My wife is Korean, after we went through all six episodes together I was quite confused and asked her if there is some Korean culture things in this show that I don't understand. She said nope it is just weird and it's meant to be this way.
It's indeed really weird but at the same time kind of interesting and keep you hooked if you can at least make to episode 3. I do like some of the art direction. It's really not my kind of show and I can understand some people will just go "what the heck is this?" and change to another show, but if this is your kind of genre I guess you will really like it.
47 Reviews
My first time watching korean drama
Cirdl326 September 2020
I like it. This's my first time watching korean drama and i love it; the story, the CGI , and other. But it's not that special series
I really like ahn eun-young character and the girl always in ahn eun-young's room With an 6 eps it's really worth and fun to watch.
I really like ahn eun-young character and the girl always in ahn eun-young's room With an 6 eps it's really worth and fun to watch.
Good series
NajmiSelamat6 November 2020
Yes we're not in Kansas anymore
abwetman-1-81732826 September 2020
If you dont think Korean culture is not different ,then, this little show will change your mind.
It is the definition of quirky
The dubbing is quite good
This over acted like a K-pop video and monsters are fun
If you can get through the first episode you will love the rest.
It is the definition of quirky
The dubbing is quite good
This over acted like a K-pop video and monsters are fun
If you can get through the first episode you will love the rest.
It's crazy and it's exactly what I expected
letranquynhmy3 October 2020
OMG I absolutely love this show! I have read many mangas, and watched animes of this genre. I've always imagine what it would be like if those were made into live version with real people. And here it is! Many people said it is weird and they can;t understand the story line but I felt head over heel! It make absolute sense to me. The story line was clear but people might be distracted by weird looking spirits and jellies. They might also have an expectation of a typical Korean drama and this is extraordinary! I wish Netflix can introduce more shows of this genre in the future! And I need a season 2 pleaseee
Good, but could be better
geordana_saiory27 September 2020
The world is super interesting, but it wasn't a good way to tell the story. It seems they tried to reduce the number of episodes, not explaining a lot of stuff. Anyway, I liked the main caracter and she is the only reason I finished the drama.
Good example of style over content
kevinabs28 October 2020
There are lots of things to look at. Starts off visually and stylistically stunning. OST is quite interesting too. However there are two major issues with the series.
One - lack of suspense. The show lacks any real suspense. The stories don't have you wanting more or have you wonder. Instead it is a bit of a drag. "Things just happen, often without a sense of urgency or any suspense"(with the exception of ep 1)
Two. First episode sets the bar, then rest of the episodes couldn't come close to it, even in terms of visuals and style. It gets duller and duller stylistically and contents wise. In conjunction with the lack of suspense the episodes feel dragged out and slow paced.
It could have been a stylish and entertaining, but the creators could only catch on of the two rabbits.
One - lack of suspense. The show lacks any real suspense. The stories don't have you wanting more or have you wonder. Instead it is a bit of a drag. "Things just happen, often without a sense of urgency or any suspense"(with the exception of ep 1)
Two. First episode sets the bar, then rest of the episodes couldn't come close to it, even in terms of visuals and style. It gets duller and duller stylistically and contents wise. In conjunction with the lack of suspense the episodes feel dragged out and slow paced.
It could have been a stylish and entertaining, but the creators could only catch on of the two rabbits.
Giving extra points for originality
bangjunhyun30 September 2020
6 episodes will pass like nothing if you get hooked in from the first ep. Great cast and an interesting setting are overshadowed with some rushed storyline (i guess ill have to read the novel its based on). However, I am more than excited to see the next season (if it gets the greenlight) as everything is pretty much set up for another exciting season. You will realise the 6 hour-long episodes are frankly less than enough to really complete anything this show aims to do (which you can feel by the rushed storyline) and this also made me feel the later episodes to be "too slow". However, if you feel a knack for weird things and colorful jellies this show is definitely something to look out for on netflix!
Reminds me of Stephen Chow movies...
jacoal26 September 2020
It's a wacky, funny, emotional and action packed wild ride... Well, at least the first episode was, after that it devolves into something much tamer, and focuses too much on small high-school issues rather than a big issue like the first episode did.
I didn't expect it to retain the same level of fun as the first episode did, just wanted something at least close to it, and sadly it wasn't.
Still, it was wholesome and funny many times afterwards so I'd say its a good show, although the ending was a mess and I felt like it needed more episodes to explain a bit more what was going on.
I didn't expect it to retain the same level of fun as the first episode did, just wanted something at least close to it, and sadly it wasn't.
Still, it was wholesome and funny many times afterwards so I'd say its a good show, although the ending was a mess and I felt like it needed more episodes to explain a bit more what was going on.
