Details

  • Last Online: Jul 4, 2024
  • Gender: Female
  • Location:
  • Contribution Points: 0 LV0
  • Birthday: April 25
  • Roles: VIP
  • Join Date: September 1, 2017
Move to Heaven korean drama review
Completed
Move to Heaven
13 people found this review helpful
by Soula
May 17, 2021
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 6.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 5.0

Sang Goo's character development makes it worth the watch

Move to Heaven was just an okay drama for me. The plot moved at a consistently slow pace because the story for the main characters was regularly interrupted with each episode's sub-plot for the trauma cleaning service.

I was most interested in the story of the uncle, Sang Goo - his history with the cage fighting and his pupil, and then his history with his older brother, Han Geu Ru's father, were interesting to me. These curiosities were well satisfied, but I found that some of the characters were lacking - Na Moo and Yu Rim (the social worker) were the potential love interests for Geu Ru and Sang Goo, respectively, but they wasn't developed really at all. Madam Jung also wasn't caught in the end - satisfaction-wise, this was not okay for me as the viewer.
I also found the ending to be a bit frustrating - it's obviously left open because Netflix wants the possibility of a season 2, but it's ambiguity was not appreciated.

Overall, I was not expecting the kind of drama I got from Move to Heaven - the tone was much sadder than I had anticipated, especially based on teaser trailers. There weren't laugh-out-loud moments (maybe just moments that made me smile here and there?). But at the same time, I didn't actually cry with this drama, nor did my chest ache for the characters, which I'm completely surprised by...I think this story just failed to move me the way I had anticipated. It's a quick drama to watch and the character development for Sang Goo was definitely worth the watch!
Was this review helpful to you?