Move to Heaven

Heartwarming & Heartbreaking

What a gem of a show. Beautiful in every way. Firstly, I loved the cinematography of this drama, my eyeballs where blessed. The acting, music, story, well most things just works in this drama. Emotionally, its so devastating, yet it warms your soul all at once. It's kinda difficult to explain what works in this drama, so I will keep this part short. It's just..very good. I do have some minor issues with the drama, but they aren't really major flaws.

Some of the flaws:
My main issue with the drama is not necessarily what was shown, but what wasn't. I would have loved the drama to focus more on the dynamic change between Geu Roo and Sang Gu towards the end. I feel like they didn't have a clear conclusion to what was at the end, the main story of the drama. Moreover, since the show kinda reaches it's climax during episode 8 (imo), I almost feel like they could have spent more time on the uncle's story. As much as I enjoyed to watch the whole father/family storyline at the end, I feel like they could have incorporated that storyline more early on, and not dedicated the 2 last episodes just for that.

Overall, Move to Heaven is a brilliant drama. I would recommend everyone to watch this!

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Move to Heaven was a beautiful surprise for me. It was a complete change from my usual taste, but I’m honestly so glad I watched it. The concept of a trauma cleaning company was unique, and the title of the drama was deeply connected to its story and message. What stood out the most was Geu-ru’s character — the way his Asperger’s syndrome was portrayed with respect and sensitivity was truly impressive. Watching him slowly understand emotions, loss, and finally learn to let go felt very real and touching. The bond between the uncle and nephew grew naturally, without forcing too much drama, and the side characters added warmth to the story. Every episode carried emotions without feeling heavy or boring. This drama doesn’t rely on romance or action — it relies on human feelings, memories, and healing, and it does that perfectly.

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EP 5 A Masterpiece.

Spoilers ahead : ep 5 is better than most the korean bls oit there. Fact. I watch all of them. I need this episode to become a whole drama even tho I know it will only make me cry my heart out. The script, the acting, the details! I figured out everything from the moment they entered his room, the "pray for orlando" poster make me sure. Only someone that knew about it will get it and i was suffering from that moment on until the very end! The flashbacks where so hurtful!! And what the protagonist said stayed with me " It's a shame when you aren't capable of loving, not when in love, isn't it?" He is so pure, I wish more people would see the world like he does...

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SO MUCH LIQUID CAME OUT OF MY FACE HOLES

Thank god there were only 10 episodes...I think I'd probably die from dehydration if there were more than 10 episodes of this drama. Every minute of every episode is a tear jerker. Good grief, I didn't know I even HAD this many tears to cry. Basically everyone is sad and the world is a sad shitty place. I mean clearly they make the show mostly about finding peace amidst the pain, but gosh is there so much pain represented here. Though, even with all the pain, I did like that we weren't forced to watch countless unrealistic happy endings; everything was bittersweet, it doesn't try to fill the sorrow holes it creates with bunches of fake flowers. My advice, if you watch this drama, make sure you drink lots of fluids.

The drama itself had a pretty basic storyline, it was well crafted but not complex. There were a crap ton of social messages, but they weren't invasive and were well integrated. Nothing about this drama was invasive at all. It didn't really ask you to think or figure things out, it basically only asked you to cry along with everyone else watching it as events unfold. The acting was decent, the main character did a pretty great performance as an autistic kid, especially with not making eye contact. There is generally a lot of criticism when actors try to play autism spectrum roles, "he didn't do this right or that right"...but the reality is that there are so so many different points on the autism spectrum and not every autistic person responds the same. This actor hit enough of the right points to make the character believable without being overacted, gimmicky, or grotesque.

Really, the main character being autistic was convenient for the story because it separated out emotional response from logical response and allowed the viewer to consider both aspects. It also gave the viewers a refuge from the constant pouring rainfall of sadness and allowed them to experience aspects of the story they might not have been able to experience without that sort of grounding logic-based reasoning. They played off this really well throughout the drama, allowing the side-characters to react emotionally and leap to conclusions while the lead character always brought everything back down to earth with a more macro view of the situation.

Overall, it was a really well executed simple drama. I see a lot of reviews wanting a season 2, since it's a Netflix drama and the ending is left sort of open for a sequel. If they end up dropping a season 2 I will watch it....but I will definitely pick the right day to watch it when my poor sensitive heart won't bust in two. SO MUCH LIQUID CAME OUT OF MY FACE HOLES....

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Sweet But Not Heavenly For Me…

First I’m going to be really honest and just say this wasn’t for me. Don’t get me wrong. The storyline and process of healing was something I could relate to a lot after losing a relative myself and it did strike a chord with me how the actors were perfectly able to captivate us into the storyline.

So why did I drop it? Well it didn’t really hook me. Normally I love healing tales and storylines but the characters didn’t really make me warm up to them. Of course that’s my personal opinion. It was a good show even from the episodes I saw, but I doubt that I’m going to carry this one forward.

