My Mister (2018)

Deserves the accolades. Great writing, excellent directing, excellent acting

This show is probably not for everyone. You’ll need to be at a certain mood and maybe even at a certain stage in life to savor this properly.

It is also not your usual kdrama. The story and lives of our characters feel real and unpolished. They could almost be you and me, just going through the motions in life.

But while the poster and initial episodes look bleak and gloomy, you’ll find that as the story unfolds, it gradually blossoms to something warm and uplifting.

This rare combination of nuanced acting, thoughtful directing, fleshed-out storytelling, and overall message of hope and goodness elevates My Mister into an acclaimed and much-lauded series.

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This drama...

...is heavy.

Imagine Misaeng (Incomplete Life) but more depressing and hopeless. Kind of like getting sucked into a black hole and not dying.

And now that I've made you feel terrible about life, let me explain to you why you should watch this drama for Exactly this reason.

You're going to become attached to these characters. Dong Hoon and Ji An's lives are heartrendingly bleak and miserable and unfair, and the drama does not shy away from this fact. Instead, this is the driving force behind everything that happens in the story.

You're gonna hope anxiously that they will get some sort of relief, respite, redemption, restoration, justice. (I wish I could think of a word starting with r that means the same thing as justice.)

And you're going to find yourself frequently disappointed. Sometimes outraged.

What I'm saying is you're gonna feel bad while watching this drama, but you're gonna like it, so you might as well go ahead and watch it already.

So just go ahead and watch it already.

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IU's acting was superb!

I wasn't supposed to watch this since it's a drama series but I always see this on my VIU App as recommended.

When I saw the poster, I actually got curious about how IU's acting. By the way, this was her first drama that I watched. It was a good decision watching this after all.

My initial judgment was when I thought about this as a Rom-Com series. But hell, I was wrong! It was drama from beginning to end. It's not a melodrama with exaggerated line deliveries and scenes. It's subtle but sincere. I never thought I'd finished this in 1 day. That's how much I got hooked on to this. I really recommend this!

My first 3 drama reviews here, fair enough I gave a 9.5 rating. Well, they are all well deserved! :)

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The Story of Him, A man

(It's morning, I just completed the show, nd this is first song on utube reccs, so I m pretty tranced while writing the review)


When I first opened MYDRAMALIST I was like wtf, such high scores, even such avg lookin and sounding (aynopsis) have all have rating of 8,9 etc

And the top position always changes, nd whatever the best that year it becomes in the TOP SHOW, based in all criterias, at first I thought it was like imdb, where a large group spams scores, but then I understood, unlike anime

KDRAMA is an ever evolving entity, every quarter a much better version comes in form of a show


Now speakin of the show, uffff well what to say


First a lot of things linked up even before I saw the show

It was aired just after MOTHER(the show I saw last week) , so like they have slot of 9.30 to 10.30, thirsdats and fridays and their r 4 quarters,

Jan to March was taken by MOTHER

MARCH TO MAY or I think June was taken THIs show

nd the rest of the year it gave the most popular of shows


secondly the person playin the main character, was the same actor as the rich guy in PARASITE

Coming to the actual show


I was confused of the show's first 40minutes , now the shit is unlike anime, kdrama's drama content and twists happen within just first two eps

Lemme give the example by reciting the synopsis of the show


"""
CHARA A is a middle-aged engineer who is married to attorney WIFE.

However, his life is not that happy as he has two unemployed brothers, CHARA C and CHARA D, who rely on him.

Moreover, his wife is secretly having an affair with VILLAN A , CHARA A's college junior but current boss.


One day, CHARA A receives an unexpected bribe and notices that his co-worker, CHARA B, witnessed the incident.

CHARA B is a young part-time worker at CHARA A's company who is drowning in debt and left alone to take care of her ill grandmother.

CHARA A then gets entangled in his brothers' struggle to get back on their feet

and the company's internal rivalry between the company's CEO VILLAN A and the people opposing him.

