Paixão Incontrolável (2016)

This a must see drama for all drama lover out there! I got hooked right away and the writers and actors never dissipointed me. It has a nice plot and incredibly story that will capture ones heart. I think all the actors did very well and it was a very emotional drama. I think one learns by this drama how important and precious family is to us. Also the soundtrack is so lovely, most of the songs are in English so for us that don't know korean that well the songs will touch our heart even more, the songs are really really nice and fits the drama perfectly! I would totally rewatch this drama. And Woo Bin never fails to impress! Gosh his role, you'll fall for it. I'm usually a sucker for the second lead, but this time I totally fell for the first lead. It will impress you, make you tear up and warm your heart. <3

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K-Trauma not a K-Drama

Knew what was coming from the very first episode , but i still couldnt prepare myself for it.
The last few episodes were so painfully beautifull and heart-crushing... The ending was so painfull and this show turned out to be one of the first Tv shows/movie to make me cry

There was nothing about this Drama i Mean Truma that dissapointed me. The plot line was never boring, The acting from Suzy and Woo Bin was absolutely amazing and the Music Cues were on point.

This has to and will remain to be one of my 10/10s and would Definitely Force/Encourage people to watch it ( Though idk if i should cause no one should watch such a sad ending)
This show is guaranteed to make everyone and everything cry.
The only reason the rewatch rating of this show is low is because there is no way Me(or Anyone ) can handle watching this masterpeice again.

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A Tear-Picker

This series truly had me addicted, I started with one episode and could not do anything else, I watched it to the end. I laughed, got mad, and cried enough in this series. I truly felt drawn into the story-line. I am only sad for the ending though, I felt like their story should have been longer, I wished with all my heart he got treatment for his illness. Although I wished for a better ending I respect the cast and production for not trying to get a few more episodes out of it.

"The series focuses upon successful superstar Sin Joon Young ( Kim Woo Bin) who awkwardly meets his old flame from his youth, No Eul ( Bae Suzy), a producer of documentaries. When their respected careers awkwardly make their paths cross once again, No Eul is surprised to learn how much Joon Young has changed into a shallow and materialistic individual, rather than the kind-hearted person she once fell in love with, however, Joon Young also begins to stumble upon a life-changing truth which may finally ruin his relationship with his former love...

Undeniably, Uncontrollably Fond isn’t the type of drama to watch if you’re looking for something” fun and fluffy” ; the focal point of the series centralises upon terminal illness, tragic love and angst with Lee Kyung Hee’s ( The Innocent Man, Chocolate) screenwriting hoping to tug at heartstrings of viewers , rather than relish in a sweet romance tale (as shown in his more light-hearted works). The show is certainly effective within inflicting heartache onto viewers towards the particular fate of our characters, however, it is still certainly problematic when it comes to characterisation, as well as clearing up the evident inconsistencies which arose in this angst-ridden ride as well.It is important to note that the acting in the show is certainly quite good. Kim Woo Bin and Bae Suzy are undeniably brilliant actors, however, it is fair to say that their characters are tackled interestingly, to say the least.

Bae Suzy’s character, No Eul is undeniably a kind-hearted soul who is passionate about her work and desperately tries to make amends with Joon Young over the course of the series . On the other hand, No Eul often felt too dormant within her actual role and presence as a fleshed-out individual onscreen. Whilst it is important to stress that a show doesn’t necessarily need to go into a whole life story upon a character in order for viewers to “ get to know them personally”, it’s hard to really distinguish or get a grip upon No Eul as a character outside of her “ necessary flashbacks “ and past relationship with Joon Young. Even minor details such as her interests, interactions outside of her workplace and reactions to prominent obstacles over the course of the story , often felt passive and lacking in emotional depth to truly portray her as a well-written female lead.

Then of course there is Kim Woo Bin’s role as Joon Young. Undeniably Joon Young goes through several terrible ordeals even before the main events of the series, which fundamentally shapes his certain outlook upon life, relationships and characters (No Eul, being the evident subject of Joon Young’s changed interactions and feelings). No Eul’s entry into Joon Young’s life again comes nearly simultaneously with his life-changing news. This consequently causes him to try pushing No Eul away, as she becomes his saddening and haunting reminder of a past that he’s tried to reject, and he can never return to.

This of course leads us down two routes of “ problematic” characterization; the first within Joon Young’s behaviour, and secondly towards this behaviour is inflicted towards the female lead No Eul . It’s important to say that Joon Young’s reactions and attempts to drive No Eul away by flirting with other women, did add a slightly realistic reaction towards the male lead’s scenario. Joon Young is supposed to be only human and naturally intrinsically driven like most people towards rash decision-making.

However, Joon Young’s often anger-driven emotions and reactions towards his situation by throwing things or beginning a screaming match, soon became both frustrating when he began to lash out at times upon No Eul. A lot of fans of Uncontrollably Fond’s pairing often seem to gloss over the fact that ,for the majority of the series, Joon Young was emotionally abusive and physically harassed the female lead upon several occasions ( not least throwing her out of the car in the middle of nowhere, grabbing her arm often without consent and often manipulating her feelings rather than merely being honest).

