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When the Phone Rings

지금 거신 전화는 ‧ Drama ‧ 2024 - 2025
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hi_chris
6 people found this review helpful
Jan 9, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

It was okay

This drama has a classic "chaebol" storyline with a refreshing twist. From the first episodes, it hooks you with excitement and high expectations. The pacing is nice, the characters are interesting, and if you don't think too much the conflicts are enough to keep you watching the next episode.
The last episodes were mid. From my understanding, the writers wanted to keep the plotline from the novel (at least for the finale), however the execution was very poor. Episode 12 feels completely out of place and exaggerated. I have seen worse endings but it was still disappointing.
Overall, this drama was a nice watch.

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kharismaaar
7 people found this review helpful
Jan 12, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 4.5
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The ending isn’t good enough

Do I have a high expectation on this drama?
Oh, sure I have, but this drama really has a messed up ending.

The acting of the ML and FL are top notched. But this drama should ended on 11th episode. When the ML succesfully save the FL and then they could happily live ever after.

But that’s what my expectation and surely not the what the director want. So I think the ending seems draggy.

Overall this drama really has a good story and surely the chemistry of the ML and FL is there. Oh don’t forget about the acting of all the people beside the lead, their acting is also top notched.

Will I still wanna watch this the second time? I think I will not. Despite the good story, I think this drama is enough to watch for the first time, but not the second time.

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Reverie
8 people found this review helpful
Jan 5, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.5
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 1.0

Marriage of convenience becomes dullsville when turned into a Marriage of love

After an attempted kidnapping and resulting chaos, an arranged marriage couple is forced to communicate when the phone rings.

WHAT I LIKED

- Interesting start and a satisfactory first half.
- Liked the characters diversity in terms of their professions; appreciated the scenes with the sign language.
- The story was entertaining till the couple got together.
- Intriguing thriller elements and an impressive soundtrack.
- Good performance overall, but Chae Soo Bin's expressions felt a bit flat at times.

WHAT I DISLIKED

- Quality declined after the main couple's union with mediocre dialogue.
- Couple interactions felt more artificial in the second half.
- The unnecessary plot points that weren't concluded clearly.
- The final episodes were mostly filler scenes with a climactic conclusion.

Overall, an okayish watch. Recommended if you want to watch more Wattpad-style stories and just for fun with limited brain consumption.

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1ssy03
8 people found this review helpful
Jan 5, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

boycott!!

I was a fan of this drama for the most part, but that ending has completely ruined it for me cuz why feel the need to add in your dumb, completely unnecessary, inaccurate, bullshit zionist propaganda :/ I was somewhat enjoying the drama up until the season finale then it just diverted complete off track from the main/starting theme of the show
it’s crazy cuz any good thoughts and reviews I may have had about this drama have now been entirely dissipated due to that ending 💔
just incredibly unneeded and hella unnecessary
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snowbear
16 people found this review helpful
Jan 7, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
This review may contain spoilers
I loved this kdrama. I actually gave it a shot after my TikTok was just all about it and honestly I don't regret it. It was actually really nice and although the last episode might have had some unnecessary plot I didn't want to read too much into it and chose to enjoy the moment and not criticize it ( I get that it might have hit some sore spots but tbh it is a fictional show so there's no point in being all emotional about it and forgetting the good parts of the drama)
All in all it was a wholesome drama and also my first drama of the year ( just because I refuse to watch any drama before it's fully released??)
I really liked it thanks to the actors, producers and the whole team for this show?

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EliElf
22 people found this review helpful
Jan 6, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

بالاخره بعد مدت ها کره یه عاشقانه ی قشنگ داد

قبل بهم رسیدنشون واقعا خیلی داستان سریال جذاب تر بود و قشنگ تر
قبلش بهشون 100 میدم از 10 امتیاز
بعدش بهم رسیدن یکم خسته کننده شد و کش اومد 8 میدم از 10
ولی درکل دیدنش بعد مدت ها دوری از سریال کره ای چسبید و باعث شد شب بیدار بمونم برای دیدن یه سریال
خیلی لذت بردم اش
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SSP
31 people found this review helpful
Dec 19, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 8.5

Love this series ♥️

To be honest, I wonder if I will ever watch this drama no I did not like the trailer of the drama. That's why I thought the drama would not be good to watch. The main reason for my opinion was that I had never seen their drama before. That's why I thought the play would not be good.
But not in words, the geniuses show their skills through their work. That's what happened here. Aqib and Aqib introduced their work through their perfect acting skills.

