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Our Beloved Summer: Spoiler-Free Mini Review

  • Jul 11
  • 2 min read

Updated: 6 days ago


Title:

Our Beloved Summer (2022)

Platform:

Netflix, Wavve

MDL Rating:

8.6

IMBD Rating:

8.1

Genre:

Rom Com, Reunited/Second Chance Romance, Slice of Life

Episode Count:

16

Parental Guidance Rating:

TV-14: Minor language, fade to black scene (nothing explicit shown)

For additional details: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15026724/parentalguide/


Starring:

Choi Woo Shik (Melo Movie)

Kim Da Mi (Itaewon Class)

Kim Sung Cheol (Vincenzo)

Roh Jeong Eui (18 Again)

RBTS Rating:

4.6/5

Cast from Left to Right: #ChoiWooShik, #KimDaMi, #KimSungCheol, #RohJeongEui


Synopsis:

Based on the webtoon of the same name, Our Beloved Summer is a coming of age, romantic comedy revolving around ex-lovers who broke up with a promise never to meet again. But the documentary they filmed ten years ago gets the fame and they are by compulsion facing camera once more. @IMBD




Stay Tuned: Full Review Still to Come!




Spoiler-Free Mini Review:

An adorable rom com following two former lovers who are unexpectedly reunited after being strong armed into participating in a documentary, leading them to unpack their past relationship. This was just so cute! The drama dealt with some heavier topics, but it never felt bogged down by them. The leads had great chemistry and nothing about their romance was certain, which kept me hooked. I also really loved the character of the female lead and her battle to open up and overcome her pride.



The story is very character driven, rather than plot driven, and slows even further towards the end. I found it bingeable, but not in the edge of my seat kind of way, so if that's your flavor of rom com, this might be a skip. Our Beloved Summer doesn't really have stakes. The flashbacks provide emotional context, but since the leads broke up years ago, they wouldn't really "lose" anything if they went their seperate ways, so nothing was on the line.



If you enjoy the quintessential 'dated in high school and revisiting the relationship 10 years later' storyline, this might be the show for you. And if you have watched and want more, then maybe check out Melo Movie by the same scriptwriter. It also stars Choi Woo Shik who practically plays the same character as he does here. Fair warning: It's not as good.


Derry Girls is stuck in my head on repeat.
Derry Girls is stuck in my head on repeat.

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