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Move to Heaven korean drama review
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Move to Heaven
1 people found this review helpful
by vampbunny
May 12, 2022
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 10
Story 10.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 10.0
This review may contain spoilers
Woooooooow.. If you want something super emotional, but with a great story - then jump right in! This show is super heavy and deals with a lot of heavy topics like death, grief, etc but is also light-hearted enough to not be so sad the whole time. The portrayal of Asperger's was so nice and not exaggerated. The editing goes really nicely with showing you how Han Geu-Ru thinks inside his head and sees things.

I cried every single episode, but loved every story they had with Move to Heaven, and I loved the overall ending.

-- Spoilers Below --

So, the actors in this show are amazing. Han Geu-Ru was such a great character and I loved seeing his journey through life without his dad. Him taking over the business and teaching his Uncle on how to do things throughout - him accepting his Uncle unconditionally. He followed through with everyone's things for Move to Heaven and got so many people closure through their things just by looking at them. My favorite story he solved was definitely the Doctor and Cellist.

The Uncle, Cho Sang-Gu, had such an interesting backstory that I was so ready to see when he was introduced. Through the small glimpses into his story, you learn that he was a great boxer and gotten into illegal fighting. The conclusion of him not being a murderer, but just a bad twist of events and bad people, was obvious.. But the actual conclusion of the story line is abrupt. It relied on one character that was minor, but was nice to see that their story mattered in the big picture.

My one flaw that I personally found was with Yoon Na-Mu. She was there the entire time and was such an incredible friend to both Geu-Ru and Sang-Gu, but didn't really get any ending. Just with her telling her parents that she was actually working with them at Move to Heaven. Her and Sang-Gu have a conversation about how much she likes Geu-Ru even since they were little, but the conversation doesn't move from there and nothing more comes of it. The show ends with him staring at a girl who is supposedly going to be dying, and it insinuates that he's seeing how beautiful she is.... But why couldn't that have been an ending scene with Na-Mu? Especially since it falls immediately after her telling her parents and her dad saying that they were meant to be.

This show definitely has so much re-watchability. The music choices, the actors, the characters, the story.. I love the overall concept. It was so emotional and deep. Really puts into perspective life and how things are when you or loved ones die. Even random people. A beautiful story that everyone should give a watch.
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