Again, this is not saying it was “ wrong” for Joon Young to have feelings anger or for the show to touch upon emotional abuse or physical harassment, but it was concerning that the drama neither raised this up prominently as a terrible issue or relationships, and suddenly tried to “ sweeten” this by Joon Young and No Eul’s more “ romantic” feelings before the finale. This sudden transition from Joon Young tossing No Eul out of a car to hugging her several episodes later, wasn’t just nonsensical, but ridiculous in terms of character and relationship progression.Nevertheless, despite the questionable relationship between the two characters, the finale did leave a sucker- punch for viewers’ feelings. Without spoiling too much, it is fair to say that upon reflection the ending isn’t “ sad” per say because of the fate of our characters, but rather the blinded acceptance towards what is happening in their present, rather than their pasts or futures.

Overall Uncontrollably Fond wasn’t a bad show with some well-written qualities of the psychological complexity of coming to grasps with terminal illness, relationships, love and an emotional ending. On the other hand, Uncontrollably Fond had little greater character depth, straying away from cliches and explanations ( not least the “ unexplained illness”) ,a healthily progressive portrayal of relationships and problems of sugarcoating issues of emotional abuse and physical harassment within the main couple as well. As a drama to pass the time and as a tearjerker , Uncontrollably Fond is undeniably a good-binge watch, however, if you’re looking for a show with genuine depth and a well-written relationship between our leads, then look elsewhere because Uncontrollably Fond certainly isn’t the one that you’re looking for. "

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Yes, you will cry your eyes out. Okay, I completely understand what people mean when they say this show is something you love or you hate or sometimes you can be in between; some people have dropped it and some people have moved forward with it but in my personal opinion, was it something worth watching? Most definitely. Was I impatient and had already read spoilers? Unfortunately, yes, but do I regret it? Not one second, because it made me want to watch the show even more. This show is a wild roller coaster of emotions and did I watch it because of Suzy? Most definitely. Her acting isn't breath taking, but she's a damn good actor at what she does and she plays these emotional overbearing characters for the right reasons because they fit her so well and I don't care what anyone says because she definitely fits at what she does. The emotion on Kim Woo Bin's face was wonderful, everything about his acting was amazing and the pain and suffering was just the kicker; hell I even liked Im Joo Hwan and I was definitely rooting for him for no absolute reason; he was just a good guy or trying to be, he was in a mess that truly was not supposed to be his. Im Ju Eun was pointless; but whatever. lol. So was the woman that played Woo Bin's mom; she just sucked, all the adults basically sucked throughout this whole show even though we knew how it was going to end, booooo. The ending makes it though; you knew the fate of the show in the first 5 minutes of it and so it was definitely going to play out how it did. I even adored the best friends and brother; the brother is a damn good actor and it's a shame of what he did and etc in real life. Overall; is this show worth it and good? Yes. The story is fantastic, the OST is amazing; like just a musically inclined work of genius for this show. Would I rewatch? Maybe if I want my heart broken again. You'll feel angry, annoyed, agonizing pain of the fate of the show which sucks but it's worth it. Overall? You might as well do it if you like a good love story but want to cry because you're going to get your heart crushed.

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Although this isn't the PERFECT drama, there are some things worth mentioning that do make this a rewatchable drama (in my honest opinion).

To start off, this drama is a rewatch drama- meaning, you need to hate it half way, drop it, and then pick it back up from the beginning to understand what the hell is going on. Other dramas I can categorize as 'rewatch dramas' are Oh My Venus, and Oh My Ghost (I didn't plan for them to both start with Oh My.)

Goods:
>Suzy's character, Noh Eul has the best determination I have ever seen in a character. Even though she herself has some very down moments, she still picks herself up, and that is what made me love her character. Most people are hypocritical with Suzy's acting and I do agree that it is bad at times but I honestly feel like she brought this character to life the best she could. She has no parents anymore, is struggling with her brother and her fiend from HS is now a popstar. Wouldn't that be your worst nightmare? If I figured out that someone that was an ass to me in HS was a celebrity I would honestly be pissed.
> Speaking of Joon Yeong's fame- I feel like it was almost needed in this film. It was a little useless in the beginning but towards the end of the drama, he had a lot of connections due to his fame that helped him accomplish his revenge the best way possible.
>The backstory between them is very meticulous and was actually all over the place, but a lot of backstories that have past childhood friendships/relationships are very mushy or are just put in the story line too fast. I feel like the backstory here helped the story when it was getting boring, and gave them such a closer bond. Almost like the bond you see in the drama Bubblegum (which is one of my favorite other dramas of all time.)
>I love the fact that they were there for each other. In times of Noh Eul's deepest sorrows and hardest moments as she complained and screamed with a bottle of soju in her hands, Joon Yeong experienced empathy for her and wanted to be with her with everything. At the same time, his character did a lot of pulling back- which I can only put to as him not wanting to get close to her since his impending doom of cancer slowly killing him. But, at his last waking moments- I really loved his character. With all my heart I did. He poured all his heart (the character and the actor) into getting a hold of his mom again throughout the drama, and you can hear his desperate pleading towards the end. The scene will stick with me forever because it seemed so real. He did SUCH a great job with his character.

