Move to Heaven (2021)

Easy-to-binge and gets all the onion-triggered water out of your eyes

It's been a long while since I watched a whole kdrama in one day/sitting. This broke it. Highly underrated even though it was a Netflix original.

Let's dissect the storyline. Even though it didn't have my ideal beginning, it was still very fast-paced and allowed for the main character to be introduced. They quickly introduce the second main character and end that episode off with a very satisfying cliffhanger. I love how every episode introduced a different mini-storyline within the larger one, while allowing the main characters to develop. I also liked how they connected the story between the two main characters and allowed us to go back in time and sympathize with them. (This was the tear-jerking part.) I love dramas that are either completely romance or have a mystery/crime plot with a bit of romance. This was the latter aka my favorite.

Let's talk about the actors now. I don't know much about autism or Asperger's so I cannot comment on how well the main character, Tang Jun Sang, acted. However, I can comment on Lee Je Hoon's. Something about him at first glance was so charming. He embodied his role to the full, from the way he talked, the way he smirked, and his body language. I expect so much more for him in this genre of kdramas, and I'm excited to see more of him. Lastly, Hong Seung Hee was a very nice side (and female) character to have. She wasn't an especially necessary character to the plot, but she was in screenplay because she was the one reciprocating the comedic relief from Lee Je Hoon. The only problem I had with her was that her connection with the main character seemed just too random.

Overall, I HIGHLY RECCOMEND this drama.

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Uma bela obra

Se você busca por comedia romântica algo superficial e fácil de lidar esse drama não é para você apenas escolha outro drama que tem por ai. Trata se de um drama complexo, carregado de emoções com as quais cada personagem tem que lidar ou enfrentar em algum momento.

Me senti conectada e amarrada na trama desde o primeiros 20 minutos do primeiro episodio , o enredo é interessante o roteiro bom algo muito importante para um drama dar certo. Mais não foi só isso que o tornou tão bom , com ótimos atores e uma boa direção esse show realmente atendeu minhas expectativas.

Foi bom bom de se assistir, eles abordaram assuntos delicados e sérios de uma forma tão sutil e leve, conseguiram mostrar o que queria sem precisar apelar sem ser forçado, foi muito interessante acompanhar um pouco da vida de uma pessoa com a síndrome de Asperger . E como foi lindo ver o amor dos pais por esse filho.
Outro assunto tratado de forma muito interessante foi a morte e como o luto é enfrentando dependendo da família porem mostra que a dor é igual para todos, algo te faz refletir realmente te faz pensar e aprender algo novo a cada episódio.

Falando nos episódios eu apreciei cada um deles , era muito interessante cada episódio ter uma historia diferente isso fazia eles ficarem cada vez interessante para mim não tinha como você ficar entediado desmotivado , pois a cada história ficava mais interessante.

Estou muito feliz em ter assistido e recomendo fortemente que você assista um show muito interessante que provavelmente vai acrescentar alguma coisa em sua vida.

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Great Melodrama

Wow... To be honest, I never get emotional to the every episodes while watching it except the last episode where all the pain happened. Just wow, Great story line at least for me. Is it just me that the story is not lacking but still It feels like I need more? XD.... Let's talk about some traits there....XD ...., wow did I just witnessed some open relationship there in the ep5? I think they did well writing about it, we all know Sk is not open about it but it well delivered by the story. Lastly, I don't know if that's a fact that some issues in the story like the adoption and the building one where Gu Reu's father working in before, that's why I appreciated the writing of the story. Hmmmm, this will be the last.... I THINK THIS DRAMA IS WORTH TO WATCH ON!!!!!

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Qual é a última coisa que a pessoa que nos deixou tem a contar.

Kdrama maravilhoso!

A história desse drama é maravilhosa, os atores trabalharam bem, principalmente o ator que faz o Han Geu-ru.

A ideia da história mostra um lado que provavelmente nenhum de nós para para refletir. Qual é a última coisa que a pessoa que nos deixou tem a contar.

Uma das coisas que mais me chocou e me fez refletir é que nossa vida inteira acaba se resumindo em uma única caixa.

Por isso parei para pensar se fosse comigo, o que estaria dentro da minha caixa?

É um drama maravilhoso para quem quer tentar pensar sobre nossas relações com as pessoas à nossa volta. Compreender seus medos e anseios. Quem saber escutar pela última vez seus desejos.

Um conselho, ter em mãos:
– Uma caixa de lenços
– Confort food
– Bebida quente

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A Work of Art...

Move to Heaven is a beautifully written masterpiece, exploring the value of life and death through a heart-wrenching story. It brings light to many issues within society, such as LBGT+ representation etc.; when I say I have never watched a drama any better, I do not kid.

