When You Wish Upon a Star ✨ it can cause quite a JO⚡T.
Son Ha Neul (Nam Bo Ra from Lovers in Bloom) works part-time to get by. She's running on fumes, as the show opens. One of her jobs is on the set of a music video. On a much needed break, she's among the trees getting some alone time when Yoon Ga On, the rude, dismissive star (Na In Woo from Marry My Husband-7.5) shows up in the same area. He wants to know if it is she who's been leaking photos to the paparazzi? As she's skulking in the woods, she seems guilty!
Ha Neul begins telling him /what💢not/ when a bright light appears in the sky 🌠. They're both knocked out. The next morning, his hands are shooting off electrical charges whenever he comes close to something that is the least bit electrical. That would include people. He cannot touch nearly anything, it seems. One thing leads to another and he soon learns that she'll negate the charge. In order to get ready for his concert and the new song he wants to write for release at the event, he'll have to keep her with him at all times. Apparently, gloves won't work for this job.
Spark is just like those after school specials that popular in the 1970s. Sometimes this is exactly what tweens and young teens need to see. The romance is simple and sweet; everything works out ~just so~ in the end; best friends remain friends; even the mean-girl is sorry for what she did. There's little drama, virtually no conflict, and the effect is sugary. It will simplify the 🌎 for a short amount of time.
Overall, this is an innocent, conflict-free romance between two simplified human beings. He's the star who is lonely among friends. She's the purehearted girl who feels like home to him. Other characters are her best friend, the manager, and the horrible rival star. The acting is solid. The female lead manages some nice moments. In her many close-ups, she displays expressions that are evidence of above average acting skills. I'm looking forward to seeing more of her.
He's the electricity and she's the ground. Their powers and personalities match perfectly, in more ways than one. She reduces the static in his life. The whole show is low static. This is a short series consisting of 12 episodes, each with an actual running time of around 12 minutes. That's way shorter than Avengers Endgame. It's also short on logic. He should only need to wear gloves to manage his issues, but the viewer has to accept that she's necessary to him. Logical gaps and inconsistencies are near unavoidable in a sci-fi fantasy piece, and the more one can roll with it, the more likely s/he is to enjoy the show. Everybody has their tolerance limit, however. Spark's illogic relegates it to tween level.
So, for tweens wishing to kill some time, this Spark is a quick recharge.
〰🖍 IMHO
🎬65 🖊〰62 🎭73 💓65 🦋68 🌞 77 🎨65 🎵/🔊 80 😅20 😭30 🤔35 💤25 🔚77
Age 10+ Tween appropriate/targeted audience
Re-📺? 🔴 unlikely
10+ C🇨🇳 Accidentally in Love-6.5 B-level scripting, acting, and directing, but still fun/strangely relaxing to watch,
Holes-7.6,
Howl's Moving Castle-8.9,
K🇰🇷 A Love So Beautiful-7,
My Dog Skip-8,
K🇰🇷 Part Time Idol-5.5 (suicide addressed),
Paulie-7.4,
Saiki-8,
K🇰🇷Spark-6.4,
K🇰🇷 Strongest Delivery Man-6.6
11+ Belle-8.5,
K🇰🇷 Flower Boy Next Door-7,
Girls Und Panzer-8.1 (1 each d@mn, he!!),
Labyrinth-7,
C🇨🇳 A Little Thing Called First Love-8.5,
Love Chunibyo And Other Delusions-8.4,
K🇰🇷 The Miracle-7.7,
One Piece-7.5 there is scattered PG-13 language,
Watership Down-8.5
12+ K🇰🇷 99 Days With the Superstar-7,
Colourcloud Palace-8,
Farming Life in Another World-7.7,
Goonies l-8,
Here Comes Miss Modern-7.8,
Hotel del Luna 8.4,
Jumanji-9,
C🇨🇳 Love Between Fairy & Devil-8.9,
K🇰🇷 My ID is Gangnam Beauty-7.5,
NiNoKuni-6.5,
Piano In The Forest-8,
K🇰🇷 So I Married My Anti-fan-6.8,
Your Lie In April-9
13+ K🇰🇷 Boys Over Flowers-8.3 ~ melodrama to the max;
K🇰🇷Cinderella and the 4 Knights-5.6,
K🇰🇷 Heirs-7.3,
K🇰🇷 My Shy Boss-6.5,
K🇰🇷 Playful kiss-7.3,
Princess Resurrection-7.6,
Senryu Girl-7.5,
Special A Class-8.2
14+ My Runway-7.5,
Princess Principal-8.6,
Toradora-8.5.