The 'Oh My God GET OFF OF MY SCREEN' bads:
>Why THE HELL did the rich family even have to be in this? Why? Every second that rich family that is practically connected to EVERYTHING have to show up. They were bratty, and the one teenage girl was a legit brat when it came to her fangirling obsession with Joon Yeong like stop it, seriously. She made me not want to even watch the drama at times.
>Im Joo Hwan. I've discussed in my Oh My Ghost review how much I hate his character and how I never will like him in any drama. He legit ruined this drama for me in a way. I loved the two main characters and Go Na Ri. If it focused more on the relationship between the two of them and less on Im Joo Hwan's character- I would've rated it all 10 stars. Gosh. Pleh. Anyway.

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One of my favorite Love-hate feels

At first, I didn't like the drama because they said it was a sad ending. But when my cousin recommended me this, and she said this is one of her top 1 favorite so far. Then I feel curious about it and I started watching it and it hooked me. Actually I didn't binge watch this, I finished it within one month because I'm not ready for the ending HAHAHA and also I have a lot of school works, so I cannot binge it. I only give 9 on re watch value because every time I saw this it hurts me too much
Here are the things that you need to know:
1. Good plot twist
2. The ending of each episode made me want to watch on the next episode (Gladly I can handle it because of too many school works HAHAHAHA)
3. You need to bring tissue or water on the last episodes especially if you are an emotional person (like me) I swear I'm not joking.
4. You cannot move on after watching the last episode, again if your an emotional person you can't get over it, your still crying over it.
5. There might be a tendency that you feel the characters make you angry except for No Eul (Bae Suzy). She is a very strong woman, no matter people hate her or discriminate her she is still continuing on her life and to stay strong. She inspires me a lot.
6. This is a heavy drama
7. Some people say that they don't feel interested on the first few episodes but for me it's not... The first few episodes make me hooked more.
8. You will fall for Kim Woo bin HAHAHAHA before he is not my type actually I don't feel a second lead syndrome on" the heirs" But when I watched this, GOSH! I was wrong, he is really handsome and a good actor!
9. Great Chemistry!

This is all that I can say! Overall I enjoyed it! I hope this helps for you

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One of the best melodrama

I dont know why lot of people's giving it 8 stars when it deserves 10 stars, i've watch this drama in 2019 and whenever i feel like watching it again i do so.. this is the only drama i've watched for 4-5 times, i hve never rewatch any drama other than this, if i can go back and remove this from my memory and get to watch it again for first time i would love to.. lots of love to kim woo bin and bae suzy. If you're going to watch this drama don't hesitate and go for it, and yes keep the tissue boxes nearby bcs one box wouldn't be enough 🤌🏻 this is heart wrenching drama..

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It's Excellent

I haven't watched that much drama because I only recently got into drama so feel free to disagree with me but for me, uncontrollably fond is an excellent series. What I first thought of the romantic development between the two characters is that it's not enough and there's no real connection between them and I also disliked that jun young was mean to eul rather than building a relationship but it hit me. Uncontrollably fond depicts lost time, where in you can't get back the time you lost. Even though it was obvious that jun young was eventually going to die what made me cry the most is his denial and the fact that he wants to make more of his life and make it up to the people around him and that when things are about to just get good it disappears. Rage, hatred, revenge, despair, hopelessness, regrets, misunderstandings, but eventually care, happiness, love, hope, justice, and peace. These are what made uncontrollably fond excellent for me the fact that the lack of romantic development between the protagonist is what backs up the idea of lost time, something you won't ever get back. But I was satisfied with the ending jun young found true happiness and at ep 19 we get to see what jun young and eul could've been, the scene might be cliché but for me it's still wholesome. Jun young died with true happiness and peacefully and everyone around him, and everyone he loves is doing alright. It felt like everything was going to be okay. And I gotta commend the acting it was very good especially when jun young is crying I can see his lips shaking and all the characters showed sincerity it made it feel natural and real. And music is also good overall 9.5/10 would watch again.

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must watch

wow wow wow!
Although it could have been 16 episodes, I didn't regret watching 1 minute of this drama. this is definitely 1 of my favs.
The only thing i didn't like was the screaming or loud voices. I still give it 10/10
I saw the ML in the Heirs and was impressed and did look for other dramas to watch with him, this is second one and have no regrets.
The story is slightly different from the usual terminal illness dramas and the love story is also different, which is what I liked, as most dramas have these immature girlish FLs, that's usually annoying.
I will watch this again and again and would recommend anyone who wants to watch it to do so.

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