Mr. Queen (TV Series 2020–2021) Poster

(2020–2021)

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10/10
This drama is another level
aah-4815428 January 2021
I used to watch a lot of dramas from all over the world specially from Korea and because I watched a lot it became really hard to empress me BUT mr queen is just another level in every thing, you want comedy, action, fantasy, politics, ROMANCE ( the chemistry is just something you would see in TV every 10 years) , tragedy ( little bet) , history and adventure and for sure all the good side of these genres so don't worry, also the cinematography and the script is a chief kiss like !! People it's a 20 eps drama and 14 eps have been aired till now but it's still so good and soo exiting it's actually getting better!!!! 100/10
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10/10
AMAZING
karserasl7 January 2021
This is not just comedy gold, it has an amazing plot and has top notch acting. Watch this if you want a great time.

PS. Actually, dont watch it yet, since its not finished and you gonna have withdrawal symptoms LOL
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10/10
Funny, refreshing and intriguing
hanalisss17 February 2021
Such an original and unique drama!!! It has everything you would want in a show! It is so Funny and clever, I love the modern references and all the jokes. The characters were extremely well written but the actors in this show were all superb specially the actress playing the Queen, Shin Hye-sun, I have watched her in all her dramas and she is just outstanding, in this drama she transformed herself completely and made this character so real, and then she would completely change so you could actually notice the personalities/identities. I highly recommend to watch this, you won't regret it.
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10/10
extraordinary
manetanha-507345 February 2021
This series changed my opinion about historical dramas. We in Iran are waiting for the broadcast of this very beautiful series every week.We enjoy watching it very much and this series has many fans in Iran. shin hye sun, She is a wonderful actor. It always shines
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10/10
Best kdrama sageuk ever
parilanjenette26 January 2021
I thought it will go downhill after the 1st half but it is still doing great 💪
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10/10
The MOST BEST
cintnabizz7 January 2021
This is the best Korean drama in 2021 and I suddenly fell in love with Kim Jung Hyun.
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10/10
Brutal !
Cylonpi29 July 2021
Incredible, Perfection exist.

Storyline, acting, music (oh yes!), locations... And the perfect blend of romance, comedy and drama.

It ends, and you want much more!!!
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10/10
Down to the last 4 episodes
sonia-951111 February 2021
I don't write reviews before I've finished a series but this is an exception. If you haven't been watching Mr. Queen you are seriously missing out. It is brilliant. 4 episodes to go and I can't wait to see how this drama will end.
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10/10
So Funny K-drama
goodgoodgood22 December 2020
The point : She (Shin Hye-sun) was immersed in the acting role, very entertaining. Great job!
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Acting
petrawennberg20 February 2021
Shin hye seon is acting perfect in this drama,she is so versatile
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7/10
Funny sometimes a bit too long
nasimzhosein-695-7947487 February 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Another drama about Joseon period. I am not a huge fan of fantasy but I did watch this drama. The actress was superb and wonderful in this role very well suited to her skills. Her mannerism and antics were hilarious, jokes well delivered. However that where the plus review ends.

Spoiler: The king is always in danger and someone in his council always wants to remove the king nothing new here. The hierarchy is a bit confusing as usual K dramas wait until the very end to explain the characters, however it's still not clear at the end. Too many side plots that are never finished, the series was way too long as there was a lot of unnecessary crying episodes, too many flashbacks which was not required, failed attempts at generating romance among minor characters. Seems as though the writers anted to extend the episodes but had no thoughts on how to add suitable content.

Worth a watch just for the Queen's acting.
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10/10
one of the best korea drama ever.
smsgirl-5087825 January 2021
Love and enjoy this drama so much. Very interesting korea drama with the best acting skills and plot.
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7/10
Funny in parts, draggy intrigue and fighting
phd_travel26 February 2021
There is some good comedy to enjoy in this show. But the non comedic parts are boring. Body swap and time travel to Joseon has been done before. Here there is a combination which provides some enjoyable scenarios. This show could have been 4 episodes shorter. The parts with the political fighting and scheming by the clans is repetitive and tiresome. Anyone who has watched a palace based K drama would have seen these things before.

The jokes are cute at first with the gender swap with the modern cooking and modern lingo. While there are funny one liners, some of the jokes are unfunny and juvenile.

Lead actress Shin Hye Sun is very enthusiastic and does the physical aspects of the comedy well. Quite a tour de force. Her one liners are the best part. She looks prettier here than in her modern roles. Good to see Kim Jung Hyun do a completely different role from the loveable scoundrel in CLOY. He has a wide range of acting on display here from stony faced emperor to sword fighting action to comedy. Choi Jin Hyuk plays the modern day chef and the flashes to him are funny. More of the back and forth between eras would have been better to break the monotony.

