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Moon River (2025) – The Same Joseon Drama Again
With an “impressive” start —at least that’s what k-drama lovers will say for likes— Moon River tries to shine in 2025 but ends up recycling everything we’ve already seen a hundred times.
Twenty minutes in, and the only word you hear is “choooona.”
This is a drama directed at people whose sense of humor is as shallow as a 4-year-old’s.
Kim Se-jeong deserves better than another romantic comedy template, but when good roles don’t come, you take what you can get. Brewing Love was already proof of that.
Kang Tae-oh, as usual, looks good and acts little —a pure K-drama model.
Even the supporting cast feels recycled: the same ministers, servants, and conspirators from every Joseon-era drama.
Moon River is 100 % popcorn, 0 % originality, and 0 % entertainment.
Pretty faces trapped in the same old palace.
Twenty minutes in, and the only word you hear is “choooona.”
This is a drama directed at people whose sense of humor is as shallow as a 4-year-old’s.
Kim Se-jeong deserves better than another romantic comedy template, but when good roles don’t come, you take what you can get. Brewing Love was already proof of that.
Kang Tae-oh, as usual, looks good and acts little —a pure K-drama model.
Even the supporting cast feels recycled: the same ministers, servants, and conspirators from every Joseon-era drama.
Moon River is 100 % popcorn, 0 % originality, and 0 % entertainment.
Pretty faces trapped in the same old palace.
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