TV series

Smile, Mom

2010–2011 · 1 season

A long, emotionally churning family drama where every kindness carries an edge and old wounds keep resurfacing.

Overview: Smile, Mom is a 2010 South Korean television drama starring Lee Mi-sook, Park Won-sook, Ji Soo-won, Yoon Jung-hee, Go Eun-mi and Lee Jae-hwang. The weekend theater drama aired on SBS from November 6, 2010 to April 24, 2011 on Saturdays and Sundays at 20:50 for 50 episodes.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, parenthood, identity, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
parenthood
identity
betrayal
ambition
Places: big city
home
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild