I could say.. I'm a big fan of Cheese in the Trap since its manhwa was posted in Line WebToon couple of years ago. I've read them day by day till I found out that it will be presented as a Drama in 2016. That'd be the very first drama I see, too, back then. (ps. I didn't get into Korean things before). After its arrival in 2016, turns out I appreciated the series more than I expected, though the story lines went farther than its comic at some points. Then I got news that this story is once again would be packaged for a movie in 2017. That became the next highest anticipation I felt after its series done.

What I'm about to say is, as a movie enthusiast and a big fan of this project, I'm a little bit disappoint with this version somehow. The story line's very good for at least representing its comic, but for some reasons, I found it strange that I referred to the drama version more than the movie. Maybe the first impression that was made from drama's characters brought the movie risen up to a whole new level expectation for us. Park Hae Jin represented Yoo Jung seonbae once again in a very best way (just like Yoo Jung character was built from himself). Oh Yeon Seo could be a fit character for Hong Seol physically, but not characteristically. I expected Hong Seol who was live with more confusion, shyness, vagueness and cleverness just like once acted by Kim Go Eun. And of course for Baek's sibling, they need to do at least portraying those recklessness, cunning, and unbeatable sides of them, just like once played by Seo Kang Joon & Lee Sung Kyung.

When I was reviewing about the main roles as above, I felt the more expectation level rose up to other roles as well. I might gave 5/10 stars for this movie for bringing the rests of the stories that was never brought up in its series. But over all, I couldn't thank you all enough for the characters here. I hope this would never happen again in the future of kdrama or kmovies world, for exploiting a masterpiece story into a profitable business. Thank you

I actually really like this movie version of Cheese In the Trap. I've seen the kdrama as well. Fans need to see this movie as a 'filler' to the kdrama. A lot more backstory about Sunbae (Park Hae Jin) that would explain how psychotic he actually really is. Sunbae is actually a really dark and scary individual but the kdrama downplayed it to a leading man-romantic love interest. This movie portrays his real character. The ending will shock you ! Don't compare to the kdrama. you've seen the drama .. move on.. watch this film with an open mind. I guarantee you'll enjoy it. I can't wait to get it on DVD. !

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REVIEW:

• Don't get me wrong. I really like the story of this webtoon (source material - I haven't read it only watched the kdrama). I just didn't like this adaptation. It made the story confusing. In the korean drama, every bit of the story was shown (especially in the first nine episodes). Here, only the major parts were shown and some weren't really connected to what was happening to the previous parts. It wasn't a coherent storyline.
• I thought that this movie was supposed to fix the weak ending of the korean drama. However, that didn't happen. The movie just wrapped things up neatly in a bow.
• I prefer the cast of the korean drama. The acting of the cast here was weak. All of the cast of the kdrama were great. Why didn't wait for Kim Go Eun!!!
• The only reason that I was able to finish this is because of Park Hae Jin.
• Beautiful cinematography though. Points for that.
• KDRAMA MUCH BETTER THAN THE MOVIE!!!