Hyde, Jekyll, Me (2015)

First and foremost, I am a fan of the leads Hyun Bin and Han Ji Min so my review might seem a bit bias.
I enjoyed watching the drama week to week and even re watched some of the episodes. There were great elements to the drama and bad but the overall outcome was worth watching.
~The story was good but lacked some depth for a melodrama, the problem was not only the writing but the editing. There were many scenes that seemed choppy, and I would end up confused. Also, some aspects of the story should have been cut to make room for other story lines. That would make the drama more enjoyable.
~Acting and Casting was great for the most part; the bad guy was believable, the love story was believable and the character growth was also believable.
~I am a big time music buff, so if an OST is good then i give extra points to a drama/movie. Even thought i didnt care for one song in this drama i did enjoy the music, instrumentals and all.
~I did re watch some episodes while it was airing but i'm not inclined to re watch the drama over again. Maybe episodes 4-9 for romance feels, and a few of the last episodes..or.. if i get in the mood for Hyun Bin TLC.
Overall I enjoyed it but it wasn't a favorite or a recommendation type drama.
**Vitamins FIGHTING!**

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ok for one time watch..

OK, I enjoyed it even though the story was written really badly... The cast were good enough to keep me hooked, even though there were many parts that had me rolling my eyes, or saying "seriously?"
I feel like this had the potential of being a really amazing drama, the main plot had so much potential, but every now and then I would get disappointed.. Also, the way they portrayed his illness was very unrealistic, especially the ending..
Anyway, it's still interesting enough to make you watch it till the end.. Just be prepared for some ridiculous plot holes and disappointments..
This drama was released right after "Kill me Heal me" which is also about multiple personalities.. and to be honest, the story is incomparable to KMHM even though they are both unrealistic portrayals of the illness. They both had a different twist and used the illness creatively.. But I found this drama to be sadly disappointing in many aspects.

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I have watched the entire series when it was an on-going to be honest it was such a pain because the suspension they put at the end of every single episode of the week was literrallliterally extreme everything looked really unpredictable, I was scared for the spoilers so I had to watch it as soon as it was realised
The story was great
- I LOVED A LOT THE BACKGROUND MUSIC THE PUT IT WAS AWESOME
the acting was perfect
The romance well to be honest the female lead wasn't that much of my liking but I still watched it because it didn't affected at all the chemistry of the couple, Yeah I found her really irritating but we all know that a drama can't be perfect in every aspect
I was really afraid of the ending but it meet my expectations
I ended to give the full marks because I really liked everything of this series it never bores me

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slow start... but it gets better

this drama started off really.... boring!
I must admit that I was almost going to ditch it. the first 5,6 episode are sooooo boring but it gets better after.
the middle part was the most interesting. we get some adrenaline thanks to the whole kidnapping drama and we are able to follow the splitted life of Robin and go seo Jin.
I don't know how accurate the drama portraits the did sindrome but "drama wise" it was compelling and captivating. the main actor did a decent job at keeping the two characters separated from one another.

towards the end it gets pretty emotional. I cried during the last 2 episodes.
this drama is not extraordinary but if you don't have anything on your watch list, it is worth a watch.

downside: I didn't particularly like the main female protagonist. the actress was fine but nothing exceptional and the character didn't really have that much depth to it.
the main theme songs are pretty redundant.

if you like funny comedies that's definitely not one of them.

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To be honest I started watching this drama as soon as it started to air because I am a big Hyun Bin fan starting from My Lovely Sam Soon to Secret Garden I have probably watched both those dramas more times than I want admit. I was very excited about this drama and Hyun Bin's return to dramas. It started of great and then somewhere in the middle it slowed down a bit but oh my the ending...my emotions are so high right now. I kept the last four episodes so that I could marathon them which was the best idea. The ending in my opinion was perfect. The acting was great both leads did a fantastic job.

If it seems to get slow for a couple of episodes in the middle just hang in there it is well worth...

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I really don't know how I came across "Hyde, Jekyll, Me" but I decided to watch it after reading the summary. The first five episodes or so were kind of boring and didn't have any action to keep me motivated but since I don't like to drop things I continued with the series. The plot started to move and it was interesting for a while but then things started to get dragged. This whole series was like a big wave. It went up and down and up and down.

