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Sweet Home korean drama review
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Sweet Home
1 people found this review helpful
by nimwoo
Jan 8, 2021
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0

Just don't desire too much...

'Sweet Home' truly exceeded all my expectations. I did not read the webtoon so I will not address any plot differences between both versions.

I already knew Song Kang was a great actor but he still surprised me a lot in this show. I really liked his character even though he was sometimes too dull and absent-minded for my liking, but obviously he was like that for a reason.

Lee Do Hyun was definitely my second favorite character, as he was very mysterious in the first half and even kind of dislikeable (I never did), but the turn he had in the second half and how so many things about his personality were clarified really added a ton on the type of character that he was.

I don't want to get into much detail because I don't want to tag this review as a spoiler, but I really loved every character. I think all of them had a clear role in the survival hope; even if some characters were clearly dumb and annoying, even those were properly built even if they didn't have such a strong background (some none at all). Every evil character was absolutely crazy, the "good" characters all knew their places and stick to them well.

I have a major complaint on the CGI for the monsters as I believe the production of the series was very carefully done and the cinematography was of the absolute most artistic style for this concept, but I feel like they invested too much on the settings and cinematics (and cast) that they forgot or ran short to invest on a better CGI. Still, even if it's ridiculously bad you get used to it after a few eps.

I loved the whole concept of the monsters and their transformation always blew my mind. It just kind of stresses me because I really don't see how they can overcome this in the next season(s) if there will be any, but I'm anticipating more of this show in the near future, hopefully.

The cast was amazing, I really loved Song Kang and Lee Do Hyun's dynamics on their characters, as well as how they complement all together with the rest of the cast. I'm just a little dissatisfied with Lee Jin Wook's character, since it was very promising but after his arc developed I think he lost that unbreakable and powerful aura they gave him.

Anyway, 'Sweet Home' is absolutely a must-watch and if anyone reading this is concerned on whether or not this would be too horror-y and scary for you, don't think so anymore! I'm a real coward when it comes to horror and stuff but this one was nothing like that so you're safe to watch it!
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