My Sunshine (2015– ) User Reviews

Jarring Mistakes Leads to Lower Ratings

[DragonGrrl99 · 7/10 · 8 January 2022]

Mosheng gets a super short haircut but then reverts to her previo haircut in the scene where she and her friend plots how to lure Yicheng to the theatre. Yet another haircut shows up on the same timeframe, just even later in the evening, after the movies.

The Caucasian actors and actresses seem to have been picked without much consideration. Many speak unintelligible English. Perhaps Russian or other European languages? The accent is so thick it's unintelligible. And the worse offender is the landlord lady portrayed near the end, who spoke no English at all and yet Mosheng is replying in Chinese.

The younger boy that Mosheng was the guardian to was not friendly and spoke no Chinese. The older boy actor also lacked acting skills and seemed out of it.

Sometimes the background music is so loud it's more like foreground music and makes it next to impossible to know what was being said.

Not all of the Chinese actors spoke clear English. The worse offender was Yin Hui, whose deep voice and accent contributed to my frustration. Netflix didn't seem to bother trying to provide subtitles for the supposedly English lines. Which increases my frustration.

A heart-tugging love story

[magnoliacream · 9/10 · 30 December 2021]

I first watched the director's cut of this drama that condensed the series into 4 episodes. The story was so compelling and the main leads so lovable (despite unconventional hair styles), I watched it three times in a row then searched for the full version and loved it.

My Sunshine tells the story of lively, kind and guileless free spirit Zhao Mosheng (Tiffany Tang, Janice Wu as young Mosheng) who falls in love with second-year law student He Yichen (Wallace Chung, Luo Yunxi as young Yichen) on her first day as a Chemistry major in Changhua University. Mosheng pursues top student Yichen relentlessly until his resolve to not have a girlfriend in college breaks down.

Their bliss would be cut short when family issues and harsh words lead to a painful separation that would drain the spark out of Mosheng and turn Yichen into a cold workaholic lawyer. Would they find their way back into each other's arms after 7 years? Would Yichen still be drawn to a dispirited Mosheng? Would she regain her sunshiny ways?

Ugh

[solomon1121 · 2/10 · 15 March 2022]

I couldn't finish the series; gave up after 8 episodes. The two main characters were so unappealing. The woman has no personality. Worse, she can't look anyone in the eye and spends almost every scene looking down at the ground. She consistently refuses to answer people, acting kind of like a deaf mute. The male lead also has no personality. No warmth, caring or humanity. No intelligence either. Why was this series made? What was the point?

A Nerdy Love Story

[mcgknapp-44363 · 9/10 · 31 October 2023]

This series is a love it or hate it series. I personally loved it, but I like quirky characters. The couple, Yichen and Mosheng are depicted by two sets of actors, one set for their college days, and one as adults. I loved both sets of actors but Mosheng's very forward behavior during college was embarrassing and difficult to watch. Her character makes sense, though, because Yichen was such a block that no other approach could have gotten his attention.

While it is not directly mentioned in the show, Yichen clearly has some mental health issues - some inherited, and some trauma-induced. His flat affect, expert masking, difficulties communicating in a personal setting, attachment issues, wildly swinging emotions and impulsive and self-destructive behavior all make him an intriguing character. He doesn't seem to understand the concept of dating. He is used to being chased, so he struggles to get the adult Mosheng's attention now that she is older and uncertain about him. He trends stalkerish, watching her when she's unaware, showing up unannounced at work, skulking outside her house and catching her going in or out. Because the Yichen character is often so expressionless, Wallace Chung does an amazing job at micro-expressions - loneliness, sadness, uncertainty, anger, yearning. While there is violent behavior, it is triggered by panic that Yichen is losing Mosheng, not a desire to hurt her. Yichen is also surrounded by friends who seem aware of his struggles and try to help. Mosheng still carries a torch for Yichen, but seems a lot more stable.

