The Penthouse: War in Life

펜트하우스 ‧ Drama ‧ 2020 - 2021
Completed
nataliateles
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Sep 4, 2021
21 of 21 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers
Basically if Rona wasnt a stupid brat everything would be fine!!
and let oh yeonhee and suryeon kiss
that's my review.
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Ongoing 14/21
Tanya Saja
0 people found this review helpful
Dec 15, 2020
14 of 21 episodes seen
Ongoing 1
Overall 4.0
Story 2.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 2.5
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What a waste of time...

After watching the episode of The Penthouse ...quite disapointing since it was Dan Tae all along not know about Seo Jin yet...but BORING..twistin it around why not from the beginning just inform it was Dan Tae and the story will be interesting since the viewers already knew but the character did not know....kim soon ok is just palying around....she is just another makjang....and tbh making it to be 3 season when Dan Tae was revealled as the murder probably with kim so yeon is just BORING....i was hoping it was Yoon Hee or probably Logan Lee father who did it with reason to make sure Logan will stop involve with Seol A....gosh...LAME and Boring....then...if my prediction is right than Bae Ro Na is yoon chul daughter or Eun Byeol daughter is not his probably Seo Jin loose her daughter or cannot have children so she pick a baby....that will be understandable why she was so hard on her not daughter all along...gosh...just to make a point on how evil and wicked Cheon Seo Jin the writer have to make sure she is really terrible se torture her not own daughter ....or how ignorant su ryeon to her step twin children....lame....boring....

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Dropped 3/21
XingBack
17 people found this review helpful
Nov 4, 2020
3 of 21 episodes seen
Dropped 7
Overall 5.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Psycho But It's Not Okay

this is ridiculous! honestly this is not makjang, this is psychopathicness................................ and like it's not a "I don't believe this" but this is just taking the most extreme idea and acting as if it's "original" or "revolutionary".

everyone is crazy, everyone is a psychopath and everyone is a self centered entitled brat, not just the kids EVERYONE.
I hate that I'm dropping this because the actors are amazing, and most of them are my favorites, but this just makes my blood boil...

honestly I was laughing so hard, and I was rolling my eyes every 2 seconds..

1- I said if Seol Ah turns out to be Soo Ryun's daughter I'd drop it and guess what... (and that's my point, the 1st most ridiculous crazy idea comes to mind and that's what the writer used. that's just basic) that's what they're implying and I don't even want to see them "shock" the viewers ;/
2- Seo Jin is a psychopath, she doesn't just want to win, she wants to make her competitors suffer.
3- Dan Tae is a psychopath, that scene where he hired gangsters and killed Soo Ryun's husband in a dramatic way was just so infuriatingly ridiculous. but he also proceeds to cut his finger and KEEP IT.
4- Yoon Hee is a victim but she, just like her daughter and seol ah, fuels the fires of those psychopaths. like yes she had to be angry but to threaten seo jin to the point she slashed her throat? that's crazy on both ends
5- one 15 year old against a gang load of crazy psychopathic rich people... honestly she messed with the wrong bunch and she pretends that they're out to get her;
A- she fakes her identity and pokes the crazy cubs.
B- she takes pictures of the 2 psychopaths having an affair
C- she wins against yoon hee's victim mentality and her daughter
D- she literally threw a match on the already angry and crazy bunch and she exposes the kids bullying (like girl you should've just went to the cops and the newspapers. sold the exclusive, got money and went to France to sing real opera)
F- she walks with her own two 15 YEAR old feets to the enemies' lair and she gets kidnapped. then killed...

