Crash Landing on You: Spoiler-Free Mini Review
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Updated: 15 hours ago
Title: | Crash Landing on You |
Platform: | Netflix, TVING |
MDL Rating: | |
Genre: | Rom Com |
Episode Count: | 16 |
Parental Guidance Rating: | TV-14: Minor swearing, very minimal violence and blood, references suicide. For more info: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/crash-landing-on-you |
Staring: | Hyun Bin (Memories of Alhambra) Son Yu Jin (Thiry-Nine) Seo Ji Hye (Kiss Sixth Sense) Kim Jung Hyun (Mr. Queen) |
RBTS Rating: | 4.5/5  |
Synopsis:
After getting into a paragliding accident, South Korean heiress Yun Se Ri crash lands in North Korea. There, she meets North Korean army officer Ri Jeong Hyeok, who agrees to help her return to South Korea. Despite the tension between their countries, the two of them start falling for one another. @MDL
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Spoiler-Free Mini Review:
Crash Landing on You is the THE starter K-Drama for the romance genre. The premise is literally insane, but it gets there-- you just have to let it cook. I've head people say it can take 3 eps to get into, but I was in it to win it the moment our girlie pop rocked in North Korea. This drama tricks you with it's zany beginning and makes you think it will be a whacky hallmark-esque narrative, but you would be incorrect. The drama is layered with emotional depth, quality comedy, political melodrama, and chemistry so believable the lead actors got married after the show ended. Hallmark is shaking in it's Christmas festive boots.
So if you're going into this expecting it to be your run of the mill rom com, you may be disappointed. The show has a grounded realism which sounds odd considering a rich heiress in a hot pink jumpsuit paraglides into North Korea on accident, but don't expect everything to be tied with a bow. It's still fun and jaunty, but there is a practicality to everything.
The most interesting piece of Crash Landing on You was the sense of loss and separation which speaks to the real life relationship between North and South Korea, which in my mind, is what pushes this rom com into the big leagues.
Story=5, Acting=4.25, Production Quality=5, Ending=3.5, Enjoyability= 4.5, Would I rewatch= Yes!
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