Come and Hug Me (2018)

This drama is interesting for a theme but lack of details.
The plot is well made but slow paced. It consistent most of the time. The thing that i regret is the detail of lead's parents death. The murder of lead's parent isn't well described and lack of details. It makes me unable to comprehend the story fully. The portion of the show is laid on romance story between leads

The acting of the casts is good. The other things are also good.

The last thing that i want to say. It's a drama with heavy romance but fortunately it isn't clingy. That's the rarest thing i've seen from romance dramas

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What a performance. First to the performances which were so amazing and heart poured. I believe not a lot of people could pull off this drama in many ways, both the cast and crew. This drams was carefully played out to relate to the needs of the audience. The story follows the aftermath of two people after a horrible experience that scarred them both and how they try and find love after all they have been through. I love the sense of innocence in which the director was trying to portray in this love story I believe it fell in place with the story line. I believe not all characters were needed but to my satisfaction they fit well. Big hand to the directing again I really loved the perspective in which this drama was shot from the main leads deserve all the love for this cause they really poured their hearts into this. Watch it!

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I would definitely it watch it! You won’t be disappointed. The soundtrack, acting, and storyline! Oh it’s all amazing. Only flaws were it’s a bit repetitive (also lots of talking towards the end) and there’s A LOT of flashbacks but watching them helps you understand better. The beginning gave me really good vibes that I wish I got more of from the end as well. The main lead is so cute and their chemistry is amazing from the beginning. Make sure to prepare yourself though, lots of tears will be shed. The title is a bit misleading but the last episode makes up for it and helps you understand it better.

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O cara apanhava do pai, viu sua mãe fugir junto da irmã mais nova por causa de seu pai, seu pai era uma p!@# de um serialkiller seu pai matou os pais da namorado dele(nem vou falar do irmão dele). Apesar de todas as dificuldades ele ainda queria ser DIFERENTE do seu pai, foi ser policial, tentar ajudar os cidadãos e meio que arrumar um jeito de diminuir a culpa que caiu sobre ele (MESMO ELE NAO TENDO CULPA DE NADA). Mas mesmo se tornando tenente, policial, detetive a opinião publica e o cidadão coreano ODIOU ele, ignorou todo o esforço que ele teve para provar ser uma pessoa melhor apenas por causa do ditado "filho de peixe, peixinho é". FAMILIA??????????????????? Pode ser que a cultura coreana seja diferente da nossa mas isso, meu, NÃO FAZ SENTIDO.

Entretanto não é só isso, Na Moo sempre foi calado, introvertido, calmo, MAS RAPAZIADA O ROTEIRISTA/DIRETOR faz acontecerem que não era pra acontecer só pra ter um ponto a mais na historia, não faz sentido uma pessoa assim ter um momento totalmente contrario a sua personalidade e SORRIR DE ORELHA A ORELHA, JUSTAMENTE PARA UM HOMEM MAIS VELHO(REPRESENTANDO UMA FIGURA PATERNA) ENQUANTO O PAI MALUCO OBSERVA TUDO, S E M S E N T I D O. O que são esses momentos que ele SURTA e começa a ser semelhante com o pai, sendo que em NENHUM MOMENTO ele fez algo parecido como tortura psicologia ou ameaça. Simplesmente ignoraram a personalidade dele e usaram de qualquer jeito pra seguir a trama.

Nem vou falar do dialogo/relacionando da So Jin com o Hyun Moo, ela queria atuar, mas não falaram pra ela se ela tinha que ficar brava com ele, se ela deveria chorar, se ela deveria bater, e no final saiu isso.

Sei que não sou diretor ou roteirista, mas pra mim ficou faltando.

E fico com dó da Nak Won, não tem o que reclamar, mesmo com os pais assassinados ela ainda confortou o Na Moo, ele teve sucesso quando cresceu. Então como os coreano gostam de ditados vai um ai " ATÉ NO LIXÃO NASCE FLOR " .

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Only for people who can digest slow tragic sad stories!

The younger version of both main leads were excellent and definitely deserves a shout out! The story was dragged on, there were a lot of extra unnecessary scenes, specially the constantly replaying memories and flashbacks.

Perhaps it's my own personal preference, but tragedy + melodrama in my opinion is a really bad combo. Since the outcome will most likely be 70% of the whole show involving a lot of sad and crying moments, that's what this is!
In simple terms, you can easily watch the whole series in 2x Speed and comfortably watch it without missing anything, that's how slow the whole direction was done.

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This is a good drama. It is not boaring and can watch to the end. Specially lead male doing a good job. He is perfect in all way. Good look , excellent acting skill and expressing feelings .. all are good. but unfortunately female lead is opposite to this . She is boaring, over acting and so dramatic. This is a crime drama going around with strong love of main leads. This plot is totally depend on their love story. This is a love at first sight and ML can do anything to protect FM type drama. Even can go against with family . But sad to say I didnt feel that much of bond, love and chemistry With main couple at all. It is the main reason I gave low rating for this drama . Otherwise wise ita good drama , good plot, talented supportive characters with hot main lead.