All the while, not knowing that VILLAN A wants to get rid of him,

CHARA B is working for the CEO VILLAN A
"""""

This was the synopsis of the show

Nd this all happened ik the first 30min



Just expect what would have happened for the rest of 16eps , 1 hr each


Kdramas work on two things

VERY STRONG, INTIMATE, FLESHED OUT, WELL PACED STORY

AND

THE MOST HEARTIEST BUT THOUGHT OUT CHARACTER interaction



The female protag is 21yr old

The male protag is around 44 yr old

That's y the story is called MY MISTER

now lemme quote from a review

" This is my ultimate, most favourite Kdrama of all time. It might not suit everyone's tastes, but it was the first time I cried because a drama ENDED. Finally a drama that is beautiful and breathtaking from start to end.

I guess if you're the type to prefer fluffy, lovey dovey, Kdrama cliche type of dramas, then this won't be for you. My Mister is completely different in terms of the "Kdrama formula." "


"
(Slightly) EDITED:
“A story about three brothers in their 40s and a girl in her 20s facing the hardships of life and helping each other through the process.” The initial description of “My Ahjussi” was something along these lines, and as far as the storyline goes, that is enough to tell you the essence of it. A look at the daily lives of three middle aged men and a young girl. How interesting could it be? What could possibly be happening in their lives that makes it engaging enough to have a whole show about them? Is it something extraordinary? Definitely not. Is it something you have never seen before? Not really. But, is it worth watching? Oh god yes.
"


The best part is the relationship between the pritags

Is it

LOVE

TWO OUTVASTS LOOKING FOR EACH OTHER

FATHER-DAUGHTER

PITY AND SYMPATHY HELP

SELFISH SHIT



Till the end u wouldn't know


Won't even go to other relationships in the show the trio brothers, the side stories ufff just uffff


TRUE Depression, dementia, Death

In the most realest and grounded of ways was show which is the main point

Hell the show ended with thr main chara finally crying

I forgot to tell u, the main protag, reminded me of u , since the first time I saw u, his and Yours personality matches down to T


The FEMALRE PROTAG ufffff

I originally have a set plot in my. Mind, but kdrama always breaks it and cosntructs a new one

The gal I thought was just going to get help and have a happy end

But the shit which she did , made me fkin love her


Ep1 I was confused


Ep2-7 I realized I loved her,

Ep 8-10, I realized she became what i originally thought she was

By last ep, inhad fallen off




Korean girls, and their ability to look that BEAUTIFUL without makeup, cant compare man

The WIFE'S skin was literally glowij on my screen


Just ufffff(currently the song going on is BAKEMONOGATARI ED)

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It's an amazing drama which has quite an interesting story.
I really enjoyed it, but I actually had dropped it for some time since I have a bad habit of stopping a drama when it gets a little bit boring. I don't like skipping a couple of minutes ahead or even episodes (like a lot of people do for some reason) so I got stuck, but I eventually came back to this drama and wasn't disappointed. I even cried which has become pretty rare for me. The show itself is pretty slow paced at moments, but that's what's appealing about it. The atmosphere is pretty dark and the acting of the whole cast was amazing. All the delivered lines at the very end left me in tears.

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Love Love Love!!!

I loved this drama. Initially i watched it for IU but as i watched it i began to like every character and the entire plot. The only this that kind of ticked me off was the wife, Yun-Hee, she made so angry. It seemed like she was playing the victim while she was the one that was cheating. I get it, she's guilty. but don't tell him that you're tired of hearing his sorry's when you should be the one saying sorry. She should be the one happy that he is still with her. I rooted so hard for Ji-An and Dong-Hoon when i got found out she was cheating on him. But they didn't end up together sadly.

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Words can't do justice to how great this drama is - just watch it!

Quite possibly my favourite drama ever. Not being hyperbolic - it’s seriously excellent - and bring tissues. Make space and time for this drama it isn’t easily binged as it’s a bit heavy for that but it will totally reward you for that time.

