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Call It Love

  • TV Series
  • 2023
  • TV-14
  • 1h 10m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
1.8K
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Kim Young-kwang and Lee Sung-kyung in Call It Love (2023)
A romantic melodrama in which a man and a woman involved in a revenge drama, forget about revenge and shed tears and runny noses because they feel sorry for each other.
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A woman thinks of revenge after her life halts at crossroads but instead starts empathizing with her mark. It's a melodrama of love, forgiveness, empathy and tragedies.A woman thinks of revenge after her life halts at crossroads but instead starts empathizing with her mark. It's a melodrama of love, forgiveness, empathy and tragedies.A woman thinks of revenge after her life halts at crossroads but instead starts empathizing with her mark. It's a melodrama of love, forgiveness, empathy and tragedies.

  • Stars
    • Kim Young-kwang
    • Lee Sung-kyung
    • Sung Jun
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    1.8K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,157
    62
    • Stars
      • Kim Young-kwang
      • Lee Sung-kyung
      • Sung Jun
    • 27User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Episodes16

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    Kim Young-kwang
    Kim Young-kwang
    • Han Dong-jin
    • 2023
    Lee Sung-kyung
    Lee Sung-kyung
    • Sim Woo-joo
    • 2023
    Sung Jun
    Sung Jun
    • Yoon Joon
    • 2023
    Kim Ye-won
    Kim Ye-won
    • Shim Hye-seong
    • 2023
    Choi Jung-woo
    Choi Jung-woo
    • Yoon Dae-hong
    • 2023
    Yuuki Luna
    Yuuki Luna
    • Kim Yu-Ri
    • 2023
    Ell
    Ell
    • Sim Woo-joo
    • 2023
    Harrison Xu
    Harrison Xu
    • Sim Ji-Gu
    • 2023
    Jun Suk-ho
    Jun Suk-ho
    • Choi Sun-woo
    • 2023
    Steven Lim
    Steven Lim
    • Jun
    • 2023
    Andrew Lee
    Andrew Lee
    • Sun-Woo
    • 2023
    June Angela
    June Angela
    • Chun Ja
    • 2023
    Ahn Hee-yeon
    • Kang Min-young
    • 2023
    Nam Gi-ae
    Nam Gi-ae
    • Ma Hee-ja
    • 2023
    Jang Sung-bum
    Jang Sung-bum
    • Shim Ji-gu
    • 2023
    Seo Dong-won
    Seo Dong-won
    • Cha Yeong-min
    • 2023
    Andrew Truong
    • 2023
    Heather Muriel Nguyen
    Heather Muriel Nguyen
    • Sim Woo-Joo (young)
    • 2023
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    User reviews27

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    7meemsyd

    Well produced but underwhelming

    A well written and at times, very touching story. At other times, a very slow and frustrating watch. It focuses on loneliness, grief, healing and family.

    The good: The setup of the family and story is interesting, and I liked their dynamic, it was realistic and wholesome and fun a lot of the time, which was needed because the rest of the drama is pretty depressing. The cinematography is beautiful. There's a truly platonic male-female friendship which is a breath of fresh air in a romance drama.

    The bad: I know the lead actors in this have a decent range, because I've watched other shows with them, but here their characters are very stoic and wooden, and their scenes became a drag. Don't think they had good chemistry, and I mostly finished the show to see what happened with the family and second couple.
    6lamamedakka

    Good story, but...

    The cast was good. The storyline was good but it was too slow paced. The main actors were too depressed all the time and the so many unnecessary scenes were dragged for too long. I skipped a lot of scenes to finish the show faster. The personality of the lead actress was so annoying for almost the entire show, I liked her only in a few scenes in the last 2 episodes. Her character wasn't endearing. I liked the story so much but the whole atmosphere was depressing, it could have been done in a better way. The relationship between the main couple was dry. The last scene was my favorite because the characters were more energetic and happy.
    Tattytails

    Acting was good, story line good .....

    It was a good start to the season of Call it love, good story line and easy to follow. Didn't drag, actors gave a great performance but... I felt depressed watching it and wondered why. Basically both the main actors are depressed all the time. I'm not sure why others said it was a feel good, happiness is feel good. I thought perhaps it may improve as the story line was great so kept watching in the hope the story line would take a turn. By episode 8 I started to skip bits just to see the ending and a few parts I wanted to. Sorry, just being honest but the whole thing just leaves you feeling depressed, the story had no hope, just something positive to look forward to. You feel depressed for the actors lives not improving, depressed because of all the unhappiness. It left me a little disappointed actually. I rated it 6, lower than others. Would have been nice to just see some happy bright times and I would have watched all of it then.
    9amyn-03008

    I'm loving the dimensions of each of the characters...

    Sometimes I crave for something overwrought and dreary and this series has been doing it for me. It requires deep character analysis as you aren't watching it for the plot but for the character development that's why it isn't for everyone if you like dramas that have defining stance just skip it .

    I'm really loving the chemistry between the main leads, it's developing well not too fast paced and not to cringy. I love as this drama brings out the ordinary details in life and teases out each of the characters motives , and thought process, it's like I'm developing with the characters, seeing their struggles and making decisions with them. But it's also far from perfect there are some fill ins that the writer probably stuffed in a place or two maybe as the drama begins to unfold it would all come to place. So,if you aren't into slice of life dramas or character driven dramas don't watch this it isn't for you, don't go watching it and giving it a bad rating just skip it and save yourself the stress.
    9tejranforever-99073

    You'll love it if you have a deeper understanding of emotions!

    It's a serious drama, something I usually avoid. However, I liked the cinematography of the episodes which keeps getting brighter n vibrant as the story progresses, indicating the emotions of the leads. The drama made me cry, especially for the female lead a lot many times. Things are not spoken out loud and struggles are not explained in great detail. That's why I mentioned that if u hv deep understanding of emotions you'll get it. Especially since the makers left it on the audience to understand it by keeping the camera on the actor for a loner span n the leads, especially the lead expresses even d miniscule emotions so beautifully like the way his gaze will shift or a head tilt.... I can't completely explain but if you're a fan of detailed acting, this drama n especially the male lead will provide that a lot.

    The story keeps progressing and doesn't seem stuck as some others suggested, but that's my personal opinion. It's a great drama. Only two episodes are left to release but based on the 14 episodes I've seen, I'll say it's definitely in my top 5 all time fav kdramas. Any drama which is successful in making me feel any sort of emotion strongly, is a good drama to me. And this drama successfully did that. And that too multiple times!

    Whenever I was hoping that the ml gave the fl a hug cuz she really needs one, and voila they hugged for the first time just then! When I thought, I hope they don't kiss here cuz even though the tension is high but it's too soon or not apt now, the drama delivered the same emotions thru the scene.

    It wasn't that I was trying to think from the drama's or director's story telling pov but the drama seemed to be thinking from my pov. What emotions I hoped the leads would deliver in a particular scene, they delivered. That's something I loved abt this drama.

    It's definitely worth a watch. Maybe decide yourself if u can think in the same frequency as the characters. If you do, maybe you'll enjoy the drama like me. Or maybe you won't and feel it was slow paced. But I would totally recommend to watch it atleast once.

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    • Release date
      • February 22, 2023 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • Korean
    • Also known as
      • Mối Tình Ngang Trái
    • Production company
      • Arc Media
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      • 1h 10m(70 min)
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