Catch Me If You Love Me (2025)

This was rough. It’s overdramatic and cheesy, to a soap opera level. The dialogue is terrible, the acting is terrible, the plot is terrible, the editing is terrible, the fake fighting is terrible. It’s filled with kisses / NC scenes, but probably 70% of them are noncon or dubcon, and that doesn’t even account for all the sexual harassment, manipulation, and outright violence between the couple. I’m not even going to try to list all the instances - there are too many to count. I know it’s a common trope in BLs, but the minute consent becomes questionable, the romance is dead for me. And there weren’t enough sweet or redeeming moments between the couple to even begin to compensate. Soap opera type shows can be done well, but this one just wasn’t.

The only redeeming thing I can pinpoint is this is the only BL I have ever seen that has vers representation. Both characters top and bottom. I would love to see that in more BLs. People don’t always have strict roles in the bedroom, and people’s personalities and appearances aren’t related to their sexual preferences.

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