A flawed fantasy that gave its best
Thus drama is one of the best fantasy dramas that I have seen in a long time. Recently fantasy dramas have fallen flat for me. This drama while flawed, is miles above its competitors. Bae Suzy never disappoints. She always gives her best and my god the cameos, they were soooo good. The meta jokes all landed. This is a really enjoyable and rewatchable show. The music is spot on, as well as casting. There were some flaws as to execution of some chracaters were messy. But ultimately the writers pulled through and gave us a solid series. Episode 9-12, I felt was going in circles, those epsidoes could have been a bit more coherent. That aspect of the show does reduce my ratings. Other than that the story is nothing new, if you have seen Dokkaebi, Bulgassal, Korean Odyssey...etc., it's pretty much on those lines/concepts.Was this review helpful to you?
A great and novel story
This movie started off as fast paced face smaking action comedy musical, and never let the tempo nor the rhythm drop below 10. After a very long time I felt like a child rewatching the classic disney, yet it was new, it was unique, it was Korean!! Arden Cho, Ejae, Audrey Nuna, May Hong, Ji-Young Yoo, Rei Ami, Anh Hyo Seop, Andrew Choi and Finally the director Maggie Kim. I was so so stunned watching this quality on-screen. This should have been released in theatres world wide!! Its a generational Film.Was this review helpful to you?
Talented Cast let down by direction
Let me start with the fact that the original and its international remakes are excellent. I learned about this story when I first saw the Telugu Language remake. Then I saw the original "Miss Granny" on Netflix. I was expecting the story to do something different and not be a copy-paste with slower pacing, and to be honest, they delivered. But then came how Granny was being portrayed. While I do believe Jung Ji-So is an amazing actor she also can't do much if her character is written as a one-dimensional character. Writers focussed more on side characters than the actual leads. It almost seemed that they were unsure whether they wanted Grandma and the CEO to be together or not. And that indecisiveness carried on even at the end. This show had a lot of potential, but it was ruined by the writer and director's indecisiveness.Positive Points:
1. Cast gave it their all
2. The character Ha-Na was interesting. Wished she had more impact like the original story's grandson.
3. Cinematography was good
4. Jung Ji-So, Kim Hae-Sook, Seo Young-Hee
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