I Hear You (2019– ) User Reviews

"I Hear You" - Cute, Fun C' Rom Com.

[jaybizman · 8/10 · 26 February 2021]

From IMDB: "An aloof violin maker strikes up a relationship with a sweet girl next door after they are unexpectedly cast in a reality-dating show." Stars: Lusi Zhao, Riley Wang, Gratitude Dai. 24 x 1 hour episodes.

At first I was a little mad at the producers of this - they paired a six foot tall, 30 yr old 'ice in his blood' male with a five foot short, 22 year old 'feisty' girl; as prospective love partners in a Reality TV Dating show. He is a maker of violins, she is an inspiring voice-over actress. Frankly I thought her friend (in the show) Lizi was more age and height appropriate - but they being two 'misfits' was the whole premise here.

However as things wore on, they both showed their true colors and won me over; the male's heart began to melt and the girl (real cute) was funny and had about 100 facial expressions, also her 'voices' were quite well done. You can guess the rest. After all, it is a romantic comedy.

Of course NO Rom-Com would be complete without a jealous female rival, and there's one here.

Probably best for teenagers thru millennials. IMO Just sit back and go with the flow. Ultimately quite an enjoyable and fun way to spend some time. I give it an 8/10.

I Hear You

[rdawkins-58208 · 7/10 · 19 September 2019]

It was a good show but it would be nice to see the end of the love story hopefully there will be a season 2.

not the best but not the worst either

[roumpaki · 6/10 · 9 July 2019]

For me, the Italian wedding was weird...Too soon with no relationship before the wedding really. Also, the ending of the season, I found that it was cut a bit abruptly.

I am giving it 6 stars because I really liked the heroine. She was believable and a very friendly character.

The main hero was bothering me with his very slow walking and always having his hands in his pockets. He was a bit robotic but he had some emotional moments too.

Original and perfect

[kimlclendaniel · 10/10 · 5 June 2019]

I have already watched twice and want to binge watch again. A believable plot and the fact that the leads fall in love slowly rather than quickly makes it more like it would really happen in real life. Can't wait for season 2.

More Time for Substantive Development

[mizmlyn · 6/10 · 11 September 2020]

A different rom-com plot device: a young, wealthy violin maker and a talented but unknown voice actress are compelled to live together for purposes of a reality TV show. The contrast in personalities is understandable but sometimes exaggerated. I think more could have been developed about the male lead's distraction from his purpose as it seemed sudden. More could have been made of the female lead wanting to distance herself from her childhood upbringing and her mother. The ancillary plot is pretty wonderful without the secondary leads overacting, especially the female secondary lead whose character was miserable but dignified in the end. Her taking a risk at the end was marvelous. But this secondary plot could have been developed more. Overall the series was entertaining, thoughtful but maybe one season was too short to fully develop the transformations in the characters.

Original and Beautiful

[knightingale-49728 · 10/10 · 28 May 2019]

I just have to simply say that I have not watched a television show more engaging and emotionally moving in a raw, real, natural way in years. Once one episode ended I had to immediately start the next episode. I cant wait for season 2.

Good romance

[archergem-64545 · 7/10 · 28 February 2021]

Have watched this twice now only because I wanted to revisit after watching Zhao Lusi in other productions, Love better than Immortality, Oh! My Emperor and Love of Thousand Years. Although Zhao Lusi is young I love watching her and think she will get better as she matures. I really enjoyed watching I Hear You, just on the premise that although the main antagonists fall in love, the female lead wasn't prepared to sacrifice her career all for love, but also it was nice to see the lead male prepared to forsake his, which is a nice touch in this male dominated world. Even so it resulted in a happy ending. The actors played their parts really well, but after watching Zhao in Love better than Immortality, the chemistry between Zhao Lusi and Li Hongyi was much stronger than with Riley Wang.

Exceptional acting. Refreshing series.

[Mary_2121 · 9/10 · 21 May 2019]

Indeed, a great show. Believable acting, excellent choice of leading roles and generally good casting, in a series that could very easily be predictable. But it doesn't, because while watching it you are always caught in the moment, focused in really enjoying it and each episode leaves you with a refreshing feeling and good vibes. Waiting forward to a second season!. It has to be soon because this couple has a great chemistry and i believe, even more character development for us to watch! Needs more yo be told about them for sure!

Excellent Acting Saves Show from Poor Script

[phone-man-126-940283 · 7/10 · 30 April 2022]

The chemistry between the lead actor and actress was very good and saved this show from the poor script writing. It took too long for the romance to surface and for the main characters to express their love for each other. While the ending was as I hoped for it was weak and really raised the question, "now what? A very inconclusive and open ending.

