All good except the end
They're adding unnecessary things, and if that wasn't enough, it's something sensitive. And just to include that sensitive topic, they’re willing to ruin the plot. It’s getting ridiculous.The plot was fine before, but they’re the ones ruining their own reputation. I've never seen anyone sabotage their own drama before.
But you did a great job placing that scene at the end of the story. If they had put it at the beginning, I would never have watched all the episodes. So disappointing.
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what a journey it was
when the phone rings is indeed a drama worth remembering because being relatively simple at its core, it brings in a tremendous psychological complexity of its characters and their relationships as well as a nicely developed plotline (though i wish some plotlines weren't so sidelined, but that's just a minor detail).a nearly perfect drama that carried us from 2024 to 2025, and i couldn't be happier about that.
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Laughable ending
Was totally hooked on this series. Couldn't wait for the next episode to come. Even rewatched it before the two last episodes aired... and than Korean 'writers, directors I don't know who' strike again. I don't know if it is a culturale thing/preference. But why on earth is 9 out of 10 times the final episode horrible. Seriously don't know what the makers were thinking. Even worse I think this is one of the worst final episodes of all the k-drama's I have seen. And I have seen a lot. It was so laughable and unbelievable that I had to stop several times during watching the last episode. To the point where I doubted I wanted to finish episode.Ps I think the acting of the 'real' Sa-eon is highly underrated!
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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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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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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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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 showit’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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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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بالاخره بعد مدت ها کره یه عاشقانه ی قشنگ داد
قبل بهم رسیدنشون واقعا خیلی داستان سریال جذاب تر بود و قشنگ ترقبلش 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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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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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.Was this review helpful to you?
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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