Their laughter, mischievousness, conversation are all perfect in one word Their chemistry is simply amazing. For such a pair of them You will be bound to fall in love with them. No one else will make the same mistake I made in the first place
At first I thought she was dumb but I was surprised after 58 minute of episode one. The girl talked ,If the first episode is such a big surprise, I wonder what the rest of the episodes will be like.

I can't wait for the next episodes...

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Italophilia
21 people found this review helpful
Jan 4, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.5

Never a dull moment

I loved this series. I was hooked from the first episode and was invested until the very last episode. It was definitely the show I looked forward to the most each week. Everyone's acting was on point, making me second guess who I thought the villains were and what was going on with the plot. I had 5-6 correct guesses and many incorrect guesses. I usually do better than that. It was so much fun watching this and unravelling the mystery each week.
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Shiro
14 people found this review helpful
Jan 4, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 5.0

When the Phone rongs, anything can happen

This is one of those dramas that is more or less guaranteed to keep you on your toes, give you butterflies in your stomach and make your head spin from all the theories about who, is who, why and what will happen next.

Or at least for the first 11 episodes or so, the last episode however kind of flopped and failed to live up to my expectations, offering a bit to much cringe and unnecessary stuff.

A bit of a mix of John MclCain in Die Hard 3 meets all that we love in k-dramas. Suits, great chemistry, corruption, mistery, murder, contract marriage... ohand sign language.

A great binge, just make sure to take small breaks to work on your theories between episodes. While some of the twist caught me by surprise others did not...

A strong 8,5 that could have been a 9 or a 10 for the first half but started ruling a bit down hill towards the end.

P.s I watched it with my husband, he loved it too.

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MorohaAckerman
11 people found this review helpful
Jan 11, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

It really catches you from the first scene you watch

I started watching it with my mom from ep 4 and was hooked even when I didn't know exactly what was happening.

The premise is interesting and the leads chemistry is amazing, I loved seeing them learning how to get closer to one another and break the barriers within themselves and between each other

That being said... (spoiler alert)

WTF was that first half an hour of the ending LMAO. The ML playing Mambru because he pitied himself was NOT on my bingo card(? That and the chasing of ep 11 that was kind of avoidable also felt like it lasted FOREVER.

The rest of the drama, I loved it even if it took ages to get to the point

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Ongoing 12/12
AdventuresofRae
35 people found this review helpful
Nov 25, 2024
12 of 12 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 9.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 9.0

This has me hooked with the first episode

I came across this series via a TikTok and it had me wanting more and I couldn’t stop … except I caught up and now must wait for the next episode.
I love these characters and the episodes just give us more bread crumbs for the story.
I really really hope this all works out and it doesn’t loose its appeal after 3-5 episodes.
but I do have a good feeling about it.

the story follows a government official who comes from a very esteemed family. He is forced to marry into a media tycoon family.
he agrees but makes a couple of conditions for his new wife. she can’t ask for a divorce, especially during a election year and no one must know she is his wife. if she breaks any of these rules … she owes him 2 billon won.

The wife he agrees to marry has selective mutism. she works as a sign interpreter for a news agency.

one night her car is hacked and she os kidnapped. the kidnapped tells her husband, he doesn’t believe the kidnapped has his wife and tells him not to call again. if he does he better have killed her.

what comes next is a battle of cat and mouse …. it will have you hooked!!!

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Sunflower512
19 people found this review helpful
Jan 4, 2025
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

BEST DRAMA OF 2024

Best drama this year
iam gonna miss this drama so much and the excitement and beautiful emotions it gave me through the whole series never been so engaged before iam literally crying
Bye saju couple❣️❣️
the ending was more than i hoped for this drama gave me everything i wanted and everything they promised in the genre till the very end love it love it so much
GREAT ACTING +GREAT STORY+AMAZING CHEMISTRY with beautiful scenes and shots+GREAT OST+great great kisses😂
the recap with yoo yeon seok ost was so beautiful it made me cry (well i have been crying every week for the last 6 eps😂)
I am gonna miss this drama

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