ReviewNetflix K-drama review: A Time Called You – Ahn Hyo-seop, Jeon Yeo-been reconnect in head-spinning time-travel romance
A woman (Jeon Yeo-been) grieving the death of a boyfriend (Ahn Hyo-seop) is whisked back 25 years, where she has a crush on the school heartthrob (also Ahn)The show’s tone is uneven, with an aborted gay subplot and a serial killer who’s a needless distraction, and breaks its own rules at the endKorean drama reviewsPierce ConranPublished: 7:45pm, 11 Sep, 2023Why you can trust SCMP
2.5/5 stars
Lead cast: Jeon Yeo-been, Ahn Hyo-seop, Kang Hoon
Jeon Yeo-been (Glitch) and Ahn Hyo-seop (Business Proposal) team up for A Time Called You, Netflix’s remake of the hit Taiwanese time-travel romance series Someday or One Day.
Time-travel narratives – those rooted in fantasy rather than science fiction, sometimes called “time loop” dramas – have long been popular with Korean writers.
First came classic romantic films Il Mare and Ditto and later other genres, such as Kim Eun-hee’s serial killer drama Signal or the thriller The Call (itself a remake of a Puerto Rican film).