Dissapointing
renuka-5870213 October 2020
I love it
jcreviensversmoi25 September 2020
Not my cup of tea but my gf seems to enjoy it.
baumhenrik7 October 2020
The animation style is rather trashy but the overall style of the show is quite fresh and outstanding. Personally I had problems getting into this show. The story seemed kinda random to me and things didn't really get explained. For me it was a bit too scatty.
too many unnecessarily long scenes
dohyeon-3540528 September 2020
Trailer pops up out of nowhere on my netflix.
'The world is in fact full of jelly creatures, and there's this pretty nurse who fight the jelly monsters with a toy sword and a toy gun? wow'.
It pumps me up with its creative approach to an original worldview.
Decent actings, Fine CG's, The attractive ambience, The charm of the originality of this worldview..
This show has every element to possibly make a huge international fan base. I give you that.
But there are too many unnecessarily long scenes, and that spoils everything.
I watched all six episodes wishing to find what I felt from its trailer but it never happened.
'Such a shame' is all I can say on this show.
Perhaps cutting down the running time of episodes to 40m is the way to save this show.
'The world is in fact full of jelly creatures, and there's this pretty nurse who fight the jelly monsters with a toy sword and a toy gun? wow'.
It pumps me up with its creative approach to an original worldview.
Decent actings, Fine CG's, The attractive ambience, The charm of the originality of this worldview..
This show has every element to possibly make a huge international fan base. I give you that.
But there are too many unnecessarily long scenes, and that spoils everything.
I watched all six episodes wishing to find what I felt from its trailer but it never happened.
'Such a shame' is all I can say on this show.
Perhaps cutting down the running time of episodes to 40m is the way to save this show.
Visually very pretty
alessatziolis26 September 2020
Visually it's very pretty but sadly i find that the story line wasn't told very well, meaning there were some parts that were lacking a bit or didn't make sense, but overall still okay. Still i'd recommend watching because the CGI Team did a fantastic job!
A peek behind the curtain
revmanx26 October 2020
Good Enough
PennyReviews4 October 2020
" The School Nurse's Files " was pretty quirky. It was like a magical realism book that you read and you don't know what's happening most of the time. But the main reason why I'm rating this with six stars out of ten is because the story felt rushed and unfinished. If this one has a second season, then the drama will probably worth seven stars for me. However, for this one, the story had potential, but it was moving too fast and a few things were actually explained, making things hard to follow and confusing.
Other than that, the CGI were really good and didn't ruin the drama at all. The performances were also spot on, something that could have destroyed it, as the plot is pretty character centered.
So, overall, six out of ten.
Other than that, the CGI were really good and didn't ruin the drama at all. The performances were also spot on, something that could have destroyed it, as the plot is pretty character centered.
So, overall, six out of ten.
This is quite interesting and boring.
jclove-6901426 September 2020
This is quite interesting that the genre is like shamanism fantasy school drama. But it is also boring after the first episode because it is slow paced drama and not so much detailed explanation in the story. It just assume people to guess or ignore. I just wished this came out as a movie not a series.
Production very similar to Legion
jonfmac24 October 2020
I have to admit, I was confused as many while watching the first episode. Definitely quirky. Definitely not mainstream. Designed for the older tween market.
Things didn't come together for me until I drew parallels with another quirky show, the 2017-19 series Legion. Then it all came together and made sense. Had the first episode explained the source of the superpowers giving only certain people the ability to see 'jellies', no one would have been lost. For me, it was simple, the protagonist derived her superpowers from schizophrenia, as did her opponents.
My understanding is this program was based on books which may not have have had this intent, but providing different explanations. That wasn't brought out, so I prefer my interpretation. The story held together beautifully from that point forward.
I can't say that this program was as well produced as Legion. Then again, they were produced for different markets. I wouldn't recommend this for a younger audience. They would just get conceptually lost. On the other hand, if you were a fan of Legion, you would love this. Many should pass this by if they are just looking for unchallenging pap.
I only gave this a 6 because one simple line explaining the source of the abilities to see jellies was missing causing what I believe to be massive confusion. That said, I was highly entertained and look forward to a second season.
Things didn't come together for me until I drew parallels with another quirky show, the 2017-19 series Legion. Then it all came together and made sense. Had the first episode explained the source of the superpowers giving only certain people the ability to see 'jellies', no one would have been lost. For me, it was simple, the protagonist derived her superpowers from schizophrenia, as did her opponents.
My understanding is this program was based on books which may not have have had this intent, but providing different explanations. That wasn't brought out, so I prefer my interpretation. The story held together beautifully from that point forward.
