A Beautiful Mind (2016)

It's been a while since I watched this drama and ended up rewatching it again as KBS World was currently reairing it. In which I used to recall comparing it with Good Doctor back then due to similar plot setting. As in a medical drama focusing on a special doctor having a special condition that might be beneficial or perhaps dangerous. In Good Doctor it was Park Sion who has Savant syndrome while in this drama it was Lee Jeongo who due to an incident in the past was rendered unable to feel any emotions and was called a psychopath. In both cases, the doctors gain an interest in pursuing medicine and end up becoming somewhat a genius later on. Yet, because of their conditions it made it a bit risky to allow them to operate on patients since they would not be able to understand the limits one should be allowed to pursue.

In that sense, this drama pose an interesting question. Could someone who exhibit traits of a psychopath could be allowed to treat people as a doctor. Could someone like Lee Yeongo learn to emphatize with his patients; despite his conditions, in order to become a good doctor? As the drama unfolds from start to finish, we'll get to see how Jeongo start to learn to sympathize with the help of Gye Jinsung and overcome his disabilities to become a better doctor.

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Nor only it's one the best there is in the drama the twist inside it and the well acted roles gave it the powerful dRama that it is the great thing about it that the drama never give you the boring side or the imagination of knowing what will happen. It is the best of the love story I have ever seen. Regardless the story the characters will make you want to stay with them. I have seen it more than 50 times. Truly one of the best. The only problem is that it's short but it gave the full story in length without any fillers or any other drama side Story. The comedy in it and human side is powerful . See it to believe it.

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I was looking forward to this drama mainly because of Jang Hyuk. I'm a fan of this great amazing actor. I believe he is the greatest Korean actor. I appreciate his maturity that he brings to the table with every role he plays. From Fated to Love You, Money Flower (which in my opinion catalputed him to be the best Kdrama actor of modern times) and now Beautiful Mind. I know I'm in for a nice treat as I go along with the drama episodes HOWEVER with first few episodes Park So Dam dampen my mood terribly with her irritating, immature, dumb, irrational demeanor not to mention her screechy voice modulation. Few questions come to mind; is she a detective or a traffic cop. Earlier episodes showed her moving in and out of the hospital restricted areas (OR, Conference Room, MD'S Locker Rooms, Security Monitor Room). Yes she was investigating a possible crime, is it in her job description? Her irrational actions without solid evidence i.e. arresting Dr. Lee 2x makes her less credible as law enforcer whatever that is. I admit my deep hesitation to see this drama because of Park So Dam, mainly I never develop any liking to her due to her previous film works and the big age gap between the two leads BUT my great respect of Jang Hyuk won at the end. I had a previous "off screen love affair" with this great actor in Money Flower. From then, I was hooked. On a side note, please watch Money Flower, it's a 100% guarantee or your money back. I will post an addendum as I move along with this drama that is if Park So Dam does not drive me crazy with her stupidity enough to drop this drama. After watching several Drama, I sort of got use to over exaggeration of main lead character in the first few episodes for later character development. I don't know. Get the popcorn and soda, let's enjoy the show. Thank you for reading my post.

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I will start this review with saying that I am not overreacting by giving it a full 10. And there will be no spoilers in my review.

First of all, as you start the drama you won't know how amazing it will actually become after a few episodes. The idea of this drama is really beautiful, just as the title says.
Will you be able to understand other people's minds and hearts? What would it be like to not feel anything or not be able to empathise with people?
The story doesn't only have doctor subjects, it shows the importance of life and the value of understanding people's pain.

Secondly, the acting is just incredible. I would find myself from amazement to crying and then to a confusing feeling. I would countinously ask myself "what is he feeling right now?" or "how would be to see thourgh that person's eyes?"
Moreover, the music is so perfectly fit for this drama that it will totally absorb you into the world of it.

In my oppinion, this drama is perfect from all points of view. You will definetly love it, and even more you will live it with all your heart.

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Questo drama era uno spettacolo così bello! Ambientazione ospedaliera, quasi no romance e un protagonista che a tratti ricordava Dr House. Forse qualcosa è andato storto. In principio veniamo catapultati in una situazione molto particolare in cui il nostro ML è sotto accusa poichè sospettato di essere un serial killer all'interno dell'ospedale in cui lavora. Questo caso coinvolge inoltre una poliziotta, fatemi passare il termine, di quartiere che vuole risolvere il caso. Per un po' questo viene portato avanti ma presto il tutto quasi finisce nel dimenticatoio per dar maggior voce e spazio ad altri problemi all'interno dell'ospedale, oltre al comportamento particolare del protagonista e degli effetti che questo provoca alle persone intorno a lui inclusa la poliziotta. Il problema è che tutti i casi, interni o meno che siano non vengono mai davvero risolti, invero non nella maniera più consona. Il finale non mi ha convinta appieno, ma mi è piaciuta moltissimo l'evoluzione che ML ha avuto dall'inizio alla fine e anche il suo rapporto con FL. Ho letto critiche nei suoi confronti, invece per me questa sua ingenuità/stupidità si sposa bene con ML. Avrei voluto qualcosina in più e forse che mantenesse un po' il tono e l'andazzo dell'inizio drama ma ahimè così non è stato. Non è una brutta esecuzione, ma speravo in meglio.

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Story:
Before I started, I thought it would be more of a medical cliché. To apprehend to have the elements to be, it was not. The plot surprised me a lot, positively. The sensitivity used to build the plot was one of the best I've ever seen. Because of that, so far, it deserves the high scores.