Spoiler free summary - my words can’t really do justice to this drama it’s that good. You just need to watch it - persevere through the initial bleakness - and you will be rewarded by wonderful drama on the heart in humanity, what it is to live, the power of making a connection, community and the kindness of strangers.

The cast are amazing, most especially the main leads - I’ve seen and loved both IU (Hotel del Luna) and Lee Sun Gyun (Coffee Prince) but they are both on another level here. The direction is deft and the writing assured and subtly brilliant. The characters are so wonderfully rounded and authentic, it’s practically trope free for a KDrama and the OST is just top notch.

Please just watch this - it’s a total masterpiece.

Longer spoiler filled review.

Things I liked:
IU as Lee Ji An. I loved her layered performance. She managed to be so dead in her eyes when we first meet her and we know she’s telling us the truth when she says she can’t wait to die. But she’s also scrappy and strong and in those moments she gets a real fire. In later episodes when she cries, when she tells the selection board what it’s meant to have been noticed and treated well by Dong Hun, when she says sorry 10 times, when she thinks Park Dong Hun is mad at her for wiretapping, she shows such emotional vulnerability and her journey from making herself invisible to growing to love and care for Dong Hun is beautiful.

Lee Sun Gyun - he is such a fantastic actor - this role gives you the whole gamut of his range. He basically was Dong Hun. He inhabited that man of deep emotions and not very many words. His voice, so deep and sonorous was like another character in this drama. I absolutely loved the last part when she picked it out in a cafe and was drawn to it. But even his breathing and his footsteps were marked in this. I love how Ji An said they moved her when she heard them.

Them together - I loved their undefined relationship. I loved how they conveyed how special they found each other’s company, how they could be authentically themselves with each other but so subtly. We see how he’s only really able to be himself in her company rather than the guy who doesn’t answer questions of his wife, Mum and brothers. They know each other and they recognise they know each other. It’s the kind of relationship that I know exists, but so rarely gets portrayed. As someone who spiritually believes in a reincarnated life I think these two have deep relationships in the past and in this life they were brought together to heal each other. I loved that she was so frank with her emotions but despite it, it didn’t need to then turn into a mawkish unrequited love or romance, as it wouldn’t fit right.

The brothers - I don’t have a lot of experience of brother only relationships but to me this was such an authentic trio. I loved how different they were, how fiercely they loved each other, faults and all - and most of all like their mum said - when a bad thing happened to 1 of them they were all depressed. They bought some much needed levity to the drama and again these actors just inhabited their respective characters.

The villain - firstly I just love Kim Yeong-Min as an actor - and he made this wholly unlovable character so believable. Rat-like and such a jerk, but a bit menacing with it, we know what Yoon-Hee means when she says she is embarrassed she fell for him. I like that we didn’t need flashbacks to see what kind of person he was at college and how he came to be CEO.

Gi Hun & Yu Ra - they really grew on me and in my own continuation of this drama they get back together again (though they will probably split up and get back together..) I love how they made Yu Ra, this seemingly ditsy character have a lot more depth and some of her lines were some of the most profound in the entire drama. I loved the scene where he broke down and explained why he’d been so awful to her in their movie. Amazing. (I didn’t like this actress Kwon Nara in Suspicious Partners so am glad I’ve seen this performance from her)

Special shout outs to Dong Hun’s Mum - the ever brilliant Go Doo Shim - to an evil but vulnerable Jang Ki Young (giving us glimpses of the man he could have been without the abusive dad) and to Ji An’s grandmother, who made me cry so badly in so many scenes.

Things I didn’t like - nothing. Really nothing. Everything was just pitch perfect.

In fact for me, the writers got everything right in this drama including the bittersweet ending. The only thing I was missing was an explainer on Ji An’s relationship to Ki Bum - I assume he was her childhood friend in the one flashback they had with all 3 of them after one of the times she’d been beaten up. But it s a tiny minor quibble.

And the OST. This is amazing. It’s on repeat. Even if it does make me want to curl up in a morbid ball and sob. Thanks Viki translators as ever but especially for the lyrics of the songs which went so well with the drama.

