While You Were Sleeping: Gives you everything promised.
While You Were Sleeping: **** stars
Korean Drama | Drama | Romance
Cast: Lee Jong-suk, Bae Suzy, Lee Sang-yeob, Jung Hae-in.
Aired :SBS, Sept to Nov 2017| 16 Episodes | 60 minutes
Plot: A supernatural romance about a woman who can see the future in her dreams, and a prosecutor who fights to stop these future events from happening.
Review:
While you were sleeping is an easy watch with great cinematography. Without the visual or cast support the show might not have been as appealing. First two episode of the show set the tone between the characters and bring them together.
'While you were sleeping' is a must for all Lee Jong-suk fans. The fact that he is part of the show means it is going to be a good one. The actor has always been known for working on great stories. Apart form him Jung Hae-in and Bae Suzy have managed to bring the story to life.
One of the best thing about the show is that , it does not focus only on their love triangle but all family dynamics and friendship they share. The villains in the story are straightforward, dark and self centered. We do not need to care about at all, it is really reassuring. But I am not sure, if Yoo Beom should be considered as a Villain, to me he could be something I call an anti hero. He has shown remorse towards his ways and work, but has made no efforts to change. His constant lying and cheating finally brings him to his end. Spoilers!! JAIL.
Though the show manages to maintain the story-line through out and give some answers towards the end. It does leave us with question. Since their childhood links, i kept wondering if, Han Woo-tak has any childhood connection. He didn't!. Reconciliation with Choi Dam Dong (Kim Won Hae) and happy ending for all characters was really a satisfying end, in spite of the questions left hanging.
What the show does not do, is provide the fantasy based answers we were looking for since the beginning, Why does Hong Joo have these dreams in the first place? Why do Jae Chan’s dreams only start up once he comes into contact with her again, and not when she saved his life 13 years ago? Do the other, random characters that they saved also develop the dream ability?
Even with all of these gaps the show manages to keep us engaged with their simple, natural love story and suspense of the dreams. After the first few dream sequences it becomes easier to predict and read the dream, but the few twists they have managed to showcase, when Jae Chan gets shot in the middle of the road kept me going. Of course, The green umbrella wasn't a big of a reveal as expected , but the solution was they found was promising enough.
Verdit: Over all, I enjoyed the show as much as I expected to enjoy it after the first few episodes.
I loved it! **** stars
I am a Lee Jong-suk FAN ! Guilty as charged!!
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