Painfully slow and childish

[markapiec · 5/10 · 28 March 2021]

I am still deciding whether it was the casting or the scripting that failed this drama. The show makers created a very interesting charachter Ye Shuwei, a violin maker who, for reasons unknown to me, takes a part in a couple's reality show where he competes against other couples. They couple him with a friend of the show's producer, Bei Er Duo, who is an aspiring young voice actress. The problem is that they are the only fake couple in the show and you dont have to be a genious to see that. And just like the lack of the couple's chemistry in the reality show, the couple desperately lacks chemistry 'in real life', on the screen of i hear you, too. Why am i saying this? I hear you asking.. Er duo, while very sweet and kind, is way too childish, she is like 12 years old thrown in the world of adults. Shuwei on the other hand is too mature, almost oldfashioned, with an incredible ability to compose himself no matter the situation. There is nothing going on for Er Duo as a woman, the only thing i can thing of is her child like innocence and vulnerability. Is that enough for an adult man to fall in love??? You tell me... The plot isnt strong enough, and although the episodes are on the shorter side of things, you will find yourself skipping a lot of interactions between uninteresting characters that do not help to develop the plot in any way and are just the fillers really.

There is a wcene that i particularly mind as out of order, that is where Shuwei gets drunk and Er Duo takes him home. She drops him in his bed and starts undressing, when he suddenly gets on top of Erd Duo wanting to kiss her, right... and here, instead of Er Duo being at least a little flustered she has a small fight with him, when she finally pushes him away with an anger and disgust in her face. Er duo demonstrated no feelings whatsover, if she did fancy him, this would have looked differently. And so on, and so on.. I actually enjoyed the supporting characters storyline more, more relatable, for an adult anyway.

All and all, i am giving 5 points, and just like the couple's relstionship in love in progress was fake, so was it in i hear you.

Loved it!

[moongypsygoddess · 10/10 · 12 September 2019]

I've been on a Chinese drama binge and like the others this one drew me in and hooked me! As an American there is much to adjust to due to cultural differences but I love this show and others like it. It has a much different tone and pace than what we have here, which I think is an issue for many americans who watch these shows. For me, that makes them even better.

The Long And The Short Of It 🎻Harmonious Romance °7.3° °VG° 💯%🔍

[50fiftillidideeBrain · 7/10 · 9 September 2021]

This graceful little show is for fans of romance.

This is my second foray into Chinese entertainment with a modern-day setting. This is my second time scratching my head. Why? Because, once again, I liked this show despite the many flaws.

For one, this show is relaxing to watch. Some would say it's slow, however, I kept choosing it over other shows because it was strangely soothing. The 24 episodes are just 40 minutes each, so they pass by quickly.

The premise is that a television producer, Mr. Yu, must find a last minute replacement💘couple for a show in which real-life couples compete. When things are desperate, and we need a big favor, whom do we call? Either best friends or family, right? So he calls his uncle, "Ye" Shuwei, who happens to be younger than him. Single, and very available Ye, is half of a couple. So Lizi, the co-producer, prevails upon her best friend, Erduo, to appear as the the other half.

Erduo. Played by the luminescent Lusi Zhao (The Romance of Tiger and Rose-9.8, Who Rules The World-7.5), she's an aspiring voice actress with a goal to work in animation. Her dream is to study in Japan. As Erduo does not come from a wealthy family, she works several jobs as she tries to save up for school. That is precisely why she agrees to do the show: She'll make in 6 weeks what she would otherwise work 2 years to earn. Erduo is petite and as cute as the cartoon characters to which she lends voice. She doesn't come up to Ye's shoulder. She is smart and friendly, with a ready smile... while Ye seems like the very definition of a wet blanket.

Ye (Riley Wang from Back from the Brink), who crafts violins for a living, is a musical genius. Like many prodigies, he seems to be the brooding type. He isn't economical with words; he's downright stingy. Though handsome, he presents as condescending, bristly, and dismissive. As he comes from a wealthy family and is exceptionally talented, he hasn't had to look up to many people during his lifetime.

In part due to Ye's surprisingly convincing improvisation, Ye and Erduo are an instant hit with the audience. Unfortunately, they were not so much of a hit with eachother. In order to compete convincingly, and to dispel rumors that they aren't a real couple, they must scramble to get to know each other better.

Once Erduo meets Ye, she clearly never considers the possibility of a romance between them. /She don't like that /jerk/. It's very charming to see how Ye takes a liking to Erduo while she's oblivious to his feelings as well as her own shifting inclinations. As it turns out, Ye's a total playa. He really pulls some moves to close escrow. I was impressed. When Ye softened, he won Erduo over, and he won me over as well. While Erduo is admirable and adorable, Ye made me a fan of the show.

