Genie, Make a Wish

it's Temu Goblin.

This is by far writer Kim Eun Sook's sloppiest work until now & yet the drama is still enjoyable. To elaborate a bit more on the script, I think they wanted to make a Goblin-like fantasy show & so the writer made a similar framework for a drama that is different enough. Personally I find nothing much wrong with this. A 1000 year romance with some flashbacks & an endless opportunity for corrupting wish stories -instead of ghost stories- could've easily lead to the drama of the year, or the second best at least. The problem is that the show is really not written consistently at all, the writer's self established rules are not respected, often not even within the same episode & the finish is very variety show like in the sense that there were a great many fun skits, but none of the plot makes sense, like at all.

Also the Arabic theme is really poorly researched & feels super forced. I don't give a flying monkfish about the religious connotations, but the whole Goryeo Koreans in Arabia felt incredible weird to me, what is even more forced? Korean actors speaking Arabian & doing that a lot. I really don't know why the writer couldn't just come up with a Korean version of the genie myth, or just call genies genies, but don't explain AT ALL what they are in Korea, that would've worked too. Correction, I do know why this happened, probably there may have been a sponsorship deal with the Emirates or something similar..

The most nonsensical part of the show is FL's condition, psychopath or sociopath? or whatever else, the basic concept that she does not have emotions at all is super silly & quickly full of contradictions.

Self-censorship always bothered me in Korean dramas, there are certain themes that cannot be shown on Korean TV & this often leads to really annoying & stupid subplots. In Genie, Make a Wish this manifests in how it's possible for a foreigner to wish for endless riches, but a Korean person cannot do the same & even if they kind of do, they still have to obsessively return the money. In this drama money is returned at least 3 times, though "only" twice voluntarily.


Anyway despite all of the above why is this still a 7?
Well, basically the casting is brilliant, the visuals and the photography are also amazing & the drama is just very funny in general. So if someone is capable of shutting off their brain a A LOT, then I can totally see them loving this. Suzy is not only incredibly gorgeous in this one, but also had great chemistry with Woo Bin & their constant bickering is endless fun. I would watch a 200 episode long sitcom where these actors play an old married couple..

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Schizophrenic

I watched this drama to the end. Many viewers will probably like it, but for me it was too contrived – with a unpalatable mixture of silly hijinks, gratuitous violence, sadism, ridiculous wishes, and bogus profundity. It had a convoluted plot with too many secondary characters, and a lot of elements that just didn’t come together in a cohesive whole.

In the beginning, the ML is a a big goof ball of a genie who can do anything with a snap of his fingers. Somehow he’s also Satan. He can put out a raging fire or catch someone who’s fallen off a tall building, He can appear and disappear and travel through time. He can fly, burst through the walls of buildings, and deflect bullets. No problemo.

As for the FL, she just doesn’t give two figs about anything because she’s a psychopath (or maybe not). She’s trying to be decent, but she has the soul of a killer. Why should the viewers care about either of these absurd characters? There’s nothing at stake. Neither of them want anything–-or anything substantive–-either from the world or from each other.

As the story progresses, wishes are granted, wishes are postponed, unforeseen circumstances arise. When a romance develops, it seems completely unmotivated.
When are the good people at Netflix going to hire writers who can actually construct a story with heart and nuance–one that doesn’t rely on gimmicks?

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Messy.

Dec 2025
Maybe it's a generational thing, but a Genie is not Satan (or Iblis in this case), and so the reference to that name just didn't fit, and bugged me throughout.
In folklore the Genie (or Jinn) was created by God/Allah, and could be good, evil or neutral. Naughty ones got imprisoned in containers.
All boxes ticked.
However, the merging of more religious content (as mentioned, plus the angel of death, angels at all, hell etc), ruined it for me, as it made the character nessy and blurred. If they wanted to make up a new fantasy character, then rename it.
What I also couldn't handle, was the way the FL lead character treated him. I get she was a psycho, but I found too much of it irritating and often uncomfortable.
The plot became frayed for me, and both the story and characters were often all over the place.
The personality of FL's grandmother was one of the biggest changes... yes we change/mature as we age, but her younger self was actually not easy for me to like at all.
Personally speaking, it was KWB that carried this drama.
The acting overall was good, it was the story/script that totally let it down.
Lovely to look at/visually, but very disappointing for me and I wouldn't rewatch.
KWB and other cast members, have been in far better dramas than this. It could have been superb ~ but wasn't by a long way.