6- non of the middle schoolers looked 15, they looked 20 as they were ;/ honestly is it so hard to cast actual 15 year olds ;/
7- yoon hee literally was ready to KILL a 15 year old for a spot in a highschool! like just save your money and move to France! she should've moved 15 years ago tbh, no one there would've cared that she lost ONE award. (which she makes it sound like that ruined her life, no it was your threats against a psychopath)
8- everyone else is just as crazy and self conscious, you'd think money would make them happy ;/
9- the 1st weeks eps were almost 2 hours!
10- in sky castle the kids were mostly ok, and the characters were driven by their pasts. and for world of the married it was a revenge story about a cheating husband and the clueless wife (though the 2nd half and ending did reach the overboard makjang) but this, this was purely made for "how crazy can it get" and koreans love that but it just makes me role my eyes and compare it to The 100 which is a dystopian story xD
11- bae rona is crazy, she lost 1 competition and she was about to slash her throat! yes talent matters, but you can't always win, and you certainly need to know your battles.. again like there aren't 2 opera people in the world, she should've looked for someone else but no she blames her mom ;/ smh it is the mom's fault she didn't raise her right..
12- honestly opera is not a rich people hobby, they can't buy vocals with money and honestly buying people's opinion doesn't matter once everyone sees they have no talent, they literally had no reason for all of them to peruse opera. they could've just chose classical music.
13- the kids didn't need to be 15. they could've been 18 year olds fighting to enter their top 3 universities, were they afraid becasue the top3 were called SKY xD
14- two 40+ year olds literally kidnapped and possibly killed a 15 year old ;/

the good, that are sad becasue I'm dropping this
1- I honestly LOVE the actresses here, I've been waiting for Lee Ji Ah since Ghost Detective, Kim So Yeon since Mother Of Mine and this was my 1st time seeing Rohee's mom Eugene and they are all such amazing actresses!
2- the setting, the outfits, the makeup, the visuals are all so beautiful
3- this was my most anticipated drama ever since I heard about the castings ;(

this saddens me more than hating When I was The Prettiest and Alice becasue I expected something beautiful and amazing ;(
I actually love opera and the ost were nice but I can't take that plot

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Dropped 8/21
Ikigai
1 people found this review helpful
Dec 25, 2021
8 of 21 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 6.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.5

Another Makjang?

Listen. I like makjangs. They’re flamboyant and over-the-top but a good form of guilty pleasure. Therefore it should come as no surprise that when I heard about the immediate popularity of ‘ The Penthouse’ and its multiple spin-off seasons, I was willing to give it a go.

The biggest thing that I can say about ‘ The Penthouse’ is that it isn’t supposed to be a realistic storyline. It does focus on notable themes such as social hierarchies, prejudice and inequality with a flare of drama.

The acting is decent enough but I’ll be honest in saying that there were moments which felt a bit lacking but I’m not sure if I entirely blame the actors so much as I do the dialogue.

One of my major reasons for dropping the series was that it didn’t really click with me. For me a series has to have an instant hook and whilst ‘ The Penthouse’ had potential to be intriguing it didn’t really draw me in. I think the major factor was that the pacing was a bit off and even in the several episodes that I tried watching due to a friend’s recommendations, the storyline felt as though it was lacking in more evident plot logic.

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Completed
Interrogatory
0 people found this review helpful
Nov 28, 2024
21 of 21 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Absolutely insane - in a good way!

Non stop drama, betrayals, incredible writing and acting! I love, love, loved it! It started with a bang and the stakes kept being raised even higher! It was incredible and all I can say is make sure you don't miss out on watching this incredible drama! There were lots of tropes and clichés, but I don't even care because I couldn't get enough of it! The plot twists were brilliant, the villains were brilliant (I hated them so much! They acted so well!) I highly recommend this drama for non stop action and cliffhangers! I ditched lectures to watch this drama because I just couldn't get enough (don't drop your responsibilities like me, just know that it's that addictive haha) :)

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Dropped 2/21
Ic_rebel
10 people found this review helpful
Dec 13, 2020
2 of 21 episodes seen
Dropped 3
Overall 1.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 1.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

The most overrated drama yet

One of the worst dramas of this decade. It used controversies to gain Attention, it copied the concept of sky castle and the world of the married (both one of the top rated dramas) and showing bad contents without age ratings. It thereby built up it's hype with controversies and clout. Moving on to the main drama, the actors and actresses all over exajurate, everyone is evil...in real life we know this not true. Even minors are horrible, the drama is a mess. I will not encourage anyone to watch this, I would have given it a 0 rating but at least, they actually spent their time practicing, I'm dropping this for superior dramas like kairos and the uncanny encounter

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Dropped 1/21
nemaveze
3 people found this review helpful
Nov 15, 2023
1 of 21 episodes seen
Dropped 2
Overall 4.5
Story 2.0
Acting/Cast 3.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Suspending your disbelief will require brain damage

As a preface, I only saw the first episode. Might be it gets better, but judging by the other reviews it only gets worse.
In the first episode, there are 0 likable characters. Everyone is driven by some lowly emotion, jealousy, drive for 1st place, hatred, etc.

