Voice in the Rain (2020)

Just okay

I watch many Thai dramas so I wasn’t expecting much maybe something cliche but this one was different. In the beginning you can feel the chemistry between the leads and you get excited about where things will lead but.........

the good:. It most certainly started out on an interesting note. The pacing is pretty good, the situation‘s are good and interesting as well. The leads seem to have really good chemistry.

The bad: for a 16 episode romance drama, the mood was often somber. The the end of the series our leads are still going back and forth with their stance of commitment which was disappointing. Last but not least, the ending was less than enjoyable. It was vague and gives no closure. To sum it up, we have that famous until we meet again theme in the very last episode which ruined it for me.

I thing it’s okay to watch but definitely not a rewatch or one I’d recommend.

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Story:
I personally enjoyed this series. In my eyes, the plot was pretty solid. The plot was straight forward. It is about a fashion designer named Rarin and an actor named Tanthai. They can also read each other's minds whenever it rains, hence the name of the series. Rarin likes to talk to Tanthai, while Tanthai doesn't like it. They finally meet one day because Rarin is using Tanthai as a model. The story basically progresses from that point.

I think I really enjoyed the series because I liked how nontoxic the main couples were. And the whole mind-reading in the rain is cute. The series wasn't anything new, but it was really refreshing. I think it was because of the whole mind-reading and how nontoxic the characters were. Normally, dramas have the characters do some type of push and pull game. They didn't do that really in this drama. I will say there were sometimes uncertainty, where Rarin specifically was unsure of their relationship but was understandable and watchable.

Cast:
The cast was also really good, I think the people that impressed me the most was probably Na's and Cherreen. This is the first time I've seen Na with the main role. I only saw him briefly in Until We Meet Again, so I didn't know that much about him. I was just impressed that his acting was really good. On the other hand, I've seen quite a few of the series Cherreen was in and I was so impressed because her acting has improved so much. It just made me love her even more.

The rest of the cast also was really good as well. This was the first time I've seen Linn and Fluke and they made an amazing first impression on me. I thought they brought their own type of charm to the series and I loved it.

Overall:
Again, I really just enjoyed this series. There isn't a whole lot of dramas that make me want to come back to watching them these days. It's even harder to find a drama that is good pacing. I give it an 8/10.

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This show is set in fashion industry, making it the more funny as it's full or really bad clothes, lol. The main girl is a rising fashion designer and the main guy is a male model, who hates modeling and only does it for money (Na Naphat really fits the role though, he does look like a model) who both share "special ability" that they can hear the other's voice/inner voice whenever it rains. The girl takes it as her "inspiration", the guy plain hates it. There is also Cherreen Nachjaree, in a role of some kind of the main guy's "manager", though she looks too young for it... But I checked her age and found out that despite her somehow looking way younger than both the main leads, there isn't an actual age gap. In case of Kan Kantathavorn though, there really is a NINE years difference.

This could be classified as Female Chases Male First, as she sees the guy as her soulmate and the one who's always been there for her, while he takes measures to block her and to be alone in his own head. The two start working together, because she considers him her "muse", of course. First thing she does she makes a jacket for him, which is overly long and the lining fabric makes it too hot to wear in Thailand. She wants to help his career which is dubious as her own career is only starting, but at least when in unpleasant situation, he discovers that listening to HER only, helps him concentrate and block the outside. Lucky it's always raining when needed, lol.

First, the two get off on the wrong foot. She makes him wear a suit that looks like it has carpet pattern printed all over it, then scolds him for not being enthusiastic enough while wearing it:) It could be a touching scene, where she points out how her whole team did many hours of researching and making the suit and how she carefully thought of his personality while designing it, had it not looked so ridiculous and had Na Naphat not looked like a clown in it. Which takes me back to the 1st sentence of this review, but never mind, lol. This should be a romance drama...

How is the romance? Apart from the fantasy element between the two people, after 4 episodes we get them at stage where they grab one another and stare, look like they'd kiss but don't. Well, it's better than silly-screaming-and-fighting, dealing with some stupid conflict or semi-criminal plots most lakorns use... We really give the focus to the characters and their conversations and interactions. Okay perhaps I shouldn't write this LOL. Gee, I really should have known better.

Because as soon as episode 5 a line with psychopatic stalker/fan is of course added. The guy of course handles it wrong, he should not touch such "fanmail" and hand it over to police. Or at least warn the girl. This is why I hate crime plots in lakorns lol. I never complain about logic where romance is concerned, but with crime always lol. They deal with the psycho for whole episode and that brings them closer, it looks they would kiss, but again they don't. So I wouldn't mind the whole stupid thing skipped.