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Cast and Supporters will pay price when they will met with angel of Death Izrael, In Shaa Allah

This drama is absolute crap, which mocks Islam and Islamic concepts, even GOD and one of His favorite Angel, Izrael, the Angel of Death.
So Death to Koreans and Death to cast of this drama and whole team. They will go to Hell and definitely meet Satan (Iblis) there, who they have praised, who is the biggest enemy of Humanity and enemy of Islam and Muslims.

This drama will have consequences for SURE for Koreans.

And for those who are satisfied with it and praising it.
You should know that, the Angel, Satan feared most from is the Angel of Death, Izrael.
As satan knows that He will come for him eventually. and this drama even mocks this Angel.

Production, Cast and supporters will definitely pay price when they will met themselves with angel of Death Soon.
In Shaa Allah

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Racist…

I once read Marry my husband. PHONOMENAL manwha but I read about the change that the author had to make that happened before I read it. It was considered to be the only flaw of the manwha. This change was because the author wrote the Arabic’s as violent tyrants that want tor him everything good, according to the one who read it. It was disgusting and racist. Well… this drama soaked itself in this. It even when far to write the villain as an Arabic child the in the body of a Korean boy, giving the Korean actor the role, not the Arabic actor and making him the sweet victim at the same time, win win for the Koreans but not the Arabic boy. They portrayed the Arabic boy as greedy and vile and a tyrant. They also portrayed Arabic people as such against the Korean characters which where portrayed as just so morally upright, regardless of being the devil. The same characters that are so evil, they don’t flinch when a familiar is being tortured before them. The same Korean characters that are: Satan and a true psychopath, yet they Still found a way to make the Arabic people the most unhuman people in the drama. It wasn’t even one person, they simply created a city of Arabic people and dehumanised all of them to People that are so cruel that they are no longer human. I kept noticing it throughout the entire drama. It was as if matter how wicked and cruel the Korean characters were. They wanted to make sure that the Arabic characters were much more unhuman. By this, I mean lacking so much humanity, they no longer resemble humans. Do you know the perfect characters to portray this lack of humanity? The main Korean characters, except the grandmother. Satan, ka Young, death, and the wicked boy, however, they still managed to circle it back to portraying the Arabic as especially lacking humanity. I was even impressed at how they managed that. They wanted to make it clear that no matter how wicked the devil, death, a wicked boy and a psychopath could be, the Arabic were worse/lacked humanity. They portrayed that anytime they could. What did the Arabic do to them? Not many people have even noticed it even though it is portrayed so blatantly. They constantly compare them to Ka Young, A psychopath, Showing that a psychopath had such morality humanity and kindness that even through her psychopathy she could think to make wishes for other people, and the Arabic were simply wicked, self serving and corrupt.
I simply could not indulge in this story as after every wicked deed that any Korean character did, they would stop and make sure to remind us that either wasn’t the Korean, but an Arabic or that the Arabic are significantly worse. They kept reminding us that the other gin that was held captive and abused by the Korean boy was not a victim even though he was. He was at least offered grace at the end and was rescued. Elijah’s cruelty to humans and his familiar was overlooked and made comical however they never missed an opportunity to show us how wicked the Arabic were. No particular Characters meaning that they generalised all Arabic people. There was no reasoning behind their cruelty, for Example, Being the devil, a psychopath or death, making it clear they were vile by nature, And justifying why Iblis committed mass genocide to the entire city. I said that was no one worth saving. If it had no innocence.
Also, if Iblis was universal, could speak Arabic and adapted his face and body to suit the country, why didn’t they cast an Arabic man, just once? It was as if they would have hives if they put one in the main role on Korean camera.

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Because i like fantasy genre and a fan of uncontrollably fond,for me it was one of the most anticipated drama of 2025.but i dropped it after watching intro.why?because i just can't root for the love story of satan,the epitome of evilness in islam.he is arrogant and evil to the bone, he can never respect humans and thats why he is kicked out from the heaven.he himself is the darkness, is and always will be the ultimate villain untill the end of the world. he is here in the earth to mislead and bring humans to the hell with him .so it was a huge turnoff for me to watch his romance with a human.every religious topic is sentitive.it is disrespectfull to treat any religion that casually.they could have adapted and reuse the concept of Aladin 2 where Jaffar was the evil genie.But no they have use the concept and even with the original name "IBLIS".some commenters are saying that they couldnt find why this is disrespect full!!!would you feel comfortable seeing the love story of lucifer(because everyone atleast know what lucifer represents)? If the answer is yes,than i dont have anything to say.i wont comment on their acting cz i dont know how they acted.

