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prepare tissues before watching
wow where to start? this was incredible. it was so moving and touching. it made my heart ache in the best way possible.story: it's a bit episodic. each episode you get to basically know about another dead person but it also has a more continuous narrative. things like the build up to understanding why sang gu and his brother's relationship was strained and the development of a familial relationship between sang gu and geu ru. the plot has many messages that make us think about human nature. it's heartbreaking because of how real it is. this was so well written and it shows us the flaws and mistakes humans make as well as the many hopes and dreams we all have.
acting: simply wow. i have no words for how well acted this drama is. every actor played their part perfectly. they captured these characters to the very core. lee je hoon's performance as sang gu was beautifully potrayed. he showed the character's flaws, strengths and weaknesses in a way no other actor could've done. tang jun sang who played geu ru very well done. his portrayl of someone who has asperger's imo is very good. the other actors were of course amazing as well. they managed to play their characters in a way that felt real and personal. well done to the cast, seriously well done.
music: ep 5 :( gonna cry everytime i hear "we wish you a merry christmas".
rewatch: i actually rewatched some episodes to cry because i couldn't cry lmao. it worked btw. great if you wanna cry not great if you dont lmao.
overall: this is a masterpiece. it gives us a glimpse into the lives of others. a hard working man who is taken advantage of, an old couple who want to be together till the end, how greed can cloud a person's mind, a couple who never got to be because of parental pressure and prejudice, and how a misunderstanding can cause years of resentment. there's of course more than just the things i've listed (some with more meaning that what i've put lol) so watch it to find out.
it shows how society views death (and trauma cleaners) as something taboo despite it being something that happens everywhere everyday. death isn't really the end. people leave things behind. what their hopes, dreams and unfufilled wishes were.
each episode has a message behind it. some make you frustrated, some make you hope and some will just make you sad. it charges head first into criticizing society, its controversial issues and prejudice. it really makes you think about a million things and feel a million things. one of the best dramas i have ever seen.
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Not as sad as they say
well, this series have been in my list for a long time and I just finish watching this.People say this series is really sad and may change our view about life.
Honestly, the first episodes was great and make me almost cry.
I start to lose all my emotions when the father die and uncle come along. Not being sad, I feel madness from the whole series. How the uncle act like, whatever he like, and how Geu-Ru keep patient about it.
Also, I think this series will be great if they not put a lot of ring fighting scene.
I kinda like the case that move to heaven do.
Their job and every story behind it, its amazing.
I lose intererst because the fight scene and the ending. The girl come and request the cleaning for herself. is this suicide plan ?
I also think its would be nice if they spill how Geu-Ru father come with the idea to create move to heaven after resign as a fire fighter.
So, if they say this is a sad series. I dont think sooo.
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refreshing..
Despite their being trauma cleaners, I actually found this drama very refreshing. I loved the visuals, the drone shots....Kdramas are truly unique. They have so many original stories which can be eye openers for foreign viewers.
I loved the idea of having these trauma cleaners. For people who have experienced losses, it is truly difficult to go through a loved ones belongings because of all the memories they evoke.
Though this series was short, it showed a different side of loss. In their words, the deceased could speak and tell their stories. True enough, everything they leave behind, be it receipts, old bills etc, can easily tell a story of how they live their daily lives.
This is a recommendable drama the whole family can enjoy
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A heartwarming drama that shows the best of humanity
A touching, beautiful, somewhat magical and heartwrenching drama that played every one of my heartstrings as though it were a melody. Each episode filled with touching and heartbreaking stories of the deceased; and the powerful, warming journey a young boy with autism goes through to not only give peace to those deceased but to give them the final farewell they deserve.Han Geu Ru, a 20-year-old boy with autism has never had an easy life, he struggles with new challenges and anything outside his set rules. Han Geu Ru's life takes on an even sadder and tragic twist with the sudden death of his father. Having found himself placed into the care of his uncle, a complete stranger fresh out of prison and his childhood friend and neighbour. Together an unlikely and beautiful relationship is formed between Han Geu Ru and his uncle, who once despised Han Geu Ru's father due to a misunderstanding a long time ago.
After a few misunderstandings and incidents, Han Geu Ru comes to trust and love his uncle as a second father, while his uncle learns more about life and the true meaning of it. Through one another the two men grow a strong, unbreakable and loving bond that brings tears to the audience.
An absolute heartwrencher and tearjerker, but it leaves an important message for the audience about life, family and dreams. 'We must always live in the present and not in the past.'
I am very glad to have been able to watch this masterpiece and am grateful to see such an emotional and touching drama. The cast were absolutely phenomenal and played their characters perfectly. What great actors they were to be able to play their characters so well and evoke such emotion and reactions from the audience. A true pleasure to watch.
