The Other You (2021)

Chaos... Literal chaos

Suprise suprise, Philippine dramas at it again. If only I knew how it would end then maybe I would'nt have wasted 60 days on this.

The teaser had promise, but the pilot episode already showed problems and inconsistensies. This continued throughout— and personally, the split personality played minimal importance to the story. It was easily replacable with a twin brother plot or ghost plot— it was that bad. It often switches from drama to action to melodrama to comedy to horror to supernatural, the director and writers couldnt decide on a certain genre at all.

And dont get me started at the actual story, it's the most cliche and most confusing thing you'd see. The decided to mash what felt like 4 stories that could've lasted in multiple seasons into 1.

And as if it wasnt enough, the acting didnt help at all. Two of the main actors are known for having chemistries in comedy series— and this is their first drama as far as Im concerned. The acting was minimal and it felt like they were trying too hard to be their characters.

The only good actress was the 'villain' girl— Beatrice but just for the reason that it felt like that's who she really is irl.

I can't tell if this was a good drama trapped in bad actors or good actors trapped in a bad drama. Either way, avoid this at all costs and look for other split persona dramas, this was nothing but an exhausting mediocre ride.

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