The reason I took 5 minutes out of my day to write this is too warn others about how ridiculous this show is. First things first, the mother of the MC literally runs heels first into the principal, bumping his teeth out from the impact. She walks out in front of 100 people and goes about her day normally. I hoped it was a fantasy. It wasn't. Then I hoped she would at least face some consequences, you know, like police going after her or something. Nothing happened. It's literally ridiculous. The characters are ridiculous, the events are ridiculous, the acting is ridiculous.

I give it an unwatchable/10. You've been warned.

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Dropped 1/21
Babyface369
2 people found this review helpful
Mar 1, 2024
1 of 21 episodes seen
Dropped 2
Overall 1.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 1.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

A bunch of lunatic people living in mental illness hospital called Penthouse

I am serious, how could this got 8.7 rating? I love psycological dramas and watched "the glory" and "its ok to not be ok", their story still a bit realistic and there are some value/lessons we got.

But Penthouse just full of lunatic people screaming and yelling to each other, eyes wide opened, tantrum with chaos illogical unrealistic plot.

Its like watching people fighting in the boxing ring but without rules. So i should say Penthouse is a mental illness hospital.

Not worth more than 1ep. I mean it and this is the first and only drama i give 1 rating in my life, just to warn people to be ready getting mental illness after watching this.

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Completed
ticia
1 people found this review helpful
Mar 13, 2021
21 of 21 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0
This review may contain spoilers

Gente...

Escritora, Kim Soo Ok? TUDO BEM?
Uau, uau. WOW. Não tenho palavras para descrever esse drama que eu acabei de assistir. Eu fiquei de boca aberta do início ao fim.

Essa review vai tá mais pra resenha, mas tudo bem!

SPOILERS----------!!

1. Atuação e elenco.

O que foi isso tudo minha gente? O elenco deu um SHOW de atuação em todos os 21 episódios. Souberam expressar raiva (que é oq mais tem aq), medo, aflição, pavor.. Todos os sentimentos possíveis. Até agora eu to chocada com a imagem que os atores conseguiram passar, já que a maioria eu conhecia por papéis mais leves.

Um grito a Kim So Yeon (Cheon Seo Jin) por essa atuação incrível. Quando assisti We Got Married, eu simplesmente via ela em papel doce. Onde ela seria sempre uma pessoa boa. Mas o que foi isso? INCRÍVEL.

Shim Soo Ryun (Lee JiAh) - Mulher, o que foi essa reviravolta depois das descobertas? Inteligente e bonita, mas o que esperar da rainha do prédio? Eu no começo achei que ela era uma "mosca morta", mas JESUS. Levei um baque com o plot twist que ela fez. Não merecia o final que teve, merecia MUITO MAIS. E eu ainda acho que ela planejou o final e vai ter uma reviravolta na segunda temporada. Bela, e incrível.

LOGAN LEEEEEE - O homem lindo. Bonito, rico e justiceiro? O sonho de toda dorameira. Eu antes de assistir já tinha recebido um spoiler em I Live Alone de como as características dele eram (no drama). Arquitetou um plano magnífico pra se vingar da irmã, quase batou o Joon Tae na cadeia, se vingou das crias encapetadas e ia se vingar de todos os comparsas. Uma pena essa final, mas não julgo ele não. O cara sofrendo perdas e perdas e nem teve culpa. Lindo, perfeito. Passo trocentos pano.