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Piece of art!
Move to heaven is a story about a boy who has asperger, he and his father used to work as people who are trauma cleaner. When his father one day died, he got a new guarden, his uncle and his fathers half brother. The relationship with the uncle and the father will you know about in the drama and the reason why they aren't close.The acting in this drama was the best ever, Tang Jung-Sang did an amazing job and showed every emotion and act perfectly. The show will give you a reason to live and show you what life is like. That there will be misunderstandment, that things will go wrong. In this show, you will learn that every person in the world is worthy, even tho they migh have a type of syndrome, even if you aren't "normal". You will have a beautiful ride through every episode. Every episode will bring something new and intresting. The show also shows how people can fall apart but love each other still, toxiety in a family or in a relationship. It will show you that you are worth of living, that even if you think no one will care, there will always be someone who will get hurt and that it just needs someone to speak up for you to get along. Because someone maybe to do so.
The drama will bring up different stories of different people. And everything will be very touching. It was beautifully directed and produced. Everything was pefectly made.
I'm grateful that I gave this drama a chance. I watched it once before but I dropped it (It was when I was in need of some romance drama cuz I watched to many sad ones). I learned many things and got so happy because it feels like the show made me a better type of person. I cried on every episode, every scene and I'm not lying. I was seriously bawling but that may be cuz I'm a crybaby. The drama was a 10/10. I highly recomend it, worth every second of your time.
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Mind-blowing! Deserves to stay at top in MDL list
I always love the anthology genre and this one is just a master piece. Great drama with essence of life. Very unique story. I am highly impressed with the creativity! It is little slow sometimes but that is really required to enjoy the flow of the story. Kind of : " sit back and relax and merge in the deep thinking and realize yourself" - type feelings.Altogether this drama touches the heart. I will recommend: keep your tissue box ready while watching it. So wonderfully it directs the viewers to appreciate the life in a completely pure teary way! The whole story very carefully shows a nice development of human-relation and understandings. This drama leaves behind a life-changing feeling while opening up a very unique view-point to enjoy life with simplicity. It also delivers a very deep message with high moral values which is basically about " how one need to preserve kindness in heart even everything goes wrong in the life". If one fully observe the life story of "Han Jung Woo", there is a lot to learn from it. With traumatic childhood, almost destroyed broken family at teenage, without parents, separation/death of close ones and all other typical odds are there in his throughout unfortunate short life; in spite of that he is an epitome of success. His short life is a "worth of living". He had dealt every odd situation in his life with a very kind and open heart. A traumatic childhood can destroy soft core of any human heart and equally capable of turning them into a monster. We have seen this in many dramas where often negative characters are being justified on the basis of this factor. But Han Jung Woo have shown how to live a life as a fragrant beautiful lotus flower while being born in mud: Untouched by the impurity ( lotus symbolizes the purity of heart and mind). He not only healed himself but also with his fragrance of kindness he enlightened people around him, even after his death. A very respectful, strong and obviously a very rare personality. We have a lot to learn from this character and I believe we can at least try if we open our minds and observe him carefully.
I am very thankful to the writer who created this character! Now-a-days when a "distorted personality" gets to be glorified in dramas/ movies as a "lead character", feed by sympathy of traumatic past or difficult unfortunate circumstances, the character like "Han Jung Woo" is highly desirable and should be introduced in dramas more frequently to keep our thinking straight and strengthen our mind. This selfless character is very practical, without any "false modesty" or "unrealistic traits". I would love to enjoy such characters as main leads in more dramas in future.
In a gist, this drama have just touched my heart, blown my mind. Absolutely loved it. Very emotional concept with very powerful message. It deserve to be #1 in MDL list. I am very happy that this drama justified its position in MDL list.
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A touching story that doesn't leave a single eye dry.
This is probably the most Jdrama-ish Kdrama I've seen and I'm saying that with only positivity in my mind.An emotional tale that will make you cry in about every episode.
When you die, do you think that you will disappear?
This drama will tell you the answer. That even if you are gone, pieces of you are left behind with the people that cared about you. Your belongings will tell about your life, your last time on this earth. It will show your struggles, your hopes and dream. And no matter how alone you think you are, when you are gone, there will be someone that misses you and grieves for you. Even when you are not here, you will never truly be gone.
The main cast is an interesting bunch as well. A dad that is the greatest dad in the world, a son that is special but because of that, he can see things no one else can. An uncle that is broken, but is beginning to heal. And the next door neighbour that is pretty much family.
All of these are part of what makes this drama great. Their story, their grief and their hopes and dream as well as their work as trauma cleaners.
10 episodes filled with lots of emotions and a different view on life. Here's to another season with more stories, both sad and happy.
