstart my weekend.