As a fan, I would love for them to do only one special chapter in the end, showing them in the future ... just to calm my heart. I would not like a second season because I think it would spoil. There is no need or space for more plots as material for a second season .. But a special episode would already be more than enough.

Acting/cast:
At first, the female lead was very annoying. I already had a bit of prejudice with her acting since Cinderella and the four knights ... I thought of her as a very weak actress, but in the course of developing this drama, her "fluffy" feature fit in nicely into what her role asked.
The male lead gave a show. His acting was simply marvelous.

Music:
A small note for the simple fact that it was not memorable.You do not have an OST that leaves memories. You'll remember the drama very well, but not the songs.

Rewatch Value: It is certainly a drama that is worth reassisting.

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This drama was an emotional rollercoaster. No cheesy love story...and held my attention from start to finish. I have never been able to finish a med drama but couldnt stop watching this one. The acting was just glorious. The story was wonderful the feels were unforgettable. Great drama. Not sure why it only had 14 episodes but i would have watched for another 10. The characters were amazing. The plot and moral were very solid.
If you like good drama and feels this drama is for you. I am a fan of the male lead and look forward to him in many more future roles. Watch money flower if you love him in this.

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I left this drama just after 4 episodes. It was a real pain to watch, and not for Jang Hyuk, I really like his acting skills but the main girl was terrible. Boring, even if the storyline is pretty interesting and somehow new, yet in the first 4 episode, everything was based on nothing and nothing goes on.

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Interim review

One reviewer advised to watch 6 eps before judging, but that's nearly half of this series. I wouldn't say I'm trigger happy about giving up on a dram, but nearly half before it becomes worth while to watch seems a lot. So far I have watched nearly three eps but my frustration is mounting. I wanted to like it, started watching it with great enthusiasm for Jung Hyuk, but ...
The acting is good. Love Jang Jyuk, and he nearly pulls this off - and I can imagine that he gets better as his character is revealed more. Other actors are fine too.
It's the writing. I am all for suspending disbelief whenever I possibly can, but, really?
First, ML has no affect at all, but is "allowed" to speak one to one with believed family, to humiliate his colleagues and other staff, as well as hospital managers, without repercussions. We know brilliant doctors get massive leeway for bad behaviour, but at this point he's been involved in 3 or 4 procedures and two of them have been fatal. Not a brilliant record - even though he asserts he did nothing wrong, muck will still stick. He seems to fear his father's opinion - unclear yet why this should be so. His father knows he is a liability and has to hide his condition - he's not stupid : he would have made damn sure that his son knew when and how to read a room (ignoring his own feelings, which he is not supposed to have anyway) and use his intellect to meet the needs of patients AND grieving family. There are just too many holes in the way he interacts with everyone, and frankly it makes me sorry - this was an chance to actually explore a mental condition with some subtlety, but it's badly botched at this point.
The writing. The FL is young, naive to the pint of stupidity, a prig, tries to bulldoze logic with her own over-enthusiastic and frankly ignorant assertions, instead of presenting actual evidence. She baldly states the first death was a murder and expects everyone to drop everything, but she never states - "Look I saw it - he was thrown out of the car after it passed me, and then the same car reversed into him at such seed that he was thrown into my windscreen, it's not something I could either mistake or miss - I work with traffic every day and I am trained to observe driver and vehicle behaviour". At no point does she make any kind of case for searching for the unregistered vehicle (itself a reason to search for the owner). There were no cameras nearby, but she never suggests tracing that vehicle by checking cameras elsewhere and following its route. I'm not trained as a Police person, but even I've seen this on other dramas - a cop should know many more. But she just stamps her little foot. OK she's only a traffic patrol officer, but even basic training should give her enough nouse to know that won't convince anyone. This child is thoroughly annoying and comes over like a spoilt teenager who just wants her own way without putting in any real or sensible effort.
And yet in Ep3, the "brilliant" surgeon - who has realised something is hugely UP, because his patient dies under HIS knife, and it clearly can't be his fault (so he finds out - as if by magic - that there's a medication which has been combined with diabetic meds and will result in death). - decides that he and this traffic cop now need to work together. Of course he's arrogant enough to know he can do it on his own - but why bring her onto his team - all she's done so far is prat about. At his point she is anything but an asset to anyone.
Both the leads are deeply unattractive at this stage, and deeply annoying. Not sure I want to spend much more time with them. I may well continue and watch more of this, and it may get better and I might forgive these crimes, but this is pretty heinously weak and perhaps lazy writing and hard for me to swallow.
If I was writing this the ML might be getting FL on board in order to use her as a disposable pawn, but I doubt it. Sadly I think it would improve things a fair bit! Why are so many women written so weakly - don't get me started on his "fiancee" (great actress badly underused here)!

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Eu particularmente gosto muito desse protagonista... dela eu gosto também, mas como policial não caiu muito bem! Mas isso fez diferença? Não! porque? Porque a história é incrível!
A capa voce percebe que tem um romance... mas eu pensava... os dois nao tem nada a ve um com o outro... Mas a forma como o romance deles surgiu ... é muito lindo! (parabens nota 10)
À primeira vista, pode-se pensar que ele é um sociopata, e não deixa de ser, mas ao longo dos episódios e dos acontecimentos, dá para entender melhor toda a situação, claro.
Amo ver cirurgias... entao eu amei o dorama demais gente!!! Realmente ... uma mente brilhante!!!

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