Querida Seol Ah - A ÚNICA que presta aqui. (Junto com a mãe e o Logan) Morreu de uma forma tão ruim, sofreu tanto. Merecia muito mais. Chorei tanto vendo as cenas dela. Uma personagem boa, que merecia ter tido um final muito melhor. Carismática, sempre vendo o lado bom das coisas, apenas uma criança ainda. Tão inocente, ainda quero que todos paguem pelo que fizeram com ela.

Não posso esquecer dos outros princípas que me fizeram tremer de raiva. Principalmente Joon Dan Tae e Yoon Hee (Quando ela mudou de lado, nossaaaaa gritei muito.)

Yoon Hee (mãe da rona) - Essa personagem no começo me fez sentir pena dela, pelo modo como a vida tratou ela e como ela era tratada pela filha. Ela fez aquilo e começou a mudar de lado, ai o caldo entornou e eu já tava torcendo que a escritora matasse a personagem (Kkkkk). Até chegar no último episódio, onde eu fiquei completamente triste com a morte dela. Não foi merecida, naquele momento. Achei que ela merecia mais, mesmo tendo feito merda. Era uma personagem que estava evoluindo, pelo menos nos últimos minutos.

Joo Dan Tae - Você é um desgraçado e espero que a escritora já tenha escrito TODA a sua trajetória ao fim. :)

E não preciso nem comentar dos vizinhos, totalmente errados em tudo que só olhavam para o próprio rabo. Não vejo a hora deles caírem também.

Agora, os mirins do edifício bonito lá.

Os Gêmeos - O único momento em que senti pena desses dois foi quando eles ficaram desolados com a morte da mãe, e nem tanto assim pelo jeito que eles tratavam ela. Dois lixos humanos que não são muito diferente do pai. Vi muita gente com pena do bonitão ali, mas pelo amor de deus? O cara ajudou a acabarem com o psicológico da Seol Ah, deixou ela pra morrer no fogo. Ajudou no bullying que aconteceu com a RoNa. SABIA, do affair da diretora e do pai dele e ouviu a conversa dos dois sobre se livrar da garota e mesmo assim não disse nada? Muita gente esqueceu só por que ele ficou de rabo preso pela RoNa, mas ele ainda é um merda. E deveria pagar junto com a irmã por tudo que fez com a Seol Ah.

RoNa - O bixinha insuportável, passei 80% do drama querendo voar nela. Se acha a dona do muito, desrespeita a mãe de um jeitoooo, acha que tá sempre certa. Mas.. essa é apenas mais uma adolescente. Falou coisas muito boas no final, em como o machinho dos gêmeos lá era igual a todos os que assassinaram a Seol Ah. Fiquei com muita pena dela depois que ela descobriu o assassinato da Soo Ryun, muito boa atuação. E agora, depois da morte da mãe, vou ficar com mais pena ainda. Certeza.

O filho dos advogados - Um bosta que vive na sombra dos amigos querendo sempre se impor como o maiorzão mas sempre abaixa a cabeça pros gêmeos. É tipo o próprio pai com a avó dele.

A filha da maluca com o presidiário - Nojenta, nojenta. Nojentissimaaa. Porém acho a mais leve ali, mesmo que tenha feito tudo que fez acho ela mais empatica do que qualquer um ali.

A filha da diretora, doida - Doente, precisa urgentemente de uma terapia, uma clínica, hospício também. Igual a mãe, porém acho ainda mais psicótica por causa da pressão que sofre pela mãe. A pior, tentou assassinar RoNa diversas vezes. Nossa, essa tinha que receber uma perpétua. (E um grande parabéns pra atriz que fez ela, por que ela sorria e eu sentia calafrio. Se empenhou tanto no papel que me botou medo na real mesmo.)

Uma outra doidona, que é a empregada da penthouse - Nem preciso citar nada, por que todo mundo que assistiu viu que ela é maluca. E ainda acho que ela é mãe dos gêmeos, ou a irmã dela pode ser e ela matou a irmã por que se apaixonou pelo presidente. Ai, muitas teorias...


FIM DO SPOILER---------!!!


Não posso deixar de comentar como a cinematografia tá maravilhosa, ângulos, transições, posicionamento de câmera, luz, áudio. TUDO MARAVILHOSO. O Diretor e a equipe deram uma sofisticada no roteiro deixando uma junção perfeita.

