Brilliant.
A Time Called You was brilliant. Brilliant in its writing, brilliant in its storytelling, brilliant in its acting. The cinematography was on another level, absolutely breathtaking. The story was complex and deeply interwoven but not hard to follow. It was more than just a story about time travel and love; it was about identity, free will, depression, and grief. Every episode was thrilling, emotional, and made me want to binge it back-to-back. I tried to predict and foreshadow, but every twist and turn in the story was unexpected and in the end, it all came together, unraveling beautifully.The Plot: The drama follows a non-linear plot line, and the writers did a great job at being consistent and keeping pace throughout the story, avoiding plot holes and tying up loose ends. The 12-episode format was perfect for this drama. While there were some aspects that the drama failed to address, this did not take away from the story and were only minor issues. The overall premise and plot of the story was interesting and engaging throughout; on multiple occasions, the drama provokes its audience to question, suspect, and think deeper. I loved it.
The Characters: This is where I had to dock 0.5 stars for the drama. Jun Hee’s and Si Heon’s characters felt almost two-dimensional and a little stereotypical in my opinion; there wasn’t much depth to their characters like there was for Min-ju. Aside from this, every character was interesting and served an important role in the plot. I was especially attached to Min-ju and was rooting for her throughout the story; the last two episodes had me bawling my eyes out. I also found it really fascinating and disturbing how Min-ju and other characters whose bodies were taken over were just watching their life go by, like audiences, with no control over their own actions anymore. Overall, the characters were mostly well-written but I found that I only deeply cared about Min-ju even though the story was about Han Jun-hee.
The Acting and Chemistry: Jeon Yeo Been was phenomenal, an absolute show-stealer. The way she portrayed two very different characters so masterfully is something to be applauded. I could easily tell when she was Han Jun-hee and when she was Min-ju just by her body language, her eyes, and her demeanor alone. Even the way she delivered her lines as Min-ju was subtly but starkly different from her character as Jun-hee. The last two episodes were especially chilling and highlighted her acting range brilliantly. Ahn Hyo Seop also delivered his role brilliantly; he embodied both the coolness of Si Heon and the mysteriousness of his future self so well. The chemistry between the two actors was also good, but I found that I didn’t care enough about their relationship and wasn’t as attached to them.
Overall, A Time Called You is a thrilling story, charged with intense emotions and profound meaning. I enjoyed every bit of it. I did not watch the original Someday or One Day, but maybe, I'll also watch it.
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Pls explain anyone
Guys pls explain and make me understand....... Can anyone who understood cmpltly answer my questions........ Im cmpltly lost after watching this...........................,.,,.,.,.,.,.,..,..,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,,..,..,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,,,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,..,.,..,.,..,.,.,..,.,.,.,.,..,.,., , .,.,.,. .,.,., ., . ,.,. . ,. . . , . , ., , , . ,. ..,.,,,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,.,.,,.,.,..,..,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,..,.,.,.,.,..,.,.,.,.,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,.,.,.,..,,.Was this review helpful to you?
I loved A Time Called You
In my honest opinion, watching this K-Drama and observing how the story unravels was super intense! As a person who loves the concept of time traveling, going into the past, and going to the future, this was a K-Drama for me. I was so invested in this K-Drama that I took an entire day just to finish (or try to) all the episodes.I usually don't watch K-Dramas with hour-long episodes, but the urge to finish it pulled me in. The story was so confusing at first but as the episodes went on, the puzzle and mysteries started to come together. On top of liking time travel, I like the idea of solving mysteries or murder mysteries. The entire plot is based on Jun Hee discovering things about her newly found friends as Kwon Min-ju.
After finishing this, I kept listening to "Gather My Tears" by Seo Ji Won because they played the song so much in the show, it slowly became addicting that I had that song on repeat for weeks. It was on my Spotify wrapped that I listened to it so much. I became really obsessed with this show and I would HIGHLY recommend it to this K-Drama IF you are into time travel, murder mystery, mystery, and suspense.
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Phenomenal
It’s my first time writing a review but I couldn’t stop myself for this one. It’s truly phenomenal! The female lead did such an amazing job portraying two characters, basically three adding in her older self, I truly it was the same actress many times!Ahn Hyeo Seop really stole my heart on this one, I really like him previous roles but he did fantastic on this one, he became one of my favorites with this kdrama 💖
The story is amazing, the vibe is amazing and the music is so good!
Can’t wait to rewatch it in the future!
