Dream To You Is A Dreamy Romance For Us
It’s been awhile since I found a pure romance and boy does “Dream to You” delivers (at least through the first 8 episodes). It’s a “First Love Reuinted” story (not a spoiler since it announces it such from the opening), where our two leads find their way back to one other becuase of a shared dream.
But to get them ready to declare themselves and go all-in, we have to get through some past traumas along with new challenges that come up professionally and personally; the kind of challenges that seek only to make them stronger and more resolved in their feelings toward one another.
This is a modern romance that is less plot driven and more a diary of sorts (altho there is plenty of plot to be had). It settles in like a good book, quiet and assured of itself, where each page opens us to a new memory, a new revelation, letting the past tell parts of the story the present can’t name.
This more relaxed pacing (not too slow) allows the narrative to breathe, offering quiet, contemplative moments without trying to cram itself with too many storylines or characters.
It has a dreamlike quality to it, which is fitting given the main theme about the sacrifices it takes to chase one’s dream and the reality that sets in for many when those dreams cannot be realized, or at least not in the way envisioned.
This seemed a very intimate project for the writer and director and a line in the movie “I’ll be a director that makes movies feel human” seems to sum up the filmmaker’s approach to how they want us to feel watching the story unfold.
Thus far, I’m giving it a 9. It’s not epic in adventure or storycraft - just a simple character-driven film that guides us gently down a well-trodden path, giving us time and space to unwind with it as it reveals its secrets.
Hwang In Youp and Lee Hye Ri give excellent performances as our two leads with superb support from the secondary cast.
But to get them ready to declare themselves and go all-in, we have to get through some past traumas along with new challenges that come up professionally and personally; the kind of challenges that seek only to make them stronger and more resolved in their feelings toward one another.
This is a modern romance that is less plot driven and more a diary of sorts (altho there is plenty of plot to be had). It settles in like a good book, quiet and assured of itself, where each page opens us to a new memory, a new revelation, letting the past tell parts of the story the present can’t name.
This more relaxed pacing (not too slow) allows the narrative to breathe, offering quiet, contemplative moments without trying to cram itself with too many storylines or characters.
It has a dreamlike quality to it, which is fitting given the main theme about the sacrifices it takes to chase one’s dream and the reality that sets in for many when those dreams cannot be realized, or at least not in the way envisioned.
This seemed a very intimate project for the writer and director and a line in the movie “I’ll be a director that makes movies feel human” seems to sum up the filmmaker’s approach to how they want us to feel watching the story unfold.
Thus far, I’m giving it a 9. It’s not epic in adventure or storycraft - just a simple character-driven film that guides us gently down a well-trodden path, giving us time and space to unwind with it as it reveals its secrets.
Hwang In Youp and Lee Hye Ri give excellent performances as our two leads with superb support from the secondary cast.
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