3/5 starsLead cast: Choi Min-sik, Choi Hyun-wookA disillusioned literature professor rediscovers his love for storytelling in the twisty mystery-thriller Notes from the Last Row, a K-drama adaptation of a Spanish play.In this tale that playfully deconstructs the mechanics of storytelling, Korean screen icon Choi Min-sik (Exhuma) plays Heo Mun-oh, a professor at a prestigious university who still agonises over the poorly received debut novel he penned several decades earlier and has yet to follow up.He takes out those frustrations on his mediocre students, whose work he continually lambasts, as well as on his long-suffering wife, Jo Hyeon-suk (Jin Kyung, Queenmaker).Notes from the Last Row | Official Trailer | Netflix [ENG SUB]Life lumbers on uneventfully until he is challenged by a new student sitting by the window in the last row, who dares to question him when he goes on the offensive against yet another student in class.
Review | Notes from the Last Row: Choi Min-sik lifts soapy academic thriller K-drama
Choi Min-sik and Choi Hyun-wook star in this exploration of the seductive power of fiction that occasionally overindulges in melodrama.
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