Enquanto você assiste pode ter certeza que pelo menos em cada episódio você vai tremer de raiva umas 20 vezes e vai teorizar tanto assim como eu.

Se você estiver lendo isso aqui e ainda tem dúvidas se assiste ou não, eu recomendo muitooooo. Acho que esse drama entrou para o meu TOP 5?

Quer mais plot twist que isso? Impossível

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Completed
leticia
1 people found this review helpful
Oct 17, 2021
21 of 21 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
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Uma história para passar raiva do início ao fim, mas tão bem construída que vale a pena

Vamos lá.

Primeiramente, quero dizer que a Seol Ah e a Su Ryeon são as únicas razões que me fizeram chegar ao fim deste dorama. A forma como essas duas personagens foram inteligentes até o momento de sua morte não tá escrito. Absolutamente nada é o que parece aqui. Inicialmente, você pensa que elas são inocentes, bobas, que irão morrer de forma besta - e até pensei isso de Seol Ah por episódios a fio, até ver que ela havia enviado provas e mais provas para o irmão.
Além disso, os vilões aqui não estão pra brincadeira. São cruéis, têm pontos fracos que foram explorados com muita maestria, seus filhos são problemáticos e vemos ao longo da história que isso se deve quase totalmente a eles. Não há como sentir empatia alguma pelos antagonistas, embora haja muitas oportunidades em que isso possa acontecer.
Espero que na segunda temporada as respostas para o final em aberto sejam esclarecedoras, pois ele foi um tanto decepcionante para quem esperava um final feliz e/ou com justiça.

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Lulens
0 people found this review helpful
May 15, 2024
21 of 21 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

Estas listo para saber que paso?

A mí me gusto. Por lo que el comentario es 100% desde mi experiencia.

Los primeros 21 episodios son de pura intriga. Comencé a verla pensando que solo tenia 10 episodios, para descubrir que tenia 21 solo la primera temporada. Cuesta meterse con la vida de los protagonistas, más si no sos habitual en este tipo de géneros. Pero no por nada tuvo renovación de contrato por una segunda y tercera temporada... (las cuales son necesarias ver si queres saber cuando y como es el futuro de los personajes) No siempre pasa, lo sabemos. Por lo que, si te gusto The Glory o si sos de los que viste en cine Parasite, esta serie te va a volver loco.

Habré contado al menos 5 plot twist en solo la primera temporada. Y eran cambios de historia RADICALES. Lo que hacia que la serie sea más entretenida y poderosa para retener a la audiencia. El guión es realmente maravilloso, no se olvida ni del mas mínimo detalle, todo tipo de evidencia esta tan bien organizada que no se le pasa nada a la producción. Y si no lo vuelven a mencionar puede que sea algo poco relevante.

Los personajes son completos. Te dan amor odio, pasas de que queres que todo les salga bien a odiarlos en minutos, para después volver a amarlos. El género makjang en la televisión coreana se caracteriza por ofrecer relatos de venganza, infidelidades y traiciones con giros extremadamente dramáticos. y los actores los expresan a la perfección. Va a haber mucha intolerancia, no les miento, pero es la común en las series coreanas.

Sin duda la primera entrega es mi favorita. Por como te presentan a los que participan, porque comienzan a abrir el juego del crimen que envuelve a la alta sociedad de Corea.

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Completed
mdlmz
0 people found this review helpful
Jul 26, 2025
21 of 21 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 2.5
Rewatch Value 8.0

era hasta acá

Creo que con esta temporada bastaba, no era necesario hacer segunda y tercera. Cada capítulo te dejaba con bsstante rabia y ganas de seguir viendo, odiaba que se salgan tanto con la suya los malos, TE AMO TSNTO YOUNGDAE, m terminé en 3 días esos 21 cap m dejaron traumada, los odié a todos, inexplicable cuanto odié a eunbyeol, bancaba shipp entrelos adolescentes
Es re loco lo que la gente puede hacer por dinero y estatus, y la maldad que llevan encima... excelente drama hasta los pobres te dan ganas de odiarlos
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