The photography and techniques are amazing. In one scene that is slightly violent, the scenes fades to black repeatedly, like a person catching flashes during a traumatic event. In other scenes, the images are superimposed on one another in a beautiful way. The music is fantastic. I still listen to the soundtrack.

Many complain about Mosheng's wardrobe and hair. The wardrobe reflects her playful nature, the influences of her time in California and distinguishes her from every other woman in Yichen's life. I think the hair is done to distinguish the many time references, and to underscore the point that there is nothing outstanding about Mosheng - not her intelligence, style, accomplishments, etc. Also, it's a plot element to make Yichen annoyed. Mosheng's playful spirit and lack of a calculating nature, not her looks, seem to be what attracts the fellows.

Overall, it's a bittersweet story. Yichen's slightly crazy, nerdy, enduring, very passionate obsession with his college sweetheart tugs at the heartstrings. If you are looking for a perfect man, that's not Yichen. Despite his successful career, one might wonder if he's such a catch for Mosheng. But Mosheng loves him and Yichen is definitely one loyal guy.

The worst!!!

[togunpola · 2/10 · 14 August 2022]

Would have been a great watch if ML wasn't so manipulative and abusive and FL wasn't acting so much of a pushover.. like he could literally be slapping her in the face for nothing and blame her for it and she'll say "I'm sorry".

He broke up with her but blames her because of what her father did to him. Then blames her for leaving him even though she was a teenager being forced to leave her country.

And then her father dies and she doesn't get to mourn him in her country but who cares about that when ML's heart is broken because she actually leaves when he told her to leave.

WTF is this drama really.

Im sick and tired of C-Drama always portraying FL as weak and gullible. I think she probably raised her head like 10 times from Ep1 to Ep10 to look at him while hes talking... constantly looking down all defeated! WTF.

I don't like it at all and giving up at E10.

Poorly Made & A Bit Cheesy

[lakeshark-86430 · 3/10 · 1 February 2022]

Poor sound quality while shooting outside which included a bad buzz.

Miserable cheap wigs for the main actress.

Way too much product placement of a scary looking alcohol brand named RIO that comes in hideous bright colors.

The people who played the English speaking roles didn't even speak good English & were mostly foreigners.

The plot was cheesy & over the top. The male roles were overly bossy & macho.

Not much to like with this series.

Good balance between drama and humor

[ccline-51714 · 5/10 · 7 January 2022]

Gotta say, FL hair and clothes awful although haven't completed yet. Why must she wear wigs? Did actress have hair issue? I got excited when she went to hair salon but now just shorter wig...ugh. And her horrendous clothes, c'mon. Storyline back and forth between their college year to present, spirited, lively FL in her college years, although cringy and annoyingly loud and talkative but in present bowed head, no spirit, no clearing up of misunderstandings, no personality. I can't imagine writers thought process, let's make female lead weak as adult woman. ML pretty much same personality throughout. Guess I'll stay for entirety.

Sad to watch this abusive relationship

[trunnels-56136 · 3/10 · 10 June 2022]

I am a fan of both the FL and the ML, normally. However, I don't understand why the writers thought the best way to depict their relationship, even from the beginning, was for it to be so abusive. I was uncomfortable watching the ML speak to the FL throughout the series. Several times I thought to stop watching altogether.

Horrible, horrible English speaking. I couldn't understand them at all. Not sure what to think about it all. I was shocked to see this had nominations and awards.

Hideous

[byzantia-68736 · 1/10 · 3 September 2022]

Both ML are horrible. Abusive, domineering. They both sexually assault the FL and those assaults are just shrugged off....like..."oh...gee....he just attacked me and hurt me. Think I'll comfort him now. He might feel bad." Obscenely terrible writing.

Horrible hair. Too many of the men look like they had been attacked by a rabid dog clipper with the end result being their hair is for some reason half shaved but only on one side and the remaining hair looking like it was styled with Elmer's glue, a heat gun and perhaps a cotton candy machine.