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wahhhh...by far the BEST drama I have watched...it was a nice way to end my kdrama 2018 journey. The writer deserves recognition and the cast was superb! IU was phenomenal in this and I think she should continue her acting career because she is so talented. The cast had perfect chemistry! At first, I laughed at the concept of this drama but for some reason, I just decided to watch it. I always find the dramas that I overlook and revisit several times turn out to be THE BEST!!! I highly recommend. I cried, laughed and truly learned so much through the story. It really made me reflect upon my own life and to be thankful. These kinds of life lesson dramas are what make KDRAMAS totally worth it to watch. I ditched the Western dramas because they are all garbage and they make everything so dirty and perverted and they all have no substance or value. THIS IS A MUST WATCH!!!! You will be captured by the first until the last episode!

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Watch the series, and you'll want to watch it all over again.

While the rich chase the best positions in companies, the downtrodden try to survive. This series focuses on the latter screaming from the depths of humanity.
Screaming and being heard.
JiAn is a young outcast ready to do anything to get out of debts imposed on her by creditors, who conveniently "forgot" that she had no duty to accept the debt.
While working in a company she experiences what had eluded her until then: falling for someone.
Towards the end, DongHoon locates JiAn on the run to make sure she won't have to testify and reveal humiliating details in the life of DongHoon and his wife. DH locates her and enters's JiAn's small room. The scene is akin to a human feeling like a worm when Divine Grace presents Itself (I am unworthy, don't come close to me ...). She got saved!
The wasn't the only one, who bettered her life. Her paralytic and mute grandma died in peace, her accomplice GiBom escaped prosecution, her abuser KwangIl redeemed himself, couples were saved, people found jobs, ...
Watch the series, and you'll want to watch it all over again.

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Peace

"Every relationship is precious"
A story that I could only describe in one word:
"Perfect" (10/10)
The title itself "my mister (ajusshi)" describes the setting of the story where a young girl meets a middle-aged man and throughout the story, formed a relationship that would further shape the world around them.
Each character has depth, each dialogue has weight, each scene has significance to the story. I love how natural things appear as I watched all 16 episodes of this series. It felt as if I was watching a real person, not a Drama Series, but a real life of a real person. Ji Ahn being this precious little girl, Dong Hoon being the kind & ideal adult, and the good friends that surround the two of them, creates this wonderful world found in their small neighborhood. The story and characters are so well written that it can easily be relatable to any demographic.


The Cast made a really amazing job at portraying to us the characters of this story. The acting was superb and was accompanied by the music that could make your heart melt or make you feel good depending on the scene. The lines were delivered with power and emotion that could make you cover your face and try not to cry, and the scenes were played so well that even when they just stood or walk or even breathed had made me feel the EMOTIONS of each character. The cinematography and the direction of each episode is not of the ordinary Dramas out there, this really gets you immersed to the story and attached to the characters.
Acting/Cast (10/10) , Music (10/10)

This is definitely one of the best Drama series out there. And simply one of my most favorite stories. I would definitely revisit each of my favorite scenes in the future. Rewatch Value (10/10)
As a friend of mine convinced me to watch this drama, I would also highly recommend this anyone interested in watching Dramas that are worth your time and has the good story.
Overall (10/10)

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as criticas abortadas nesse dorama

as criticas que esse dorama faz são simplesmente minuciosas,essas críticas são detalhes que eu geralmente amo demais principalmente quando é um dorama com alguém famosos (que no caso é a UI)amo esse tipo de dorama com essa vibe meio melancólica brigas patifaria e tudo mais,uma das coisas que me surpreendeu foi a atuação da protagonista eu não esperava que fosse ruim mas foi algo que me surpreendeu de certa forma acho que ela pode ter um futuro promissor sim, assitir isso me dava de uma certa forma euforia,sempre conseguiam me pegar de surpresa isso é oq mais me chamou a atenção. é um dorama meio pessadinho não acho que é pra qualquer um não

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