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Kudos to the writer who came up with this drama, A significant of warm hug is just so precious, I know you might miss out on it thinking its a tragic love story but believe me its not your usual push and pull thing, The cast are just like their name Na moo (Tree) & Nak won(Paradise),no matter what befalls them they never grow apart maybe physically not emotionally but again she was always waiting for him to back without regrets.

You will love everybody in this series except for that stupid writer and his psychopath dad but again when you see a love story like this, it does not matter anymore but only thing that can happen is you finding yourself falling head over heals for the main leads.

What are you waiting for jus freaking watch it and fall in love.....

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Left me with a sense of indifference

I was expecting to love this drama, I like the main leads and I love the premise of the story plus everyone seems to praise this show and the main leads chemistry, however I ended up just being indifferent to it all, which really sucks. When you hate a show at least you have that strong emotion of annoyance or whatever towards the show, indifference is worse because it just makes you not care about it.
(I watched the version divided into 16 episodes and not 32)
I really enjoyed the beginning, the first 5 episodes in particular were extremely good and I was really shocked that I could enjoy a show that much even when the two main leads had barely no interactions at all. In general I really enjoyed what took place in 2006 and 2015, I liked the characters andI liked the relationships.
However the first and probably main problem that I had with the show is the main couple. I know people loved their relationship but I simply wasn’t invested in it at all, we get a little glimpse of them starting to like each other when they were younger (and even then we didn’t get too much of them actually falling for each other) and then in 2018 they were already in love (in like?) with each other, we didn’t get to see them falling in love again, we didn’t get to see them rediscover each other after having spent 12 years apart, we didn’t get to see them fall in love with each other again regardless of how different they might be from their 16 year old selves. This is the same problem that I had with Tale of the nine tailed, where, because they were in love before, they must be in love now too. While it’s true that my favourite part of kdramas is the getting to know each other and falling in love, the getting together stages, I can enjoy shows where they are already together, for example I loved Flower of evil, I just simply didn’t enjoy the way their relationship was developed in the show, there’s no particular reason why, I simply didn’t get involved or attached to their relationship.
That’s not to say that there weren’t any good moments or nice scenes between them, I just simply didn’t care because I wasn’t invested in their relationship: they weren't a cute butterfly in the stomach kind of couple, they weren’t a badass power couple, they weren’t a hot couple and honestly they weren’t melodramatic enough to be a heartbreaking, soul crushing, tear jerking couple.
Regarding the “masterful plot” that people talk about: I thought it was boring, I’m sorry. There wasn’t any mystery or anything really that kept me hooked, things just happened and I went along with it. I never really felt the tension or suspense or anything really.
Here’s a list of some of the things that I enjoyed the most:
Dojin and his mum relationship
Dojin and hi sister relationship
Dojin and his his brother relationship
Hyunmoo and his mother relationship
Hyunmoo and his sister relationship
Hyunmoo story
Kiyong acting
Joonho acting
Kiyong in a police uniform
That scene during Dojin graduation

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The story could have been entertaining, maybe a little repetitive but fine, but the writing for the main female character was really infuriating. She only exists to smile, to stare, to hug the male protagonist, and to make him (and us) fear for her. She has almost no feelings, no thoughts, no agenda, nothing. She stays at home, waits for the men to arrive, or walks to encounter several characters and listen to them talk. She has a big trauma, but never verbalizes it.
It speaks volumes of the actress to be able to work so well with so little. She is really lovable and sweet without really a script to support her work. More experienced actors were not able to do such a good job with their "cliche" characters.

I wanted to write this review prior to watching the last four episodes of the drama, because I didn't want it to be affected for wether I like the ending or not. I have to confess I have not dropped it out of curiosity for the ending.
Sadly this drama was not worth the hype.

Edit. To be fair, the last two episodes address some issues with Jin Ki Joo's character, and explain her trauma and lack of communication. However, not enough, in my opinion, to justify such a treatment during the whole drama. But I was able to understand the intentions behind the writing. And I liked the end, so gave it one more point in my rating. :)

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The mature kdrama romance-thriller you've been looking for

Let me make it clear that I am NOT your average kdrama viewer for the following reasons:

1. I FAST FORWARD A LOT because I have little patience for scene fillers where 20+ seconds is spent with the actor(s) gazing wistfully at the distance. I need action to happen FAST...
2. I am always looking for MATURE, STRONG LEADS especially where the female leads are concerned... and
3. I do not watch what everyone else is watching simply because I think I'm looking for different stories: MORE SUBSTANCE, LESS CRINGE. (I really disliked Her Private Life, couldn't stand the FL in Something in the Rain, and for that reason, I will never watch CLOY), and lastly,
4. I think that kdramas take too long to begin and then rush to end -- I mean, hello, what the hell kind of ending was that in Cheese in the Trap??!