Episode 6, main guy & main girl get even closer because they start to understand each other. They are close to kiss yet once again in very sweet scene but her stomach grumbles loudly in that moment. It's starting to get funny. If the cast had no-kissing contract or there were coronavirus regulations, then they should shoot comedies only. Better than ruin romantic drama with comedy that is unintended. And let the dreamy, poignant soundtrack go to waste. What I also didn't like was that main girl discovered something very important and did not tell the main guy. They should be close enough for that by now. Instead, we have her start talking very hesitantly and interrupted by a mobile phone (seriously, aren't mobile phones magical invention for all the lazy scriptwriters!), then go away. I always dislike when the plot "development" is being kept this way.

Episode 7, both main guy & main girl are forcing themselves to try and "date" other people. They soon give up on that and Kiss in the Rain. I was looking forward their kiss, nevertheless it came in bad timing, by then I was worried about the thing that still got unadressed. Same episode, the second couple, who made zero development throughout the series, gets "together" suddenly. It's funny they made the girl act like a guy and the guy act like a girl, only we can see Kan Kantathavorn is way older than the girl. So it doesn't really work:) Nevertheless, he keeps talking about himself in 3rd person like a girl. She kisses him first, asks him to get married first... After which he moves in with her as obviously she'll be the provider. Main couple gets separated, their connection severed and again we deal with one of the surrounding people being a total psycho and not taking enough measures. Then main girl survives a fire which gets to her prepared new collection, so she's left with clothes that are partially burned (obviously the fire just stopped at a half of a thin fabric) and actually look better than before, but never mind. The dramatic situation gets resolved, both couples happy and after all this we still have 4 more episodes.

After they got the main couple together, they let them fight about banalities and I wondered whether THAT would bring their lost "voice" in the rain back... We then deal with some evil people in fashion industry... We go back to more details about some side-characters... There's more unfinished business here and there... All these things might be important yet I didn't feel the need to watch them in detail, especially AFTER the main stories were practically over. Honestly, the material for this series could be wrapped in 10 episodes tops, and I felt like watching something surplus for several episodes already. They might as well used the fire scene as the dangerous situation in which the "voice" reappears again and end the series on that happy end.

But no, we need to enjoy more scenes like someone introducing their fashion collection named 'Queen', because it's not just beautiful for women to wear, it's also about feeling power, as it's ALSO elegant, LOL. What's unlucky is we then see the clothes (perhaps it would be better if that was just left to imagination) which are some light pink dresses with something that looks like crape paper attached to the chest:-) How endearing some evil guy had to spawn such a dark plan to steal fashion ideas like that lol. Okay I won't laugh, apart from the actual clothes the scene had the right atmosphere. I would cheer for that support character badguy to get caught too, had his side-line not overlapped the central love story (for both couples) which kind of ended already. This was what the series had spreaded uneven. Or at least, I wanted this to be wrapped up in 1 last episode, and not 3.

We then even watch the main girl's fashion show which shows the "dresses" which are all in one same colour (lol), now pitifully without the interesting burned patches. They all kinda reminded me of raincoats for some reason. Which was funny because then it turned out that fashion show had prepared an onstage "rain" which then changed the color of the clothes. The designer who had stolen the designs did not know to steal this functionality. Therefore, it was proven whose was the design, then happy ending lol. Okay, if this was a spoiler for the 4 year old audience, then I apologize. It's still not the final epi. Nevertheless, when forced to watch the side-characters story now instead, I must mention On Nophand Boonyai and Cha Chanicha Boonpanuvichit, their performance stood out, they had the "onscreen presence" that takes more than just goodlooking people. As it so often happens, support cast was on whole different level. In the end, I was way more interested in the "bad guy" than in the mains. They suddenly looked shallow in compare. Was it what this show's creators wanted me to see?

Overall result of all this was when (finally) watching the final, I barely cared. I watched the scenes but didn't care to really listen to the conversations. I kept checking the remaining time... They really made me not care. I confirm that the soundtrack was best about this. It's a phenomenon I sometimes experience. The music sounds interesting, it's deep and the video content doesn't match it and in compare is shallow. Like one fellow review mentioned, the opening credits were more enjoyable watch than the actual episodes:)

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Honestly, I really liked this show! I liked the story, the pacing and the acting. The FL and ML we're cute and I loved the side people even tough it seemed annoying, it wasn't, they were all funny and had great chemistry. Now the fashion story and all that drama and also the obsessed part was a little off (I'm not trying to spoil anything) but other than that, I really liked it. They we're sweet, the story was good, I didn't fast forward or feel the need to miss anything, I even thought it was going to end at episode 12 and it didn't and was kind of excited for it to keep going if I'm being honest. lol

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a lovely Lakorn

Everything made sense to me, start to finish. Rarin realized she needed to discover who she was before she could give her all in a relationship. She'd spent so much time relying on the voice that she didn't even really know herself or how to take steps without Tan there. So the last two episodes made 100% perfect sense to me, regardless of the viewers who didn't like the last 2 episodes. I wouldn't have changed a thing. It still has a happy ending, the voice comes back, Mind and Porsche end up together, Rung wakes up, Kan gets his comeuppance although I felt sorry for him a little bit, and all is well that ends well. Tan and Rin are a lovely couple, ideally matched, they just had to grow apart for a season. It's a beautiful Thai Lakorn, a new favorite, and it deserves more acclaim and a much higher rating than it has.