Erduo's friend, Lizi, wisely pivoted her life and then got to fiddle around with romance herself. As Lizi is a wonderful friend to Erduo, viewers will certainly be happy for her.

Here's some of the 'needs more practice' list:

The episodes don't appear to be split naturally. They seem to be chopped up at 40 minute intervals regardless. {I've since learned that many C🇨🇳 shows are just one long movie, so this is no longer a criticism}

Wardrobe. Much of it is off. Some of Erduo's outfits are dreadful. Some are cute, though she tends to be overdressed. She asks her mom one time why she's dressed so formally- did she go to a wedding? Her mom was wearing a casual, businesslike suit. Awkward. To be fair, Lizi's outfits are classy. Ms Richbich, Lulu, always looks amazing. Mr. Yu's suits are over-the-top colorful. He's extremely handsome. There's always people that can get away with outlandish clothes. His confidence and looks put him in that category.

His apartment is awful, which brings us to....

Sets. Chinese entertainment can have odd modern day sets. Ye's house is impressive, but the decor could be so much better. (A trash can next to the coffee table? Really?) Erduo's mom's place has flea-marketish canvas paintings lined up about 7 feet high, straight across an entire wall. Kids, pictures should be put at eye level, with varied heights, or a limited structural layout. Long straight lines are for molding & borders. Lizi's place, and Ye's workshop are very sharp and the best put together sets.

Lastly, The Ending. The ending was not an ending. It sort of drifted off like all the other episodes. We can see that they are going to be fine, but they are still in the middle of so much, and things are largely left unresolved. They could have allowed for one more episode to wrap it up more smoothly. I was actually surprised to see the show had ended b/c I had lost track of the episodes.

Nevertheless, I can confidently recommend this to fans of romance. The pluses easily outplay any negatives.

QUOTE📢

(Ye rejecting his childhood gf) "You will find your own happiness. You don't have to save it for me.

〰🖍 IMHO

🎬7 🤔5 🎭7 💓8 🦋6

Age 11+

In order of ~lite & trite~ to ~heavy & serious~ you may also like:

🎎 - C🇨🇳: Overlord 8.4, The Sleepless Princess 9.1; Under the Power 8.6, The Rebel Princess 9.1, The Sword and the Brocade 8.6 (in ancient Chinese opera style), The Rise of Phoenixes 9 K🇰🇷: My Only Love Song 8.7 excellent comedy; Mr. Queen 8.5; My Sassy Girl 8.5; The King's Affection 8.3; Mr. Sunshine 9

🔮🐉- C🇨🇳: Love Between Fairy & Devil 8.9; Once upon a time in Linglian Mountain 7.5; Douluo Continent 9.4; Handsome Siblings 8.7; Eternal Love 8.3, Ancient Love Poetry 8.6; Love and Redemption 10

Japanese🇯🇵 lite romcoms: Maid Sama-10, Mischievous Kiss Love in Tokyo-7.8, Love, Chunibyo And Other Delusions-8.4, Toradora-8.5

💓 - K🇰🇷 : A Witch's Love 7.8; Love To Hate You 8.9; Touch Your Heart 8.2; Crash Landing On You 9.1; Oh My Ghost 10; It's Okay Not to Be Okay 9; Hospital Playlist 9; My Mister 9.5;

Romance junkies only: My Secret Romance 7 (if you ff thru overdone flashbacks); Boys Over Flowers 8 ~ melodrama to the max; The Bride of Habaek 7; Heirs 7.3; That Winter, The Wind Blows 7; Something in the Rain 9; C🇨🇳: Well-Intended Love 7.5 Rom-porn - extra points for the dopamine; You are my destiny 6.8 cute, sweet & 1/2 padding; A Little Thing Called First Love 8.5; Find Yourself 8.9;

👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩💏

It was good, untill it wasn't

[nattmcd-82303 · 5/10 · 23 May 2019]

The though I was feeling iffy about the progression of the show and the female leads sudden love for the male lead 19 episodes in...I let that go because when it comes to these silly dramas I'm willing to suspend disbelief. Where the show really lost me was the ridiculously random wedding to the random Italian guy and the subsiquent complete unraveling of much of the story development up untill then.

Awesome

[catmc-39280 · 9/10 · 1 September 2019]

If you like the ups and downs of falling in love then you will definitely enjoy this series...

Loved it!

[theamarker5 · 10/10 · 6 December 2019]

I have come to see a difference in the Asian countries by watching these shows on Netflix. I really get Into the characters and binge watch too.