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This was a very disappointing show

Highly disappointed with this show, the writer, director and especially the Main leads. Couldn't even complete past first episode.
It's highly blasphemous and insulting to the Muslims' beliefs and values. Using Iblis' character which is the most dreadful and hated entity in Islam, and glorifying it as a loving cute charmin creature! Its totally unacceptable and provocative.
The show could have simply be about a genie.. thats it. why would you use Muslims' beliefs into a drama and exploit it.
not to mention the way term 'psychopath' is been thrown around here and there!
GIVING IS 1 STAR ONLY BECAUSE THEY WON'T LET ME POST WITHOUT MINIMUM 1 STAR!

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wow holywood with asian actors - meaningless fast paced chaos and drama, no content, no acting

If you like holywood, great, this will please you, here is LOTS to see and nothing real is happening. The conversations are menanigless, short and supposedly witty and funny. You will feel right at home!!!!

IF YOU WANT SOME SUBSTANCE AND SOME GOOD ACTING THEN ... RUN!!!!! dont waste time on this drugged-out fantasy without content
and the acting is super bad

the whole thing is fake

yeah the story is kinda interesting but the execution of it is a total hoola boola smoke and mirrors show, just a whirling non stop some kind of crazy happening, AND NO CONTENT

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Une psycopathe, un génie et 3 vœux...

“Genie, Make a Wish”, c’est le genre de drama où le destin décide de s’amuser un peu avec toi. Ka-young est une femme aussi belle que glaciale, quu croise la route d’un génie 🧞‍♂️ pas du tout cliché. Il est blasé, un peu sombre et traversé part une lassitude millénaire, il teste les humains pour se libérer de sa condition 😮‍💨✨. C’est le genre d’histoire qui te murmure : “Et toi, tu ferais quel vœu ?!?” 💭🥺

Woo Bin en génie, un peu sombre mais traversé d’une douceur inattendue, c’est une vraie masterclass 👌🏻. Il a ce truc de mec à la fois divin et paumé, comme déjà dit on sent la lassitude 😮‍💨, mais quand il laisse tomber le masque… ouf !!! Le charisme qu’il dégage, c’est presque indécent 🌶️

Et Suzy… wow. Elle m’a scotchée 😳. Ce rôle à la frontière entre fragilité et folie, elle le joue sans jamais forcer. Son sourire mi-ange, mi-dérangée ?!? Un pur régal. Elle est terrifiante et touchante à la fois, et ça, peu peuvent le faire aussi bien. Entre eux, pas de lampes chantantes ni de paillettes, mais des vœux qui font mal et une tension douce-amère qui grandit à chaque échange. Je trouve qu'ils forment un duo magnétique, ils ont une alchimie étrange et fascinante 💥

Mais faut le dire, le ton du drama, lui, part parfois un peu dans tous les sens 😵‍💫. On saute du rire au drame, du mystique à l’introspectif sans prévenir... j'aurai préféré que l'on reste sur ce ton "léger". Et ensuite, les effets magiques… hmm, pas toujours magiques justement 😬. Certains passages sont sublimes, presque poétiques, d’autres un peu “cheap”, comme si la magie manquait d’étincelles ✨😅, et puis les personnages secondaires... Il y avait clairement du potentiel autour d’eux, mais ils restent trop en retrait... j'ai trouvé ça dommage, ça aurait pu donner encore plus de relief à tout ce bazar cosmique. Par contre, niveau guests, y’avait un cast de qualité qui fait plaisir 😏✨, même si ce sont des passages courts, ça a rajouté un peu de peps au drama 🫶🏻

Malgré ses petits couacs, le drama garde une vraie personnalité 💭. Ce mélange de romance, de fantastique et d'humour un peu absurde, lui donne une vibe unique 👍🏻. Les moments suspendus, les vœux, la symbolique, tout ça crée un petit côtés "contes", et ces clins d’œil qui désamorcent les scènes sombres pile au bon moment… j’ai adoré 🫰🏻. C’est bancal parfois, mais j'ai trouvé que ça reste beau dans sa bizarrerie 🌙

Et la fin… franchement, je m’y attendais pas 😶. Ce n’est pas une "happy ending" classique, et c’est justement ce qui la rend un peu déconcertante. Y’a un truc presque dérangeant dans la façon dont tout se boucle, comme si le drama voulait me laisser avec un goût étrange... pas amer, mais pas doux non plus 🙃. Ce n’est clairement pas anodin comme fin. J’aurais peut-être préféré une autre direction, mais malgré ça, j’ai passé un vrai bon moment devant "Genie, Make a Wish" 🫰🏻

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