Horrible, cheap, weird wigs on the FL with so many different wig lengths you think you're hallucinating. The female lead only ever looks at the ground. I guess the writers just didn't want to give her any sane dialogue. If that was the goal? Then bravo! Success! She is pentultimate shy, demure doormat. FL never divulges what is really going on and just acts like a total dingbat. Who could like or care about any of these characters? Answer: no one.

No rational dialogue. The people chosen to speak English, don't. But there are no subtitles for the babbling, unintelligible "English speakers", so considerable sections of dialogue will be missed. No one questions any of the ridiculous, unbelievable multiple story lines going on. The so called "eurasian" kid was just some lifeless, blond Russian child that had no idea what was going on, and who looked and acted as though he had been abducted off of a street somewhere.

Add to that terrible, cheap, childish costuming, awful, echoey sound inside. Fuzzy sound outside along with lighting that is so dreadfully shot that you notice how dreadful the lighting is.

Unless it is some of the scenery early on, there is nothing at all redeeming about this series. Avoid.

My sunshine soon clouds over

[geewhiz46 · 2/10 · 30 November 2022]

This story concerns the determination of a lovestruck teenage girl to stalk and become the girlfriend of a slightly older teenage boy.

Unfortunately, this feistiness seems to have deserted the heroine in later life and she becomes a humble doormat with constantly downcast eyes.

Through circumstances she is forced to leave her boyfriend and as usual (this is really an overused trope) go to study in America - for seven years.

Later it emerges that she got married during this period and they adopted a baby. She didn't seem to make any effort to take said baby with her when she got divorced and moved back to China. She displayed no grief or regret or even concern at the child's reaction to losing its mother figure.

There follows the usual love rivalry when her ex-husband turns up in search of her. I found the situation with Miss Tong - his clingy ex-girlfriend very strange - it seemed to have no real story to it and no history or reasons given for why she was pursuing him (one imagines money - her mother made that clear) or why he didn't want to know.

The FL's arms and legs are painfully thin - and when she finally abandons the dreadful wigs it is obvious why she used them - her hair line is very high indeed.

You will need the ff button to speed through the constant flashbacks and the interminable girl chats that lead nowhere. The girl they chose to be a top model was quite plain and relied heavily on make-up and dramatic photography to make her believable.

But then the Asian idea of make-up and fashion is quite bizarre to western eyes. The males sported dreadful haircuts which one poster has already described in quite a wonderful way. The FL had horrendous wigs and wore the most childish of clothes - a tee-shirt with doggie ears and big eyes seemed to be a particular favourite. The ML had a habit of looking at the camera which was very off-putting,

I also find it rather stupid to show the final scene after every episode - why continue when you know the end??

I would not recommend this series to anyone who likes a well-paced romance.

Main male and female character totally inadequate

[guyphoebus · 3/10 · 7 April 2024]

The show could have been fine. The premise was interesting, the filming very decent and the secondary characters okay. Unfortunately, the main male character is cold as a fish and, most importantly, it is very difficult to envision why even a hot blooded man could have any interest for the main female character. She is supposed to be in her late twenties, but dresses and talks like a 12-year-old, has a submissive attitude 90% of the time, and has all the personality of an oyster. Who would want to pursue such a lame girl, let alone remain faithful to her for years while she was abroad?! This critic is for the characters as written in and not for the actor and actress, who just play the (very bad) part they were given.

Dreadful

[Bibiliography · 1/10 · 8 February 2023]

What in the fresh hell is this and who tf thought having a FL who was afraid of her own shadow would be good drama? My heart hurts from having to self-flagellate since I kept watching episode after episode even though I knew nothing would change. The FL would still be a walk over and the ML would still be a verbally abusive jerk. It's kinda shocking that this series is just 7 yrs old because the story is dated and unrealistic, and no woman born north of the year 1990 would put up with all the crap that was thrown at the FL by what seemed like all the female characters and the male lead.

Next, what's with the ridiculous hairstyles of both leads? Wallace looked old and Tang's head and body looked like a mushroom cap and stalk respectively.