The casting was impeccable. The drama perfectly displays multiple feelings and executes them perfectly to viewers. For the entirety of the show, I was crying my eyes out (while simping for LJH).

The music was also touching. As a fellow pianist myself, upon hearing Traumerei (a favourite of mine) play in the trailer, I gave it a shot. Throughout all of the trauma cleaning sessions, Geu-Ru plays a specific piece that melted my heart. Everything showed in the drama seemed to have a strong, meaningful message which could be interpreted further by viewers.

He was a character with such depth, quite rare in other dramas. Cho Sang-Gu was also an amazingly well-played character. Lee Je Hoon has a natural tendency to melt into his role; it was enthralling. His character development was evident and heart-warming to watch. Starting as a cold character, you can see him adapt to his new environment just as Geu-ru does, and they both become comfortable with each other. In terms of side characters, they all played a perfect part in the story and didn't feel out of place. The chemistry was amazing.

By watching this drama, I have become grateful for everything I have. LJH is an actor who stars in meaningful dramas, and I find that a wonderful trait. Move to Heaven holds a special place in my heart — a drama like no other.

I'll be rewatching this drama soon.

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I cry in every episode.

I finally watched this drama so many people recommended me ... I don’t know if I should say thank you or fuck you.
Because there wasn’t a single episode where I didn’t cry but I couldn't stop watching. Jesus Christ, where do I start?

if you’re looking for romance and drama cliche don’t watch this ... if you’re looking for a heartwarming story that will make you cry both from happiness and sadness go for it. Even when I said I cried in every episode I don't consider this a sad drama but would call it an emotional piece of life story that talks about love, family, happiness, grief, loss, making hard decisions, and how those might lead to an end, the complexity of feelings around death, not knowing what others are going through and that desperate feeling of not being able to help the people we love... there's a lot this show unpack.

in every episode, we follow Han Geu Ru, an autistic 20 years old who, next to his dad, runs a trauma cleaning company called "move to heaven" where they basically clean the belongings of people that pass away. In every cleaning, we learn about respecting the deceased and how even in death we leave messages and stories behind that speak for us, Geu Ru always tried his best to give everyone peace and closure which I think it's the best part of this drama. When his father dies Geu Ru needs to live and run the business with his uncle and step by step they get closer and break each other's walls to become a family. I loved seeing them together.

I can't speak on the autistic representation but I'd love to listen to the insight of any autistic person that watched the show.

overall: great characters, productions again Netflix is an aesthetic hoe and the strongest part of the show (for me) is the way every episode finds a way to pierce into your heart, hit so close home somehow and see everyone in move to heaven trying to help to give peace to someone gave me peace as well.

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Refreshing, heartbreaking and quite a new concept. Whole drama comprised of ten individual demise stories. A person when dies leaves behind wonderful memories, his/her offspring, some search for love, some die with love, some die with pain and sufferings, some die untimely, some take away their own life, some die simply because their time ends; everything is extremely heartwarming. Tears did not want to take any name to stop running relentlessly. It shattered my heart every time Han Geu Ru ran panting, with that rectangular yellow box to handover it to the deceased’s loved ones, containing a person’s used belongings. Is it easy to erase everything out of one’s life just because s/he left this superficial world? Life is real so is death. Diverse perceptions, thoughts, philosophies, dogmas, beliefs, faiths, cultures, traditions etc. are existent in this earth but no one denies the inevitable fate of death of every living creature.

Move to Heaven beautified this death. Although we come without anything and also leave without anything but each human creates a web of relationships, complex emotions, needs, wants, expression of tastes, longing for a smooth and better life; however, it might cut short. We have stories to tell which are left untold, we have grievances to share which are left grieved upon, we have love to express which are left unexpressed, and we have multifarious wishes to fulfil which are left unfulfilled. All humans are unsung heroes of their own life or someone’s life. The depiction is truly heart rendering. Portrayal of every death was truly magnificent.

We live as if we are immortal beings. Different sorts of love, respect, dignity, sympathy, empathy, ugly human greed, societal issues made its place in this drama from humanistic point of view. Every interaction every words we speak every gesture we make has meaning(s) though often times we try to hide our genuine emotions underneath our superficial façade. The drama basically highlighted all these factors from philosophical perspective. How the living perceive the death and how the end of a person is just his/her mortality and physicality that expires only. Nonetheless, either good or bad, they keep on living as enriched memories of some other people.

Impressive was also the direction, cinematography, editing and some specific camera angle managed to retain the true aesthetics of the story. Individual stories were solid and sufficiently shown without making them too overdramatic or too draggy.

Tang Jun Sang, this child actor stole my heart away with his untainted innocent acting. His talent is boundless. Such adorable young fellow has a really bright future ahead. All the ensemble made their characters believable by putting their heart and soul into displaying a natural acting. They all did exceptionally well.

