All mothers in the world are bad.

2023 · 1 season · Drama

8.9 Modest

Series finished

Drama Comedy

A tragic accident leaves an ambitious prosecutor with the mind of a child – forcing him and his mother to embark on a journey to heal their relationship.

Original title: 나쁜 엄마
Country of origin: 🇰🇷 South Korea
Year: 2023

Created by: Sim Na-yeon, Bae Se-young
Channel: JTBC
Studio: Film Monster · Drama House · SLL

Trivia & behind the scenes

Reception

The Good Bad Mother was a commercial success and became one of the highest-rated dramas in the history of Korean cable television, in addition to establishing a new viewership record for a Wednesday-Thursday drama broadcast by JTBC.

References

Actor Kim Won-hae and lead actor Lee Do-hyun had previously worked together in 2021 on the KBS2 drama 'Youth of May', reuniting for this production two years later.

Reception

The series was nominated in the drama category at the 36th Korea Broadcasting Writers' Awards, but was ultimately disqualified because the screenwriter was not a member of the Korea Broadcasting Writers Association.

Trivia

The series is broadcast by JTBC and also made available for streaming on Netflix, though only in select regions.

Themes

farm slice of life family relationships family illness childhood friends death of husband emotions mother son relationship bittersweet age regression village setting

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