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No flaws in acting. One of the pleasant surprises for me us that of Lee Moo-saeng, who played a most unlikeable husband in One Spring Night. Here he portrayed an earnest, sincere, love-sick boyfriend who stuck by his girlfriend even after she was long gone.

This is about the friendship of 3 women, and the soulmate-relationship between 2 of them. It is a journey of the last year of Chan-yeong and how her relationship with Mi-jo and Joo-hul strengthened given the suddenly limited time. While the whole story revolves around the 3, it is also about the different relationships they have outside: with parents, partners, siblings.

My only criticism about this series is that there are way too many relationships under-developed and forced into the picture that they were better off un-introduced, such as Seon-woo's adopted sister, Seon-woo's father.

The romantic angles were also under-developed as the writer seemed to have a difficult time balancing the development of the romantic relationships with the pain of the pending loss of a friend to cancer.

Far from perfect, but still a good watch.

The writer & editor perfectly designed the storyline in fast mode. Jumping scene to scene is smartly connected with e.g phone call between one to the other character without loosing the story essence. This is great and as far as I watch kdrama this new at least to me.

The acting of the casts to me are splendid, Main cast e.g Mido perfectly played in her role as semi girly woman which loving married guy and mostly put her shelf to backup her besties. The emotion, gesture & expression just perfect!

Son Yejin, no doubt to me. In any movie and drama I seen her always brave to show different type of characters and successfully hypnotized me to join her anger with mido bf and in the scene brought me laugh with her silly face defence the farting was not hers.

Kim Jihyuning as an innocent 39 woman made the friendship are just perfect and with the all characters composition

Not boring. I sense that because during the show, each of the scenes i followed almost 100% - afraid of missing important story, this type of style fit well on me

Woojin, I knew him from this show as a sweet, caring & loving man I would say superb. Small gesture, eyes play, words already showing the strong characters of doctor which unexpectedly in love with mijo

Mijo sister is a show stealer even she has few scene but succesfully made this drama a great show.

Looking forward for the next episode.

I love how the story is real and relatable. Not to mention the chemistry of the 3 leads, Son Ye Jin, Jeon Mi-do and Kim Ji-hyun. Love them. This slice of life drama is worth watching!

Thirty-Nine tells the story of three friends aged 39 as they navigate love, friendships, life and unexpected loss. The trio has known each other since they were 18 and their bond has only grown stronger with time. The three ladies are Cha Mi Jo, Jeong Chan Young and Jang Joo Hee, played by Son Ye Jin, Jeon Mi Do and Kim Ji Hyun, respectively. Cha Mi Jo is demure and loving, Jeong Chan Young is bratty and blunt and Jang Joo Hee is timid and cute. The trio complement and understand each other, and have chosen to stay single.

This drama really worth to watch. Love it so much.

I have never seen a line-up of reviews with tens in a row except for the snore-fest. But that's unfortunate.

Sometimes, not often, we find a gem in Netflix, these days the gems come most often from K-drama. This one, is surely a gem. From every angle, it shines, from the acting, from the script, from the story, from the dynamics of the three friends, from the human-interest, I think you get my meaning. Those three friends, the camaraderie,, the banter, the jesting, the kidding, the ribbing, everything about them rings so true and so perfect. You forget you are watching a movie, you feel like you are eavesdropping on these friends, the script, the lines are so well written, so natural, true to life, the way those girls bring the lines from pages to the story, is superb. This is exactly the way three close friends interact.

Hollywood has not given us anything close to this kind of spectacular human interaction movie in decades. The closes I can think of is Sleepless in Seattle. These day, Hollywood banks on their ace actors, Top Gun, Independence Day, Monkey men, action heroes, Marvel characters, Spiderman, Ironman, Batman, Superman, etc. When was the last time we had a movie from Hollywood that tug at our heart-strings, make us tear up? You get all these from K-dramas.

If you want an example, check this out, and don't wake up snore-fest from his sleep.

I came on here and saw someone rated 39 as a 1 and labeled it a "snore fest " which literally made me fume so I'm reviewing despite the drama not being completed. I'd like to say that I am finding it real, funny and beautiful to watch! The friendship angle is fabulous! Please ignore the incredibly unfair 1 rating!!! Son Ye Jin is wonderful in this series!

This series made me feel so many things, every episode made my cry and laugh. It's painful, but it's also a beautiful depiction of friendship and family. It gives you perspective on life and death. The casting and acting was great, the stories of the side characters were interesting as well. I will say that sometimes the sadness became a little too much. Of course, it is a given that this show will be sad, but it would have been nice if there were more scenes to balance out the sadness.

It's a great drama!

Very worth to watch. The chemistry among The 39 Besties (Cha Mi-jo, Jeong Chang-young and Jang Joo-hee) is undeniable. It has mix emotions in it. The storyline, actings and messages are delivered perfectly!

Watched to the end and was glad when it was over. I love the cast; I loathed the maudlin script. Also there was meager chemistry between the "couples" and the relationship between the three friends is very uneven with Joo Hee clearly not treated equally. This cast deserved so much better.

The storyline, actings and messages are delivered perfectly! The scene where Son Ye Jin (Dr. Cha Mi Jo) cries on the last scene of Episode 2 broke my heart sooo bad... I luv the chemistry among The 39 Besties also. It's very worth to watch!

It is such a shame. For much of this series I was carried along by the moving story, the touching relationships and the presence of Son Ye-Jin.

But sentimentality was layered on ever more thickly as the series progressed. I also struggled a little with three female friends seemingly so invested in each other that parents, siblings and menfolk were constantly relegated. I found these problems created a barrier to engaging emotionally with the characters and their predicament. The harder the series tried the less emotionally invested I became.

But still there is some entertainment to be found here. Korean dramas excel at relationships and this is a relationship drama.

Interesting and touching premise but terrible execution that never reaches its potential.

At one point it just becomes depressing and boring. Maybe if it had been a movie it would have been better.

This is a really wholesome story, i dont have any lind pf complains about this kdrama, absolutely beautiful and heartwarming, love the friendship and relationships in it, and how the story develops, its a really special story with an outstanding performance of the principal actresses, I really loved their characters, specially Mi -Ju, a really down to earth, mature and kind hearted women. My favorite k drama intil now.

I watched it wiht no high expectations and i love the storyline and chemistry between the ledies, its so much fun and the plot very fast 1hour and i enjoy it, but eps 2 the mayor plot have been out but i keep in going to watch this drama.. happy watching.

This is a good show. They have done a great job of potraying stories of adults in their late 30's and the growth, heartbreak, love, life, goals and everything in between.

The chemistry between all the lead actor's is amazing with good and solid performances from everyone. You feel like you are being taken on a journey and laugh and cry with them along with understanding them. I applaud this show for tackling some heavy issues in a very heartfelt and realistic way.

A simple but meaningful slice of life. Tells about friendship, love, and career. Teaches that life is about leaving or being left behind. The stunning acting of the cast makes us feel their emotions too.

OK, so I will be brave enough to put it all out there. I hate giving a rating sometimes because I don't want to penalize certain actors and the great job they are doing even though I don't really like the series. I would like to say that Yeon Woo-jin as Kim Seon-woo was best part of the series so all my stars go to him. I actually searched for him as I enjoyed him in the past in younger roles such as My Shy Boss. His roll now as a more mature Doctor with a heart is perfect for him and played it excellent. But let's be honest about the series as a whole. Who wants to spend their evenings watching a depressing series on a terminally ill cancer patient? When I started the series I thought it would be a fun series about a group of 39 year olds experiencing a sort of life crisis with careers and romances and more fun stulf but as it turns out the theme of terminal illness is the main theme of the show. So for that reason I did not like it. So if you like that kind of thing on a Saturday night go ahead and have at it. If you don't watch Yeon Woo-Jin on a Detective show or on My Shy Boss or watch a comedy K-drama instead. It's your choice. But I still love. Yeon Woo-jin and hope to see him cast in another show soon -

This drama story is relatable for people in their 30s. Love the storyline of the friendship between the three and the romance between Mijo and Seon Woo.

Not to mention the best acting of the three, each has a strong character. It's only started 2 episodes but their chemistry is already very strong. Can't wait to watch the next episodes.

Slice of life drama that is able to make the audience's emotions go up and down; from happiness, sadness, warmth of friendship to butterflies in the stomach.

Highly recommend this drama for those who like slice of life dramas!

The acting in this show was excellent, as you would expect from this cast. The writing was mostly pretty good, except for a very predictable romance between two characters who had no chemistry. I really enjoyed the character of Mi-Jo's sister and their relationship.

I'll admit I had expected the show to center around Jeoung Chan-Young, but the main character is actually Cha Mi-Jo. This seemed to drag the story away from what I thought was the main point of the show (terminal illness at an early age), but I guess it illustrated that life goes on, even when we feel like it won't. My primary issues with this show were the very shaky camera work and the verrrrrrry sloooooooow pacing. Some people will find it boring. I'm glad I watched it once, but I won't be watching it again.

It was a great show. The relationships between the characters are so heart-warming. I think this is an accurate show that shows the feeling of loss of a terminally ill patient. The only bad thing is that it is a bit slow at times.

I'm surely agree the story is deep, touching and full of good message about friendship, adulthood, sisterhood and other family thing.

But, in my opinion the storyline and plot is quite horrible, the pacing is also too fast (easily jump to another scene)

Too many characters, but there is no deepening of other related characters. Only into the 3 women and their love interests (mijo,chanyoung, juhui and their men).

I think 39 better than hospital playlist 1 & 2 3 main character represented very very well the pacing also smooth.

Son Ye Jin looks like Al Pachino or Aman Chow Jeon Mi Do still my heart ...

If you love Hospital Playlist ... you will love more 39 ...