The cast wasn't bad, but not good either. One of the main characters (Seo Jin) didn't appeal to me at all in the beginning (looks, acting, character). I found him dull. It was the opposite for the other main character (Ha Na). I was looking forward to watching her more. As the episodes went on the roles were reversed. Ha Na became a character with no personality whatsoever. She just seemed to stand there in most parts with no emotions and no thoughts, while Seo Jin was full of... life.

I am one of those people who actually never liked Robin. Seo Jin should have had more moments with Ha Na. Robin and he, to me were the same person and I was looking forward to seeing the moment Seo Jin would get himself under complete control. That's why I have the opinion that the series should have ended right when the mystery of Dr. Kang's disappearance was resolved.

Still I enjoyed it and would watch more of Hyun Bin's dramas, hoping that they'll be better.

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I absolutely loved this drama. Hyun Bin did a tremendous job protraying two characters so convincingly different from eachother. I enjoyed how complex and yet so simply everything about split personality was handled. I liked the ending too. The love story was beautiful. The story gripped me from the get go. It was paced good till episode ten, then slows down a bit from there on, but at no point do we lose interest in it. Infact, it becomes more engrossing because by then our emotions are already involved. I wanted to know how this is going to affect the lives of the characters and what will they have in the end.
Great Work from everyone, especially Hyun Bin !

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Weak Writing, but Good Performances from ML and 2ML

As I began my journey into kdrama, I remember reading that I should never expect any of the medical aspects of the drama to make sense (I don't recall where I read that). If you go into this drama with that knowledge, you are more apt to enjoy it.

Here we have another solid performance (of weak material) from Hyun Bin. As always, I particularly enjoyed his transition from mean chaebol to caring man - one of my favorite moments was when he jumped onto the roof of the cart when a certain something happened to get loose at the amusement park. We all know how well he is able to play both sides of the chaebol coin.

Han Ji Min's performance was adequate, but it lacked any sort of spark. Part of that was due to the weak writing (the premise was interesting, but the script itself was lacking), and part of that was due to her choiceses an actor.

This drama was my first introduction to Bang Sung Joon (now a personal favorite of mine), and his performance of less than mediocre material was good. I appreciated that he played the antagonist in a way that wasn't quite heavy handed (his moments with his hostage could have been played in a very one-leveled way, but he chose to create a more realistic kind of gray area (granted, it was dark gray) villain. One thing that I love about Sung Joon, which was evident in this drama, is that he is able to portray darkness in a way that can be frightening without going overboard.

Production values were also a bit weak with this drama (the circus scenes were a bit bland and low-budget, in particular).

Overall, Hyun Bin and Sung Joon carry this drama.

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Absurd situations and characters

The beginning was very promising. I was delighted with the series until the appearance of the hypnotist. What started to happen at the beginning was comical, and later it was already unfunny and annoyed by situations that at times did not make sense, such as sending after the hypnotist police officers who had previously let him escape because he hypnotized them. I simply found myself at a loss for words in some such absurd and illogical situations. Well, and while such scenarios I am able to overlook, the behavior of the main character towards Seo Jin I am no longer able to either understand or tolerate. Well, people please. After all, the way she treated Robin as if he was a different person from Seo Jin, he wasn't really a different person just a different personality of the main character. The whole triangle that formed at one point gave me a headache. I barely managed to finish watching this drama.

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Um dos melhores K-dramas

Um enredo bem diferente mas muito credível no que concerne a quem sofre de múltiplas personalidades. Do que mais gostei foi que o papel da protagonista feminina foi escrito de forma a ela não actuar como uma tonta, como muitas vezes acontece nestes dramas asiáticos, mas sim como uma mulher madura.

A nota de excelência vai para o actor que fez de Seo Jin e Robin! 2 personalidades totalmente opostas e maravilhosamente interpretadas por Hyun Bin.

No geral todos desempenharam bem os seus papéis destacando-se ainda o Secretário de Seon Jin.
Recomendo vivamente este drama.

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