I can't say that this program was as well produced as Legion. Then again, they were produced for different markets. I wouldn't recommend this for a younger audience. They would just get conceptually lost. On the other hand, if you were a fan of Legion, you would love this. Many should pass this by if they are just looking for unchallenging pap.
I only gave this a 6 because one simple line explaining the source of the abilities to see jellies was missing causing what I believe to be massive confusion. That said, I was highly entertained and look forward to a second season.
Disappointed
badchicky00723 November 2020
Started pretty funny, fantasy/supernatural and a bit quirky is just my cup of tea; but then it drags down like mud. Lost my temper and kept FFWD. Playing on mute watching this it's just boring and nonsensical. The weird music and very slow shots are a mismatch and therefore cinematically out of place. Interesting technics don't make interesting cinema, IMO. Could have been fun, just too bad it wasn't for me..
So weird that its good!
jcwins28 September 2020
If your into mind bending weird stuff than this is for you! The acting is top notch and the story is very original! I want too say more but than i would be giving stuff away. Go check it out now if your reading reviews its very very strange but i love every minute of the weirdness!
I really wanted to like it more...
warren-872351 August 2023
Oddball, quirky, bizarre, amusing... 'The School Nurse Files' should have been far better than it ended up being. It had all the right ingredients, but just doesn't quite work as well as it should.
Firstly, it needed more structure. There's an awful lot of 'you have to jump to some conclusions to make sense of this new scene'. For example - initially people don't really know about Ahn Eun Young's abilities, then suddenly some of them do, without any intermediary scenes explaining their discovery, and that they're now in on the secret world.
You can't excuse those narrative jumps due to being too fast paced, either. Instead, it's the other way around. Often it just seems to meander, with a few interesting threads, but all played out in a very sedate and lethargic way. A lot of that time could have been used to tighten up the script and make a lot more of the characters, their introductions and their discoveries.
Ultimately, it's biggest flaw is how it ends. It feels as though they got canned and their budget cut drastically without warning, as the final episode sort-of wraps things up in a terribly lacklustre way, especially considering what they did in the first couple of episodes.
It's a shame, as it had a lot of potential, with unusual and well directed visuals, along with an offbeat and fun soundtrack. It could and should have been a bizarre little cult favourite, but will most likely be forgotten along with the hole in the basement...
Firstly, it needed more structure. There's an awful lot of 'you have to jump to some conclusions to make sense of this new scene'. For example - initially people don't really know about Ahn Eun Young's abilities, then suddenly some of them do, without any intermediary scenes explaining their discovery, and that they're now in on the secret world.
You can't excuse those narrative jumps due to being too fast paced, either. Instead, it's the other way around. Often it just seems to meander, with a few interesting threads, but all played out in a very sedate and lethargic way. A lot of that time could have been used to tighten up the script and make a lot more of the characters, their introductions and their discoveries.
Ultimately, it's biggest flaw is how it ends. It feels as though they got canned and their budget cut drastically without warning, as the final episode sort-of wraps things up in a terribly lacklustre way, especially considering what they did in the first couple of episodes.
It's a shame, as it had a lot of potential, with unusual and well directed visuals, along with an offbeat and fun soundtrack. It could and should have been a bizarre little cult favourite, but will most likely be forgotten along with the hole in the basement...
Missed opportunity
princessapageforever27 September 2020
Have you ever had the perfect ingredients and ended up dinner because you messed up the instructions?
I feel they did the same to this drama. I don't hate it. I actually love it. It has all the things that I love, most of all the idea and the story were so good. Recently there is a trend in Kdrama where 97percent of the focus is on how much more perfect the actors can be and the aesthetics. While the story takes a backseat.
From the actors to the characters everything was superb but, they messed it up while putting it all together.
So many jump cuts? And gaps in the story that most of the plot does not work, it atleast half of it is Missing.
They tried to put too much in too little space which made the ingredients soggy and bland.
Unmemorable
meemsyd23 June 2023
This is a quick watch with only 6 episodes. It's set in a high school but revolves around two staff members who get involved in some supernatural hijinks. It's a strange but intriguing kind of sci-fi concept, and I kept watching kind of waiting for an explanation as to what is going on. That never came but I didn't feel super frustrated with it, I kind of thought it was purposefully left ambiguous. The tone of the show is kind of dark and gloomy, and feels weird and mysterious. I don't really see the point of this show though as there isn't many themes or character arcs or plot that stick with me. It's not terrible, but it's also just a bit unmemorable and not very affecting as I like a story to be.
GOOD SHOW
nileshgabhane3 October 2020
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