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Dear My Friends review

디어 마이 프렌즈

2016tvN16 ep~70 min~19h total

Checked and re-read

The ratings

Lives up to its score 8.5 on MyDramaList, and written reviews agree, story at 9.6.

MDL rating
8.5/10
4.6k votes on MyDramaList
Written reviews
9.6/10 story
Rewatch value 8.3/10
Episode by episode
Steady all the way, 8.9 then 9.0

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Is it worth it

The best written drama almost nobody has watched: 4,600 ratings against Goblin's hundred thousand, and it is the better show. Noh Hee Kyung hands it to actresses in their seventies and lets them be funny, petty, terrified and unfinished. The young translator narrating it is the weakest thing in it, a protagonist bolted on for an audience that did not need her. It is heavier than the warm poster implies and the last two hours are brutal. Watch it for the four or five performances you will not see anywhere else.

Life is ever-delightful — and ever-challenging — for a group of friends in their twilight years as they rediscover themselves through love and family.

The feel of it
PaceSlow
RomanceBackground
Emotional loadHeavy
Comfort rewatchOften

Slow start Episode 3, once the friend group's shared history stops being backstory.

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Taken from our own list for Dear My Friends, in the order we ranked it.