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Can't recomend this drama enough, a hidden jewel on Netflix
I'll say I'm not on the Asparger syndrome spectrum, but I'm glad there is a show with a main character that is.S. Korea has good dramas, but since "while you were sleeping" there hadn't been a drama that grabbed me that hard like "move to heaven". Every episode was unique on its own and made me cry. There story is well written and I liked the arc both Geuru and Sanggu (especially Sanggu). The stories were varied and it was great, I enjoyed crying every every time. Nothing feels repetitive. I feel like the story is perfectly finished, I don't need a second season.
The acting was good even from supporting cast and Tang Jun Sang is definatly on my list of stars to watch for their next project. As I mentioned, I'm not on the spectrum, so that's not something I can judge, but he clearly stepped into a role that's not easy and he did good job at it IMO.
I like the fact that unlike many dramas, the show didn't use catchy Kpop songs. Don't get me wrong- I LOVE those songs, drama are my only way to be exposed to new great songs. But in this drama I think it actually works with classic music in the background.
I'll admit I didn't understand the last scene- what do white butterflies represent in Korea? (not a spoiler cuz... I'm going to tell in what context they were).
I think the drama is worth watching and I want to tell everyone about it. If I had Youtube channel, I would make a video of how much I loved it.
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A DRAMA WHERE YOU WILL CRY EVERY EPISODE
What I liked:- One of the drama that makes me cry in every episodes (I would surely not watch it in public next time).
- The story of the deceased and the main cast are both heartwarming and heart-wrenching. It teaches us to not jump into conclusion without knowing their backstory.
- I am so amazed by Tang Jun Sang acting. I first watched him act in Racket Boys and his character there is totally different than in Move to Heaven. It also raise awareness of Asperger's syndrome.
- I like how it's only 10 episodes, so its not dragging at all.
What I don't like:
- Probably about the ending. It kinda left us hanging.
- But other than that, it's perfect. I can totally rewatch it anytime soon.
So, if you are contemplating whether to watch this or not, just watch it. You will not regret it.
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Emotional but some good action too
Just catched up with this drama. I avoided it at first because I thought it would be a tearjerker only. Well it was at times but it also has some good sub plots with some good action. Despite the know it all side of the ML (Yes Han Geu Roo is the ML) which is annoying at times, he is still genuine and his abilities help a lot. SML Cho Sang Gu is a loser but he has a proper character development and his story is interesting. Yoon Na Mu is not only the fifth wheel of the carriage. She was funny and useful at times.Binged watched the whole serie within a week-end. Quite an emotional and well crafted serie which denounces fairly some bad aspects of SK's society/history.
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I don't believe in heaven but I believe in this drama ?
Ok.. so as someone who is pretty much just now branching off of the BL genre, this is the first review I've done on just a regular K-drama. Normally when I watch a drama that isn't BL, it has to be related to something I enjoy. For example, Horror/Thrillers. That's why I really enjoyed Strangers from Hell and Sweet home. But this is pretty much the first time that I ignored all those things and went for something I wasn't even sure I was gonna like lol. Tbh, when I first read the synopsis it made me really confused how this is ranked #1 on the top dramas list. I thought it sounded quite boring. How could a drama about moving peoples things be good? Damn.. I was WRONG. To me, this drama was anything but boring. Not only is pretty much every single character likeable but its exactly what it says it is, a freaking tearjerker. I cried in almost every episode. It was cool to see the lives and stories of the dead. Especially when typically people just end up forgetting them. It definitely also had lots of comedy, happiness, suspense, action... just everything. I wasnt sure how I felt about the uncle at first just cause he seemed to be really petty but he grew on me super hard and ended up becoming one of my favorite characters. His slowly developed relationship with Geu-ru was so perfectly executed. Geu-ru is also an extremely likeable character. Hes so smart, talented, and very high functioning. I know that one of the symptoms of Asperger syndrome is that people with it seem to lack emotional expression and yes, maybe Geu-ru didnt physically show his emotions much but he definitely expressed his emotions through his actions and words. The things he would go out of his way to do for people was insane. I seriously cant get over how good this series was. I will be rewatching it again soon lol. Im grateful for everyone involved in this drama.Was this review helpful to you?
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Amazing story and acting
I have to admit that Geu Roo is so adorable. It was sad that he lost his father. Geu is a smart guy who was able to continue the business. Those crime scenes he was cleaning would freak me out. Who does not get freak out being around that? I admire how the actor playing Geu Roo handle it so well. I would just scearm and be like this is not a job for me. The story is amazing and a must watch series. BTW there is episode that has BL scenes. If you have not watch it. You have to see it for yourself.Was this review helpful to you?
