The Boy Next Door (2017)

Te aseguro que serán los 90 minutos más divertidos que verás, en su género, en mucho tiempo. Está escrita con mucha inteligencia y brillantez (bravo por los guiones, son hilarantes, atemporales y que todo tipo de gentes pueden identificarse rápidamente con ellos), las situaciones (basadas en malentendidos y cómo se enredan las cosas) son divertidísimas, los actores (todos, los principales y los secundarios) son geniales y la dirección es viva y va directamente a lo importante.

Volverás a verla.
Te encantará.
Te reirás.
Y, sí, te emocionarás.

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Gay baiting.

Realism and Representation: there's none to speak of because the characters aren't gay.
Story: it's kind of a sit-com and it's pretty hilarious.
Characters: the characters are pretty relatable and react in realistic ways.
Acting: great actors with hilarious performances.

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Story 9.0/10
This story is about two awkward neighbors that hate each other. They are forced to move in together after a fire breaks out in Park Kyu Tae's apartment and the two keep getting caught in compromising positions by others. It is such a funny and well done story. The story was done so well and felt so real that I was getting second hand embarrassment and cringing every second.

Acting/Cast 9.0/10
The actors were so cute! Park Kyu Tae and Sung Ji Jae characters were so hilarious together to the point to the point where I have no idea how the actors got through the serious scenes without laughing every five seconds. The actors did such a good job portraying the two awkward neighbors. They portrayed the characters feelings so subtly through things like small shifts in facial expressions that felt real. I loved Kim Min Ah's character too because she brought such a fun perspective and my favorite scenes happened thanks to her like when she walked in on Tae in Jae's lap. I was living through her throughout the entire story.

Music 8.0/10
This drama doesn't really focus on the music much, but the music that is chosen fits the scenes well. All of the music that was chosen would add to the scenes and make them so much funnier. My favorite use of music was in the preview of the shower scene when they used romantic mysterious music.

Re-watch Value 10/10
I've already re-watched this series three times. It's so funny and never gets old to the point that I could re-watch it back to back.

Overall 9.0/10

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As my first K-Drama series ever, The Boy Next Door was a winner!

After seeing Choi Woo-Sik (Kyutae) in Parasite it was refreshing to see this talented actor in a comedy. Honestly all the actors were so good in this! And it is so funny! There was never a dull moment because the main characters get into hilariously awkward situations. Their musical number was also a highlight and make me chuckle.
If you love over the top comedy and gay ships this drama is for you!?
I really recommend this to anyone! 10/10 would watch again, definitely would be more fun with a friend! :)

My only complaint about it is that it was too short! However, if you are looking for an easy watch you can binge this in a one sitting if you wish-all the episodes add up to only 1hr and 30 minutes.

I’ll leave a link if anyone wants to have a marathon of the whole thing. You’re welcome! :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMF7kqfirQE

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