A Time Called You (2023)

It's an incredible drama !!!

A Time Called You is an incredible drama and it is very hard to express it in words, no review can make you feel how good this drama is, you have to watch this drama to feel the emotions. It constantly surprises you and keeps you on the edge of your seat. I tried to predict what would happen, but the story always had unexpected twists. The number of surprises in this drama is thrilling, and I couldn't stop watching it. I binge-watched each episode back-to-back, and it was like a roller coaster ride.

I hadn't seen the Taiwanese version, so the Korean adaptation was entirely new to me. I was so curious about what would happen next, it's a roller coaster of past, present, and the past's future.

Jeon Yeo-been was amazing, playing two look-alike roles, Jun Hui and Min Joo. Her acting was terrific, she literally made me hate one character and love the other character, I literally was annoyed with the same actress when she played Min Joo but loved her when she was playing Jun Hui. Actor Ahn In Syeop was also fantastic, Loved both his characters Yeon Jun and Nam Si Hyeon. I fell in love with his acting. Ahn In Syeop and Rowoon, as Yeon Jun and who made the most of their short screen time. Loved how professional they are, Rowoon's guest appearance was one the best part of the show.

This drama exceeded my expectations. I loved the plot, the cast, the direction, and the cinematography. Although it might seem a bit confusing at first to few people, but as the story progresses, everything becomes clear. I was hooked from the first episode and couldn't sleep until I finished it.

If you haven't seen the Taiwanese version, I highly recommend watching the Korean 'A Time Called You.' It's a captivating, swoonworthy, emotional, in a way mysterious, and thrilling drama that you'll love. It's full of surprises, and you'll fall in love with all the characters (obviously except the villain). It's a must-watch drama!

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A drama that will twist your mind, and leave you thinking about it long after it ends.

First of all the synopsis:

"A Time Called You" is a South Korean drama that blends romance, time travel, and mystery. The story follows Han Jun-hee, a woman grieving the loss of her boyfriend, Gu Yeon-jun. One day, she mysteriously wakes up in the body of a high school girl, Kwon Min-ju, in 1998. There, she meets a boy who looks exactly like her late boyfriend. As she navigates this new reality, secrets unravel, and love defies time itself.

Now for my reviewww~~~
First of all, the music, especially "Gather My Tears", has been stuck in my head since last year! It’s so beautiful and emotional, perfectly fitting the drama’s melancholic tone.

At some points, the story gets a bit confusing, especially when trying to figure out who the murderer is. At first, I think many of us(who watched it <: ) suspected In-gyu, thinking he killed Yeon-jun out of jealousy since he also had feelings for the main character. But as the story unfolds, everything starts making sense, and we realize that the real killer was someone else. The mystery was well done, keeping us hooked until the truth was revealed.

And oh, did this K-drama make me cry so much! 😭

That ending made me cry more than ever... I wanted a happy ending where they end up together! Instead, we get one of those "up to your imagination" endings. 😭 Aghhh! Still, the storytelling, the acting, and the emotions make it 10000/10 recommended! If you love emotional rollercoasters, this is for you. Please don't lose your time and watch it ! You will totally not regret it

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A 1998 song played in 2023 to most of our liking.

Having watched this completely , i have to say that this has impressed me and enjoyed it.
Episode 11 had me confused a while , i just had to convince myself that i understood that somehow.

Female Lead whom i did not like it in Vincenzo and dropped that drama near the end.
But this one she completely outshined with her acting range. OMG , the way she switched her acting to portray two different characters are amazing , i am actually convinced that i am literally watching two different person with same face performed those roles. That how good her acting was.

Its a great casting all around, A unique time travel theme , it really demanded the brain to be working too much to comprehend what's was going on with the timelines and loops at certain times.

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An amazing rollercoaster ride!

Even though I watched the original a couple months earlier, I could still enjoy and cry with A Time Called You just like an individual project.
You have to watch with an open heart and try to avoid the comparisons because it will affect your experience. Besides, each actor put their own impressions and thoughts into their characters. I think the idea here was never fully copy the original, but bring the essence of it, and they did that well.

Yeon-been was excellent portraying the differences between Jun-hee and Min-ju, and Hyo-seop was able to convey Si-Heon's charisma and pain.
I don't get why people got so critical about how he portraid old Si-Heon, because I could understand that after all he had to go through, alone, he was just tired and stopped caring about his appereance, since he was so invested in fixing what happened.
And thats okay, I think both versions of the character, original and remake, are valid.

About the time lines, you need to be patient and pay close attention to details, because by the end it will make sense.

I think the one thing that bothered me a little was that they cutted out some of the relationship's delevopment between the characters. It was sentimental, but in a more straight way.

I really liked some changes the writer made like Yeon Jun's story (it was less darker than the OG and helped me to understand what actually happened with the character), and the OST also turned out to be one of my favorites. I wasn't expecting it. I've been listening the songs since the release. I just wished Netflix had released the acoustic version of NewJeans' Beautiful Restriction on streaming, because I LOVED it ever since I heard in the promotional trailers.

For those who have never seen the original, A Time Called You will be quite a journey and will hold you in your seat while the story unfolds.
I totally recommend you to give it a try and just enjoy the ride. I've watched three times already, so it's worth it

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Extraordianry game with time. Nothing and no one is the same.