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real gem

I came across of this by pure accident - or better say luck! It is so very engaging, heart-breaking, melodramatic in a good way!
You can totally recognize the tropes, the most prominent of them being this Savant Syndrome / Autistic Genius...Obviously dramas are reluctant to depicting NORMAL boring people, and exploit these/ those exceptions! Like, who wants to see an average kid vs a superpower still vulnerable kid?
This is romanticism at its best!
Though packed with tropes, it's well acted and employing an original background setting, i mean - the trauma cleaning thing.
Nice watch, idealistic as it is.

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Unpopular Opinion

I started watching this because it kept appearing on my suggested page and it has very high ratings. But while watching it I found myself unable to really get invested in it. I couldn't get attached to the characters or the story and began to wonder what exactly I was missing. So I came here and began to read all the reviews to see why my impression of the show feels so dramatically different than the vast majority. And in the end I still can't figure it out. For such amazing ratings I really thought it would have either an incredible plot or incredible portrayal of the characters. I found neither of those to really be the case.

While the characters here are acted well I find them to be very stagnant. To be fair I only watched half this series and I do not see myself completing it. But at the half way point I would expect to feel some attachment to the characters since this show is very character driven but this far in and I still can not stand the uncle and have no real feelings toward the other two mains. Outside of my annoyance for the neighbors mother I don't feel anything. I could get past the lack of character growth or change if the plot was worth it but it seems like the plot has no clear direction. I like the idea of the trauma cleaners and how they work to complete the final wish of the deceased. The methodical and sincere way they approach the person's belongings to better understand them and bring them piece was interesting to me but then the lack of context surrounding them was a let down. Fulfilling what they believe the person would have wanted is touching but ultimately difficult to become emotionally invested in because often the people surrounding the deceased were insufferable.

Because the majority of the focus was placed on the episodic jobs that they team completed it lent very little time to build a firm foundation for you to care about the characters and what they are or have gone through. We get pieces in flashbacks occasionally but not enough to give weight to carry the narrative.

I will say that in a lot of the reviews on here I found people would reference other shows like Its Okay to Not Be Okay and Extraordinary Attorney Woo and I did not care much for either of those shows either for fairly similar reasons. This just appears to be a genre that just does not work for me and I am writing this review purely so others that may be similar to me feel like they aren't alone in their thoughts. Highly rate does not mean everyone will enjoy it.

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Original but left me with questions

First of all, I find the concept very interesting, as I didn't know what trauma cleaners were at all before this. I like how even if this drama mostly features one character per episode and their story (the deceased I mean), it was still deep and engaging and managed to make me care about each character within a limited amount of time. This doesn't happen often for me at all so I applaud the writer for that, and also the director and actors for the execution.

The main cast was great and I think they all did a good job, but let me start with Ji Jin Hee as Jeong U.
Jeong U is so compassionate, patient and optimistic, and it was heartwarming to see how he managed to be such a strong and loving father to Geu Ru despite dealing with the fact that his wife died and that Geu Ru has Asperger's Syndrome. He encouraged Geu Ru a lot and embraced him for who he is without ever judging. He taught Geu Ru many things and how to be empathetic as well (or as close as it gets to being that) and I really appreciated that. Even after Jeong U dies, Geu Ru remembers the things his father said and taught him and he gets reminded of his encouragement when he is uncertain. It was touching to see how he ‘stayed’ with Geu Ru like that. I also like how the last episode really dives into Jeong U and how he adopted Geu Ru and it just added even more to his character for me.

Tang Jun Sang did a wonderful job portraying Geu Ru. I found Geu Ru interesting as a character. It may seem ‘robotic’, but I found it endearing whenever he tried to show his care in his own way to the other characters. Also, sometimes when decoding the deceased’s stories he’d act a bit like Sherlock Holmes, deducing and solving mysteries. He also has a photographic memory, and it’s funny how Sang Gu joked that he’s like an AI and a recorder at the same time (as Geu Ru can also recall conversations exactly how they went in the exact tone people talked).

As for Na Mu, I don’t have much to say because she’s more of a side character ish. But I do really find it commendable that she’s such a supportive and caring friend to Geu Ru and she even ends up working with Move to Heaven as well after Jeong U passes. Although I don’t like the way she’d act towards Sang Gu at times, I also think it’s understandable considering the way Sang Gu ‘introduced’ himself and all the shady things he seemed to be doing at the time.

