Zhang Xi Wei

Review: Will Love In Spring [China]

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THE SHORT VERDICT:

If you’re tired of big sweeping romantic love and are hungry for something romancey but feels realistic and relatable, this could be your ticket.

Show does a solid job of exploring what happens when two flawed individuals, who are different in many ways, are drawn to each other.

Li Xian and Zhou Yu Tong are both great in this, and their chemistry feels especially organic and sparky; sometimes I felt like a voyeur peeping at real-life lovers.

Show is admittedly a little uneven in spots, but is still very much worth the ride.

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Review: Hidden Love [China]

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THE SHORT VERDICT:

Show’s got quite a few things going for it: it’s full of pretty polish, boasts a pair of good-looking leads who share a sparky chemistry, has a cast of likable characters (with the rare exception, for purposes of narrative tension), and has a very enjoyable soundtrack to score it all.

Show’s biggest strength, though, in my opinion, is its ability to serve up feels that feel at once real and relatable.

Our entire premise is the crush that our female lead Sang Zhi (Zhao Lu Si) has on Jiaxu (Chen Zhe Yuan), and Show’s ability to bring the feels to life, of all the nuances of how it feels to have a crush on someone, is so spot on.

A very easy, enjoyable, sometimes cracky watch, provided you get around some of the points of discomfort that some viewers experienced – which I’ll talk about later, in this review.

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