This is one of my favorite Chinese films.

[A-Checkered-Life · 9/10 · 14 December 2019]

I have no spoilers, yet want to provide a loose framework of the differences in this film from many others, especially those made in America. There are no caricatures, even if initially it seems that way. When we discover most of the backstories, it is clear that the book's author was interested in reasons for each person's feelings (much like those we have all known). Thankfully, none of the actors portrays teenagers in high school during the series, with the female lead is working toward her second post high school degree.

These people are in their 20s or early to mid-30s, with the older ones often more inclined to make decisions about life partners. There is joy in the many results and and unhappiness between a few. One of the several reasons I love this film is that it allows secondary and support actors to experience love affairs. Most Asian dramas I have seen only allow physical closeness (embracing, leaning on each other, kissing, or other signs on affection) to the leads, even with married couples in the programs. This was very disappointing for a wonderful husband-wife couple in Amazon Prime's. 'Love Better Than Immortality'. They were the secondary couple and the actors were more authentic in presenting their situation, yet were only allowed to hold hand, no even to embrace. Truly ridiculous!

One man is an arrogant loser, a bona fide jerk who is just like several I've met, while another is a nice guy with a solid, non-offensive crush on the lead and who ultimately became annoying in his denseness (to me, if not the rest of the viewers). A couple women would have been BFF-Mean-Girls in high school if they had met, but each has her own (potentially) valid reason for acting out; neither seemed to be simple plot markers since their backstories were valid for the assumptions made. It was fascinating to watch the lead made be candid about the situations for a surprising change, rather than being the typical, boring dupe as male characters are most often written. Truly loved these small, yet important points because neither sexes need to have people assigned stupidity as a reason for failure. Lack of experience and/or understanding is sufficient.

The title, "I Hear You", refers to several things in this film: (1) With the leads, it speaks about each of them learning the language of the other person, which in their case is a bit of trouble because they have nothing in common except their nationality and being human. Yet, they each tell the truth in every situation. (2) Three people separately provide misinformation through lies, omission, or obfuscation. (3) Two people separately experience imaginary conversations, in which they overwrite the spoken reality. (4) One person clearly hears the correct words, yet constantly selects second or third definitions that are more suitable to her personal gratification, claiming total belief in her choice over what is mean.

The leads begin their journey toward understanding and a realistic relationship: they are in a very awkward situation because of promises to their separate best friends, who work together. There are several starts, stops, and teetering, so applying the word "falling" to love as a description of their emotions is a misnomer. The leads' experiences with each other begin organically, becoming more defined as episodes progress, growing naturally, with fits, stops, starts, then grow more steadily. Bumps continue along the way due to others' needs or agendas, yet the variations are interesting.

As an American woman, I have been extremely impressed with the manner in which Chinese women are shown equality and respect in films. Lusi Zhao is the headliner because she is the more experiences senior to Riley Wang King in this drama, even though he is three years older. She became 21 in early November this year and has been working for a while in comedies and dramas, being excellent in both. This one always feels like her most natural performance because of the contemporary setting.

As for her best friend/former room mate and the Italian, Mars; people who are settled professionals with more life experience are often willing to move quickly when they have the reasons and opportunity. Why not? If you've waited for years and the other person continually disappoints with no response or remorse until you might no longer are be his fan. What a wreck! Choose life, joy, and hope!!

2 Zhao Lusi reviews in one

[mauryvan13 · 5/10 · 27 December 2023]

I'm going to do something different and review 2 of the first 3 Cdramas I have ever watched. Both these starred Zhao Lusi. I saw a snippet of Gen Z on YouTube, in which she also stars, so I looked her up and found #HiddenLove and #IHearYou on Netflix.

I started with Hidden Love and could not have been more enthralled. As fans of Cdramas probably know aleady, ZL is probably the cutest thing you can kind find on Netflix:) and that's saying something. I think she was about 24/25 in real life, playing first a 16 then a 19-year-old, which she does easily.

And setting aside the 16y year-old having a crush on a 21 year-old slight uncomfortable thing, this is the cutest story of a beautiful young woman and her crush and then love on a friend of her brother, who is the nicest, sweetest, kindness, handsomest boy/young man in the world (her crush not her brother). It was sweet and beautifully done for the reasons others have outlined - including the relationship between ZL and her big brother. The supporting cast was also excellent.