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Remake done well
Well I was hesitant a lot as it was a remake and original one was really good this remake did justice I just finished in a day was never bored even a minute the story the acting the story was already great I liked this remake a lot people may find it confusing but I got it in the first watch just needed to pay much close attention and you will get the story really quicklyWas this review helpful to you?
Must Watch
As someone who almost can accurately predict everything I’ve ever watched. This one had my predictions proved false. Definitely one you’d really have to sit down to digest every episode or you’d miss an important detail to piece together the plot. Casting for this series chef’s kiss, they played their parts so well, and the chemistry was definitely there.From first to last episode, I was hoooooked. I ended up binge watching the entire series in one day. All the emotions this drama puts you through…
Make sure you watch the post credit scenes in the first two episodes, it’s nothing grand but definitely watch them they help you understand the character so much more from their prospective
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All we need is love
Romance drama with capital R. The story is a little complicated, time shifts make it sometimes hard to follow, but if you are looking for romance you absolutely cannot miss it!The chemistry between ML and FL is awsome and their acting is sooo good. I could feel every single feeling they were representing.
Also the theme of the outcast is well portrayed and describes in a very realistic way how too many teenagers, but also adults, feel about themselves and the people around them. Maybe this aspect was solved in a too simplistic and rushed way, but this because the focus of the drama was mainly love and predestination I think.
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You'll admire how goooood Yeobeen's acting is.
I normally prefer light and comedic dramas, but I binged-watched this series for Jeon Yeo Been. I have not seen the Taiwanese version so it was a mystery for me how the story would go. This series was able to make me stay for the next episode, and the next, until I completed all 12 eps in one go.The story might be a little confusing but all will make sense as the episodes will progress.
A tear-jerker too. You need not to relate to real life experiences but Yeobeen's acting makes you want to empathize with her.
OST's solid as well.
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Exceeds all expectations. BRILLIANT
This is the first time I’ve felt compelled to write a review on this app. I’ve watched over 100 Korean dramas - at this point I can predict the the entire arc of a drama’s plot by the second episode. Usually when I’m unable to predict a plot twist it’s because it ends up being some cheap cop-out. This is the first drama that has managed to surprise me over and over again without feeling gimmicky. Every time I thought I had it figured out something new would be revealed that would have me rethinking everything. This drama had me kicking my feet yelling “what the heck is going on?!?” at my phone only for everything to make perfect sense in the end. Hands down the best time slip drama out there.Was this review helpful to you?
A must watch
increíble drama, una historia fresca e innovadora, muchos comparan este drama con el drama extraordinary you, pero sin contextos, historias y mensajes completamente distintos! sin duda este drama entra en la lista de mis favoritos, al iniciar tenia pocas expectativas pero sin duda se robó mi corazón.increíble drama, una historia fresca e innovadora, muchos comparan este drama con el drama extraordinary you, pero sin contextos, historias y mensajes completamente distintos! sin duda este drama entra en la lista de mis favoritos, al iniciar tenia pocas expectativas pero sin duda se robó mi corazón.
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Clever plot, awesome actors, memorable story.
I haven't watched the original: but I was really impressed with the storyline. I've seen an oodle amount of shows in general that have plot twists that spiral out of control and it's just nonsense, but not this one. yay!I was scared it would happen in this show because it has multiple layers of complexity, but the story is handled with precision!
midway, two episodes were veryyyyy confusing because they were not revealling everything, but it all "makes sense" by ep 8.
IT IS A GOOD STORY! for those who like mysteries and twist hard to guess.
someone in the comments said it's not Kdrama but Ktrauma, and I can't agree more. the story is very heavy. it has a lot of existential questions and self esteem, courage, loss, death and grief. But the story wraps itself in a way that tries to answer most of these current issues in high school and life in general.
For the actors, I really thought there were two different actors from the past 1998 and the present. I was also extremely impressed an in awe in the execution of the minjoo- jun-hee dichotomy. we could feel the essence of each character even if it was played by the same person.
This show left me with an inspiring feeling overall in the end and it made me reminisce about my high-school years, about my own hopes and confidence.
I did wish there was something more after the final scene and more about this time travel system, but if we analyze all that it was, all the clues were in the show.
Clever plot, awesome actors, memorable story about a connection between two people.
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What the what??!
Are there cases where people come out of a traumatic event recounting an entirely different life? If so, drama good. If not, drama bad. Why have the main character travel back in time to inhabit a different life? This drama essentially merged 2 different lives of women and man that look very much alike.So. Is the male character going to go through the same traumatic event as the main character? Will they be a blue birthday situation?
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