Having said that, if you are similar to me, and you like watching kdramas with romance AND suspense, then
WATCH THIS DRAMA NOW.
It's a 16-episode NOT 32 episode story that is solidly written and executed. Enough time is given to the flashbacks and present day so I never felt confused. The actors are so well-cast, they transform into the characters , so much so that I found myself getting more and more invested in them as the story went on. Aside from the ML being exceptional, Heo Joon Ho nailed it as the psychopath; every scene he was in crackled with electricity, as did his accomplice, played by Hong Seung Bum. The FL was strong and compassionate, certainly someone I could root for.

The pace of the story is terrific, and the ending is tied up neatly. I am a chronic kdrama-dropper, but not with this story. I hope i could find more stories like this one.

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A third of the way through this show, I don't really want to comment on the plot, but the acting is genuinely astounding.

So far this show has been very slow paced - it feels like the episodes up until episode 8 or 10 were just the set up; but for this same reason the characters are richly developed, and by the time the present day story kicks off we have well and truly fallen for the characters.

At first we see some clips of the present, but is mostly the backstory, in a slight chronological disarray. Aside from understanding the events that shape the characters lives, we get to know the characters well, even before anything has happened, and later on, (thanks the impressive synchrony of the actors, who not only resemble each other to a great degree physically, but in the mannerisms and expressions of their characters, creating the most uncanny portrayal of characters played by multiple actors I have ever seen) we see how they are effected by their lives, and also those parts of them that have stayed the same. Because of the slow pacing the introduction is very immersive, taking the time to explore details in the environment. There is actually quite a dense amount of information in the show, rather than having episodes full of fluff, but the show is quite thorough, and the character building is a major time consuming factor. Character building is important obviously, and is the key point of this drama, but it doesn't advance the plot much, which is why some may find it slow, especially in airing. I imagine in binging this however you wouldn't even notice the time going by, because as I said before, it's incredibly immersive, so you'll probably be completely absorbed in the flow.
Because the characters act so dependably like themselves in any given moment (rather than being directed by the story, and acting around the next plot point) the things we love about them are reinforced over and over again, and it creates a greater sympathy between the characters and the viewers, because, although in some ways some might say as people they are "too good to be true", with his righteousness and her optimism, they feel so much more real than many characters are written to be. As we know the characters so well, any changes or uncharacteristic actions are extremely apparent, and I look forward to any character development in this show.
A great deal of the credit for these incredible characters must go to the writers, who ensured their steady and reliable nature, but equally this result would not be possible without the collaboration of all four lead actors who work so well together (on that note can we give a hand to the casting dept.)

The story (so far) is relatively simple, unfortunate, and uncommon but believable. It's not revolutionary (boy meets girl, tragedy strikes, a decade later how are they dealing with the consequences when they meet again?), but it's not worn out either (I'm sorry for liking you back, the old man's a _psychopath_, and he might kill you / that's okay, I'll make it big on tv so call me / living life as a badass detective / famous now, but I'm traumatized, also you never called) - but even if it were, the important part is that it's well written enough to be irrelevant. We have the cliche of boy meets girl, but it's a romance, so I'm going to discount that one, as it's kind of like bolognese without tomatoes otherwise; aside from that, the characters are genuinely interesting and likable people from unique families leading everyday lives, and events are largely, if not entirely caused by other people in those lives - there is nothing cliche enough in this to make it predictable, honestly, it's hard to even say how the romance will work out, or if this is destined to end like some kind of greek tragedy. I think more than anything, so far this drama has been about two people living their very hardest, in spite of anything and everything that happens to and around them, and from here will be about how they will struggle to overcome the conflict of their unforgettable past and their unending feelings. There is a crime, and a degree of mystery and suspense, but while people get injured (as of yet) there's nothing particularly graphic.

The soundtrack is good, although the tracks are already recognisable; it reminds me of films like Black Beauty, A Place Among the Pines or A Series of Unfortunate Events. As for the rewatch value, I can't wait until next week to see our beloved Na Moo and Nak Won again, so I'm about to rewatch what's presently released again right now! (Look, just watch it already, 10/10 you won't regret it, and there's nothing else quite like it.)

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I don't normally write a review (especially this early in the series - with only 8 episodes out so far...) however they really got me hooked, I just wanna scream every time the episode is about to end!

Some may hate this type of story but I totally love this, probably because of how they have executed it and the great acting by the young protagonists then the adult protagonists. I also like the pace of the story and how it emotionally squeezes my heart during every episodes.

At first I opted to watch this because the premise kind'a sounds like Just Between Lovers - and I super love JBL!!! But after watching the first few episodes I know that they are different but also kind'a the same (especially the young male protagonist as it was both played by Nam Da-Reum who also played the young Lee Jung Suk in While Your Were Sleeping).

I like how the character develops and how the friendship blossoms between the 2 young actors. The chemistry is quite unexplainable - I can't put into words the feeling this series brought me. It makes me wanna cry, wanna love, wanna sad and wanna smile.

I hope everyone gives this series an opportunity...

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