And perhaps, like other viewers, I came to this after becoming addicted to Kdramas over the COVID and have watched umpteen of them. To get a sense of my basic taste, I like the sweeter romantic comedies, but the two best I have ever seen so far are My Mister and My Liberation Notes. And I'd like to write about the differences that you notice between Cdramas and Kdramas, which you all can see. But I will do that at a later time. The one thing Cdramas do that I like is that they do not feel the need to insert a serial killer into a sweet romantic comedy.

But as for Hidden Love, I love it for the same reasons other mention, but do give it a 9 instead of 10, because just as someone noted, it does drag and has too many episodes. After watching only 3 Cdramas I can universally proclaim that you can always skip episodes 11-15 in Cdramas and you won't miss a thing. It's all just an unnecessarily long build up to the first declaration of love by ML and FL. If there's something you feel like you're missing you can hop back and find out after that fact.

Now on to ZL's second title, I Hear You. In this she was 19 playing a 24 year-old. And it showed both physically and in her acting ability. The writing was not as good and paired her with a handsome male lead, who is only 2 years older in real life, but seemed 10 years older, because he played that type of male lead you see who is a complete introvert and callous, who is swayed by the sweetness and genuiness of the FL and they fall in love.

But the ML's character was poorly developed - there is no way a guy like him could have come from two beautiful outgoing parents like he has, and all these beautiful women throw themselves at him even though he's the world's biggest jerk. You can see he has a good heart, but there's no reason for him to act the way he does. And there was no reason for him to get involved in the reality show which is where he meets the FL played by ZL.

But I stayed with it because I like ZL, and the other actors were good (I Iiked ZL's friend but did not like her friend's initial love interest nor her sudden choice of husband.). And like I mentioned earlier, I skipped complete sections with the 2nd FL and the Italian guy because who cares. This was all the fault of the writers. And the last 10 minutes were probably the worst way to end a series that I've ever seen.

But I hope Gen Z gets out there someplace where I can watch it, because it looked good.

PS The other Cdrama I've watched is Put Your Head on My Shoulder which I give a 10. Thanks for reading.

Loved this show!

[misswritercreates · 9/10 · 25 July 2019]

It was so very good and enjoyable!! I absolutely adored our main couple, they were perfect for each other! The chemistry was great and I was cheering for them from start to finish! I was a little annoyed by her friend who always seemed to show up, he kinda got on my nerves. The storyline was interesting and I binged watched this in two days! Plus happy ending for the win!

It wasn't that funny and the romance was meh

[Bibiliography · 4/10 · 3 August 2022]

Zhao Lusi's acting was flat and the director made a mistake casting her as a main character bcos much like Arduo's failure at dubbing, Lusi, at19 yo, simply did not have the range to pull off this incredibly complex character. I disliked the lisp, the slow enunciation of her words and the way almost everyone continued to baby her.

The lead guy, otoh, played the cold brooding hero to perfection which IMO saved this show from being a complete disaster.

Another thing that bothers me about Chinese and Korean dramas is the need to have love triangles and quadrangles. It's comical to watch the hero or heroine get fought over by as many as three people. 🙄🙄🙄🙄 Doubly so when it's a character like Arduo, who is as bland and flat as a rice cake.

Anyway, it was fine.

Song

[ajahnirichardsonowens · 10/10 · 15 October 2019]

Their was a piano song, played constantly throughout the series. Does anyone know the name of it, or even how to find it?

Good watch

[Jackiemitchell722 · 8/10 · 23 December 2019]

Was a good series though thought the ending just cut off, like there should have been a little more

so cute but severely underrated

[seojoonchoi · 10/10 · 26 January 2021]

AWWW such a cute drama. I watched this one with my friends, and it was so funny, lighthearted, and heartwarming. This is a wonderful story of first love, and shows how they gradually went from not liking each other to becoming friends and eventually lovers. :) MUST WATCH

Boring

[joanne-78049 · 5/10 · 17 June 2019]

Never finished the series was too boring . was ok for first couple of episodes didnt grab my attention thought the main lead was too robotic. . wouldnt bother yawn .

Very Good

[sandrakara · 10/10 · 24 March 2021]

I really enjoyed this drama, the male and female lead are fantastic and romance is 100% lots of love

It was a superb drama

[akanshazaman · 10/10 · 31 May 2023]

It was fully perfect drama I was so excited seeing ye shuwei dressing and also the girl erduo both looked really well in the whole drama. The script was written well a couple with 0 imperfections. I really the story but I didn't like the ending as if they wanted to wrap up earlier but the ending needed atleast 2/3 episodes and then being together. Also wanted some good scenes of them together. However it was a good experience to watch it. Hope to see them again if they can bring a season 2 and give them a complete ending then it would be more exciting. I really like Riley now I like the girl too. Hope to see them again soon 💖