My idea about this series: After the first episode, I thought it would be a pleasant relaxing series where we have footage from the present when something happened and we go back to the past and the story tells us what and why happened in the past and also in the present... Reality: I was more and more out of it with each subsequent episode, I was yelled at sometimes in the 6th episode, totally psycho... who is who and at what time it happened, because the times didn't fit at all, neither the characters nor the names. From a pleasant relaxing time, it changed into a brutal game with time, storylines, and characters. I devoured this series in about two days. Thank you for releasing it into the world with all the parts at once. If it were done gradually, I would probably snap or stop watching it. The casting was 100% successful. Acting skills were at the highest level. This was the Ahn Hyo Seop I had been waiting for for a very long time. Not the artificial, conceited, most stylish one like in Business Proposal, nor such a bunny as in Abyss, or in 30 but 17. He suited me better in Lovers of the Red Sky but here in A time called you, he was perfect here from the first moment to the last. I enjoyed every scene with him. Also, Kang Hoon surprised me even more after The Red Sleeve. The boys did a great job playing both student and adult roles. And Jeon Yeo Bin was also awesome. How action-packed and funny she was in Vincenzo, here she was incredibly emotional and cared about every detail of her characters. Anyone who has seen Memories of Alhambra will surely recognize Min Jin-Woong, who he played as Hyun Bin's assistant and good friend. In this series, however, he got a completely different character, actually several characters...each different, but refined. I recommend watching this series when you have enough time to watch it continuously. I had to rewatch a few things again to better understand the storyline.

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Amazing!

I loved it <3 and enjoyed it a lot!

Diooooos, no podía dejar de verlo. Hubo un momento en donde tuve que pausarlo para poder entender bien qué estaba pasando porque no entendíaaaaa, pero lo logré jajaja

Me hizo llorar, me hizo reír, me hizo sorprenderme muchísimo y amar demasiado a todos los personajes.

La historia es muuuuy buena, espero ver el drama original pronto porque este me encantó <3

Nam SiHeon fue uno de mis personajes favoritos y cuando murió me sentí muy mal, sobre todo porque JunHee sufrió muchísimo ):

Me habría gustado que desarrollaran ese final un poquito más, aún así me gustó demasiado. Se convirtió en uno de mis kdramas favoritos

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Possibly my top drama watched this year?

I absolutely love Time Travel stories, they more often than not get some aspect of the time travel cause and effect loop wrong, or don't fully respect it and use it only when it benefits them, but when a Time Travel drama gets it right it scores a platinum - and this one such drama.

Based on a Taiwanese drama (Some day or One day) which i have not watched (nor was aware of) this is the Korean retelling of that story. I can't judge it for how similar or different it is, so I won't, i'm just looking at this from a "I watched this, this is what I think" perspective.

The writing on this is absolutely some of the best i've seen. At 12 episodes, it is allowed to keep a good pace throughout without ever feeling drawn out. It twists and turns, but it all makes sense and you'll find every episode opening your eyes and making you click "next episode" just that little bit faster. The back and forth on this one, the way that time travel is knitted throughout the story is just beautiful in execution.

The romance is fantastic too and the two leads are great - but specifically I want to call out the female lead, Jeon Yeo Been, who so beautifully portrays two different characters - the outgoing Jun Hee from 2023, and the shy quiet Min Ju from 1998, you can easily tell them apart even from the way that they walk.

I will say, if you're someone who needs to understand the "how" of something like this, you're going to find this a 1/10 drama, because really - there is no explanation for something that can't be understood at this point in time by us such as Time Travel, so I kinda appreciate it when writers don't try to dazzle us with science or fantasy and just ask us to "sit down, relax, and enjoy the story". Many of the best sci-fi elements tweak something and explore the outcome of it without needing to explain how that tweak was possible. Remember, Magic is Science that you don't yet understand, just enjoy the magic.

I related a lot to the portrayal of the loneliness of Min Ju as well, simply not understanding how to integrate with everyone else, being the outcast and loner, I relate to that far more than I even realised and particularly in the closing episodes it home really hard. and it helped me understand her character and motivations even more.

There aren't many dramas that have had this much of an effect on me emotionally to be honest, the last time I can think of a drama having me a-buzz like this was "The Light in Your Eyes" (2019) with Han Ji Min which was also alluding to be a Time Travel theme as well.

Music is good, lots of time spent in 1998 so some nice old scenes and music to listen to.

I won't go into any more detail, you just need to go on this journey for yourself and enjoy it.

As to the ending - in my opinion, it's perfect. Just exactly what's needed and not a drop more, and i'll leave it there :)

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amazing when you haven’t seen the original

having not seen the original, i was able to appreciate this drama on its own and i found it incredible. in fact i HAVE to watch the original now because i was in disbelief when i heard it’s better than this already is. i think it’s inevitable to compare two versions of something, but if you haven’t seen the original don’t let the negative reviews steer you away because this was really good too.

it also makes me sad that some people are dismissing it because of its complexity. time travel plots should be confusing, if they’re not, then they’re not doing it right. another great example is donnie darko. i don’t like a lot of time travel stories because they fail to consider how one small thing would change the whole future, but they understood the concept really well with this one and used it to create one of the most clever storylines i’ve ever seen. i guess not everyone will understand it, admittedly there were multiple moments where i had to pause and wrap my head around what was going on, but in the end everything adds up so perfectly it had me wondering how on earth people come up with stuff like this

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Just watch it

First of all, I watched it without knowing that this was a re-do version of another story. If you haven't watched the other version, then, just watch this and don't read other negative comments!
That being said: I just loved it.
It was perfect.
It kept hanging over and over again.
I cried several times which I barely do (compared to my friends).
I loved the way the series managed the time travel, it gave me DARK vibes (german series from Netflix as well). I understand that some people might think it was confusing, but to be honest it was pretty simple to understand if you're paying attention.
The cast was perfect as well.
The music was perfect.
Just watch it.

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