Sang Gu, as one of the main characters, definitely had character development throughout the drama. He starts off indifferent and kinda rude and salty about the fact he has to take care of the kid of his brother who ‘abandoned’ him (to his assumption) and is ‘forced’ to work with Move to Heaven. But as time goes on, he starts to become more compassionate and he starts to genuinely care for Geu Ru.
However, I find it incredibly disappointing that some key things about him aren’t elaborated. For example, what happened to him when Jeong U couldn’t pick him up at the train station? How did he grow up and live all those years? How did he end up in the boxing field? When the drama elaborated the backstory of him and Su Cheol I was hoping to see how he ended up in the boxing field at least, but it was still not explained.
I also don’t think it’s convincing that Sang Gu didn’t want to see or talk to Jeong U only because he couldn’t pick him up that one time. Like yes it must have been hard as a kid to be left alone like that, but if he talked to Jeong U the misunderstandings could easily be resolved. I just find the writing here to be a bit lacking because I feel like there should have been other things that made Sang Gu feel so distanced and resentful, and not the mere fact that his brother didn't come to the train station as promised. Again, what did he actually have to go through alone all those years?
This is a big question mark for me and flaw since Sang Gu is one of the main characters, and that’s why I can’t empathize with Sang Gu on a deeper level even if I want to.
Another question I have is what led to Jeong U starting a trauma cleaning service? Is it because of his wife? Is it because of some other things he experienced or saw? Also unanswered.

Overall, I did enjoy this drama, but I hope that if there is going to be a S2 that these questions will be answered.

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Great Acting with a Great Story

This was truly such an enjoyable drama to watch. It was depressing at times seeing what Geu Roo was going through in his life, but Jun Sang was simply amazing at portraying such an involved character. Seeing him in several other dramas over the past few years, you really appreciate his performance acting as Geu Roo. The supporting cast, plus the several new stories introduced in each episode, they were a great fit as well. Some of them extremely powerful stories.
Je Hoon, while not giving us a likable character as Sang Gu early on in the series, he performs a great transformation, showing us his good and caring personality toward the end.
The only thing I was a bit disappointed about was the very ending of the series, literally the last sixty seconds. Maybe I missed something, but I was hoping for some other kind of finish. That being said, it ended up for me being a great great series overall.
Definitely a winner!

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A Beautiful, Healing Masterpiece That Stays With You Forever

Move to Heaven is honestly one of the most amazing dramas I have ever watched. From the storyline to the acting, to the emotional depth—everything about this show was executed perfectly.

The storyline was incredible and unlike anything I’ve seen before. The concept of trauma cleaners—people who clean up after the deceased and help tell the stories they left behind—was so unique and meaningful. Every episode told a different story, and each one carried its own message about love, loss, regret, and healing. It wasn’t just about death, but about the lives people lived and the emotions they couldn’t express while they were still here. The way the show connected all these stories while also developing the main characters was beautiful.

The acting was absolutely amazing. The emotions felt so real and raw. Nothing felt forced or exaggerated—it felt genuine. You could feel the pain, the love, the confusion, and the growth in every scene. The actors did such an incredible job of making you understand their characters and empathize with them.

OMG, I truly loved this show through and through. I cried during every single episode. Each story touched my heart in a different way. Watching them carefully pack the belongings and uncover the final memories people left behind was both heartbreaking and comforting at the same time.

This show hit especially close to home for me because I am also trying to come to terms with a close family member passing. It made me reflect on grief in a different way. It reminded me that grief doesn’t just disappear—it stays with you, but you learn how to carry it. It also reminded me how important it is to express love while people are still here, because sometimes things are left unsaid.

What I loved most was how healing this drama felt. It didn’t just focus on sadness, but also on closure, understanding, and moving forward. It showed that even in death, there is still a story worth telling and memories worth protecting.

This wasn’t just a show for entertainment. It felt like an experience. It teaches empathy, compassion, and appreciation for life in a way that stays with you even after you finish it.

This is truly a masterpiece that I would recommend to everyone.

Rating: 10/10

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A Heart-warming Drama

⚠Caution
- Contains a suicidal story.
- Contains disgusting scenes (blood, insects, liquids, slum places).

📺Drama type
- This drama type is similar to Korean drama Taxi Driver and Japanese anime Detective Conan
- It has a main plot (the story about the main character and his family) while having the side plots running in each episode.
- Side plots: Each episode has its own conflict and will be resolved at the end of the episode. So, an episode has a different conflict story from other episodes. Example (does not contain spoilers): Episode 1 is about the death of someone ending his/her own life. Episode 2 is about the death of someone killed by someone, etc. If you don't like this kind of drama, then it's better to not watch it.

✅Pros
- The story is really heart-warming.
- Family-friendly.
- Unique main plot.
- Top-tier acting by the main character.
- Mysterious irritating yet funny and loveable personality by his uncle that you will be suspecting him in the entire drama.
- Adorable neighborhood character.
- This drama is for you who likes to hurt your eyes so the tears come out :")
- The duration is not too long so you can binge-watch it on a holiday night.

🔴Cons
- As always, because this is an original Netflix series (which only has no more than 10 episodes), there is a plot hole (plot missing) at the end.
- The side plot is somewhat boring and sometimes the conflicts are resolved too early/rushed.
- In the beginning, you might find it's annoying to hear the main character's voice because it's how the main character is.

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