Cried buckets and learned many things. No one should refrain oneself from watching this gem. Indulge yourself in this short journey, you would not regret.

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ITS SO GOOD WTF

(first time writing a review on here lol, sorry if it's messy)

This drama is BY FAR one of the best ones that I've seen. Usually I don't expect much from these short dramas, but DAMN. From the start, I just KNEW this was gonna become one of my top dramas.

(idk where to start but uhh)

First off, Geu-ru was great and finally, we have an autistic character that isn't just some big maths/science nerd (I mean, unless you consider fish as marine biology but what I'm trying to say is that he's not like some of the other neurodivergent rep in kdramas *COUGH* Nam Dosan *COUGH*) and as an autistic person myself it was really nice to see some positive autistic rep. Only minor complaint I have is that Asperger's isn't a term used anymore (plus Hans Asperger was a right ol dickhead) so I wish they just said that Geu-ru was autistic instead. But then again, Asperger's only stopped being a medical term in 2013, and Geu-ru got diagnosed before then (also, I don't really expect Jeong-u to know about this since he's not a doctor or anything). Tang Jun-sang really did a good job at portraying Geu-ru tbh (I still associate him with Geum Eun-dong from CLOY, but that's just my CLOY-loving arse innit. Geu-ru was still great tho).

Then there's Sang-gu who I think had the best character development in this drama. Honestly, the first time I saw him I was incredibly pissed at that ugly ableist piece of shite ("wHy sHoUlD i CaRe fOr JeOnG-u's HaNdIcApPeD sOn?" GOD SHUT THE FUCK UP) but I'm glad that he redeemed himself and became a nice guardian to Geu-ru. Aside from that, after hearing about his past trauma and what happened with Su-cheol, I've grown to feel sorry for him and tbh, I ended up hating that ugly ass Madam instead. I'm still pissed at her for basically forcing Sang-gu to fight Su-cheol, he clearly didn't want to do it and how Su-cheol inevitably died because of him?? Fuck Madam, all my homies hate Madam.

Ok right, enough waffling about the characters. Now about the actual plot of the drama itself. Tbh the entire storyline was sad yet beautiful, but there is just ONE part that I am particularly salty about (which I will now complain about here). I have put a spoiler warning, but in case you didn't pay attention to that, here's your reminder to go watch Move to Heaven before continuing this (I mean there's already enough spoilers up until this point but just watch it pls).

IAN AND SOOHYUN DESERVED SO MUCH BETTER!! Their love story is the only reason why I'm giving the plot 9/10 instead of 10/10. And I'm still mad at the fact that Soohyun died (yes I get that the whole point of this show is to clean out dead people's rooms and that if he didn't die then he wouldn't be in drama, but still. I JUST LOVE HIM OK). All I want is for him and Ian to be able to live happily together (tbh I still want a plot twist where Soohyun isn't actually dead and gets to live happily ever after with Ian. Season 2 pls?). Seriously, what is it with me and falling for second lead couples with tragic endings? Soohyun's parents were right ol cunts as well. I mean, think about it. If they never forced him to get married in Korea, Soohyun would probably be living happily with Ian in San Francisco right now. But seriously, being homophobic is one thing, but burning love letters from your dead son? Honestly I'm so glad that Geu-ru has an amazing memory, or otherwise that letter would've been lost forever and Ian would've never seen it (or known what Soohyun wanted to say to him). (if any fic writers are reading this rn, PLS GIVE IAN AND SOOHYUN THE HAPPY ENDING THEY DESERVE!! Since I know they'll never get their own drama).

Thank you to anyone who has read this piece of pure waffle (honestly I'm gonna be surprised if anyone has made it to this point) but anyways, in conclusion Move to Heaven is going on the Elite 2021 Dramas List and they better be making a Season 2 soon (yea I get that S2 is unlikely, but I would at least like to know what happens to Cha Eunbyeol)

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Best Korean Drama of 2021 (So Far)

One of the best Korean drama I've ever watched. Elegant writing, directing, editing, casting, and acting with all beautiful stories told, characters, and visual ever served.

There is no single episode where I didn't cry, I love all of the deceased background stories and the acting of the three main leads are remarkable. Such marvelous storytelling and spot on music bgm just blend so well to the overall plot. Wonderfully done in such a heart touching way.

A special shoutout to Tang Jun Sang, Lee Jee Hoon, and Hong Seung Hee for brilliantly potraying the character, clearly become one of my favorite characters in Korean drama.

The whole plot, idea, and concept are very fresh. Definitely will make you so attached with all the stories and characters, definitely will make you hardly able to get over this for weeks, and definitely worth watching.

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