[Beanie Review] Call It Love
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1 Eazal
April 15, 2023 at 1:23 AM
If you like dramas in which "nothing really happens", and that are more about feelings, and what is said with glances than with words, this is your drama. Yes, there is a pink filter that some people find annoying, but just keep on and trying and don't just leave because "it's not your thing". You will find two characters you will root for, you will want to protect them and their love at all costs, you will feel their pain, their sadness and also the joy each one brings the other.
This is a 10 stars drama to me. Definitely on my top 5 this year.
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Emily Hewett
April 15, 2023 at 3:26 AM
Nicely said 👏
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2 lapislazulii
April 15, 2023 at 2:35 AM
It’s by no means an easy or light watch as it does deal with some heart heavy themes but it’s the one of the most beautiful watches I’ve committed my time to. There’s so much to love about this show but I think it ultimately comes down to one thing - the attention and care given to each and every aspect of the drama as a whole. You can just tell that everyone involved didn’t just do something for the sake of it, but that real consideration and thought went into every action, every expression, every dialogue, every shot and frame, and every piece of background music to tell a story as a whole. The beauty of the cinematography alone makes you want to watch every scene five times to just absorb everything in and then trying to catch the beauty of actors’ expressions and dialogue delivery makes you want to watch it on repeat another five times. The entire cast really smashed this one out of the park but I’d give a standing ovation to Lee Sung Kyung and Kim Young Kwang especially - I’d even say this is probably their best acting work to date. Overall, it’s very much a healing drama and its exploration of love, hate, family and romance really is one for the ages. It leaves a lot of food for thought and self-reflection.
This is taking a rapid turn into a love letter for the drama rather than a review, (sorry!) but I’d highly recommend it to anyone and everyone! The only footnote I’d put in is that this is one of those shows where you do have to be in a certain mood for it - a mood for melancholia and a slow moving pace/slow burn - because otherwise then you might not enjoy this/get the most out of this and find it a quite slow.
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3 Bunny
April 15, 2023 at 8:01 AM
If you like slow burn healing dramas, it is a must watch.
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4 Miky
April 15, 2023 at 9:33 AM
This was one slow burn healing/melodrama drama that had on paper all the generic troupes that a classic kdrama would offer so one can easily desmissed it yet was all about the execution...I'd go without that pink filter any day but the drama became one of my favorite of the year and our main couple brought to life by Kim Young Kwang & Lee Sung Kyung were full of chemistry and emotions even when they comunicated with few words or glances...
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5 LaurenSophie
April 15, 2023 at 6:58 PM
"Call it Love" is a visual and thematic feast for those of us who love romantic melos. If you enjoy the genre, it seems highly likely that you will find this drama as mesmerizing, immersive, and addictive as I did. The pace is languid, but never boring, and do expect it to be quite sad and dark in places. Yet although there are moments when you might cringe in anticipation of some kind of humiliation or ache for the characters, the story never felt depressing to me. With the exception of the main villain of the piece, I felt that the writing for all the characters was multi-faceted and relatable, and every actor put in a strong performance. The romance is also deeply, achingly romantic.
Yes, I personally wanted a bit more from the ending, but I'd still say without reservation that the show was good all the way through and I will never regret watching any of it. This was truly one of the most satisfying kdrama watching experiences I've ever had, and I envy those who have yet to discover "Call it Love."
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6 indyfan
April 15, 2023 at 7:54 PM
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7 indyfan
April 15, 2023 at 9:28 PM
When the trailer first dropped, few of us expected much from Call It Love. It featured sad and sullen leads, a vague revenge plot, a heavy pink filter, and then, it was on Disney.
But with its impeccable cinematography, an aching love story told in silences and longing, and a healing message on the fallacy of revenge and the power of forgiveness, it turned out to be one of the strongest romantic melodramas we’ve seen in a while.
Now, it isn’t for everyone. It is angst-filled. It isn’t just a slow burn, but so slow, it drags at times. It is pink. But the filter fades (or you notice it less), you can ffw’d through the slow parts if you like, and the angst… Well, not much can be done about that. It’s a melo after all.
If you can work with that, you’ll be enamored by our OTPs, the lead actors giving some of their finest performances to date. Surrounding them are some excellent supporting characters, whom you might be invested in as much as the leads. And you just might replay certain shots and scenes, marvel over their mastery.
It isn’t perfect. The direction and visual story-telling should win awards, but the writing came up short at times. We had a cartoonish villain, some plodding dialogue and a few plot holes/unresolved issues. The actor's stretched their range but sometimes you could feel them strain, sometimes the script made them too unidimensional. And the last episode left some beanies wanting more.
When you add it all up, however, the whole of the drama gave us so much more than any single problem it had. "I couldn't hate you," one character says to another, "because the love you gave me was so much bigger than the pain you gave me."
Same for me, in the end, when all is said and done, I’m gonna call it, love. Just loved it.
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8 Ally
April 17, 2023 at 7:19 PM
Award-winning cinematography, acting that is subtle and on point all the way around. The dialogue is sparse, and there is more said in the silence. When there are words, you can’t miss them, they are important. I rooted for the main couple, the second couple and then, yes, even the third at the very end. I liked it better the My Mister. And I loved My Mister. This has catapulted itself into my top 5 of all time.
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9 Dimps
April 18, 2023 at 1:57 AM
I am not usually a fan of slow, healing dramas which is one of the reasons I didn't watch My Liberation Notes. But this drama was an exception, maybe because I was enticed by all the trope-baiting which turned out false. I really liked Joon and Woojoo's friendship and how they included a mature discussion about how he respects her, and how it was seen as not a problem in his romantic side story. Also, we didn't get any usual trope ex-girlfriend scenes from Minyoung and I loved it. The drama portrayed how mature adults would behave in the unbelievable scenarios the show put them in and it was different, true, and heartwarming. In some scenes, it felt like I could feel the main lead's sadness through the screen and it reached into my being. One of the best things about this drama is the acting.
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