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Mess in the Rain

"I can literally hear your thoughts yet you still managed to keep that a secret for so long..."

It is rare to find a drama where the thing that makes most sense in the whole plot is two people being able to communicate telepathically when it rains as everything else is just such a mess. A messy pace, a messy story, messy illogical decisions and messy friendships.

That said the characters are entertaining to watch, especially the second couple who stole the show for me. Or at least their characters where the most (maybe only) lovable characters on this show. The show also manages to fit in a lot of tropes, and by that I mean a lot.. and could easily clear the whole game born in a game of cliche bingo giving us amnesia, cohabitation, lying, misunderstanding, betrayal, umbrellas, wrist grabs, vehicle of doom, kidnapping, controlling parents, gagsters... If you have seen it in a drama you will probably see it here too.

Entertaining at times but not really good.

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Surprisingly good

I didn't expect much from this. I wasn't convinced by the plot, but still decided to give it a chance and it didn't disappoint me.

I don't think I can say anything bad about this. The only reason I'm not giving it top scores is that the story was really nice, but not so much as to deserve a higher score.
That said, everything else was perfect. The ending was a little bit disappointing, but not bad. I just expected a little bit more. I loved all the plot twists this has. They never give you any hint as to how the story might develop, it feels like a puzzle game were you need to wait for every piece to come together to understand how things really are.
The concept of the voice in the rain is weird, but at the end of the day is not as important as it may sound at first. It's really about love being the most powerful energy that can make two people get close or push them away. It's all up to how the characters behave.
I also appreciated how the show dared to talk about some controversial topics.

It's a really good show I highly recommend. Might not be the best out there, but it's still enjoyable.

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An unusual plot and production for a thaï drama, very dreamlike & aesthetic

Plot: 1 young fashion designer & 1 disillusioned actor/model communicate telepathically when it's raining. Over the years, they have forged a strong bond.

The production is subtle, very aesthetic, with a fairly slow pace, a touch of fantasy, romance, thriller and an immersion in the world of fashion and creation. Plot and production are unusual (very dreamlike, slow rhythm, few words, soft and adapted music) for a modern and mature Thai drama.

The actors (all of them but especially the 2 leads) demonstrate all their talent. KUDOS !
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Plot et réalisation inhabituels (très onirique, rythme lent, peu de paroles, musique douce et adaptée) pour 1 thaï drama actuel et mature.
Plot :1 jeune créatrice de mode & 1 acteur/mannequin désabusé communiquent par télépathie quand il pleut. Au cours des années, ils ont tissé un lien fort.
La réalisation est subtile, très esthétique, avec un rythme assez lent, une pointe de Fantasy, de romance, de thriller et une immersion dans le monde de la mode et de la création.
Les acteurs (tous mais particulièrement les 2 leads) démontrent tout leur talent. BRAVO !

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eu abandonei

Abandonei !

A temática modelo e estilista, foi ótima para promover a moda de la, mas a temática esta tão batida que poderia trazer elementos que enriquecem o conhecimento do telespectador.
o que me travou foi a ideia repetida. o casal onde um é durão e a outra cabeça dura. Dialogo adolescente de dois adultos. As atitudes nem se fala, poxa ...eta tudo indo bem no segundo episodio ate que eu ja sabia onde ia dar tudo.
eu comecei a gostar da temática mais em mio ao episodio 8 não deu mais.
Me senti enfadada com a atuações femininas e ataques histéricos da prota feminina.
Um dia tentarei terminar e se consegui altero a minha opinião.

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I Really Wanted to Like This

I started this series because it had a very interesting story concept. Unfortunately, it fell short on the execution.

The positive: It has a good cast. I give them credit for doing their best considering the material they had to work with. The series had great sets/locations and beautiful cinematography.

The negative: The main problem is the script. It’s lacking one important element, interest. The story progressing and characters were not interesting enough to keep my attention or care about what was going on. I also found some of the characters very annoying.

The in-between: I found the opening credits more interesting than the actual series.

Random Note: I love series with a mystical spin and I wanted to like this series. I wish the script was better. I probably would not have dropped this if it only had 10 or 12 episodes. I felt it would be torture trying to complete this considering it has 16-episodes.

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