A good effort but would have been better at just 16 episodes.
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4/10
solid 8 until episode 20
donutyuuv9 October 2023
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Just finished watching it.

This is not the ending we deserved after this many hours. I can't see this as a happy ending, when the person who we've been following, watching grow, and falling in love with (along with the King), is switched with someone different, who we've only ever seen in flashbacks. Yes, she deserves a happy ending of her own, but this feels like she just stole it from the King and Bong Hwan. All the progress he made, all those connections, it's all gone. And we just get "Present day Bong Hwan changed, and became a good person, who fixed a security camera and reported corruption." That's it. That's his "happy ending."

On a different note, I'm very happy for side couples. Lady Choi and Royal Chef are my favorite couple.

I enjoyed how the show gave us various characters and changed how we felt about them. Jo Hwa-Jin, whom I disliked, and Grand Queen Dowager Sunwon, whom I loved, were prime examples.
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10/10
So funny
gholamiahmad30 December 2020
This series is one of the best series I have seen. Shin Hye Sun's excellent acting has made this series more attractive. I suggest you watch this series
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10/10
Sublime
xeniamd-3521014 February 2021
MR. QUEEN (2020-2021)

SUBLIME!!!

I was never a fan of Historical Kdrama. This one is an exception! I have never laughed and enjoyed a show this much. Absolutely worth our time! I highly recommend you watch this guys! The epitome of Romantic Comedy! I laughed and cried and laughed some more. Shin Hye-sun and Kim Jung-hyun deserve awards for this. They were both brilliant! Perfect chemistry! Screenplay was amazing! No boring episode. Bravo to all the cast and crew!

A massive10/10 for me! 💙🇬🇧💙

"Mac Dunaldu" 🤣🤣🤣

#MrQueen #ShinHyeSun #KimJungHyun
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10/10
A great Kdrama,
lonelyshane7 February 2021
Thanks to all cast and crew of this awesome series. I didn't like k-drama untilll I watched this one. it was really hilarious, thrilling at the same time. I want to thank you again. specially the lead stars.10 out of 10.
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10/10
Very entertaining
Lola-5399917 June 2021
I never been so entertained by a historical drama as in Mr. Queen. The plot is crazy unique... and the cast is crazy hilarious, especially the leading lady who steals the whole show. Shin Hyu-sun as Kim So Yong/Mr. Queen is just incredible! She's perfect to the role. Undoubtly, the queen! Kim Jung-yun too as King Cheoljong is lovable as well. He radiates a good aura everytime he appears on the screen. He gives justice to his role as the well-mannered king, the mysterious swordman and the loving partner of the queen. Everytime these two main leads are together, they somehow sparkle and ignite. They have an awesome and very sweet chemistry despite the unconventional relationship they are in to. You can't help but love them.

Some scenes may seem boring though, like the rivalry between the two «Queen Dowager» and the political agenda of the Royal advisers. However, each episode satisfies the viewer, craving for more until the final episode, the 20th.

I do not have to give credits in detail to each in everyone who is involved in making this series. You all have done a great job! My gratitude for giving us exciting, delightful and joyful moments while watching your wonderful piece of art.
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10/10
This may be the best show I have ever seen.
mrc3038 March 2021
Wow. Just wow! This was so good, I can't do it justice with words. Just unbelievably good. The main actress, Shin Hye-Sun, gave a mind-blowing performance. She made me laugh, cry, feel scared and every other emotion.

If you are not Korean, and you wonder if you will be able to relate to this period piece, the answer is absolutely! There is nothing about this that requires you to be Korean to understand it.

I could go on and on about this show. Now that I have finished it, I know I am going to have a hole in my heart for a while, missing these characters.

If you have the chance to watch this, I cannot recommend it enough. It was so good.

By the way, some people have posted things about the ending, and I was a little concerned going into it. Honestly, I have no idea what their issue is. The ending is great. I think a hand full of Korean's are upset because the ending doesn't match history exactly or something, but don't be afraid of the final episode, it was great and deserves the same high rank as every other episode.
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10/10
Funny Historical Drama
anuradhamehra19 January 2021
Mr. Queen or Queen Cheorin is a very funny historical drama by TvN, so far 12 episodes are released and a new episode releases on Saturday and Sunday. This drama is amazing, I never feel disappointed with the new episodes as they are equally funny. The writers have an amazing storyline and the actors are portraying it amazingly. The most interesting characters are the king and queen. Overall it is a kind of drama that would lighten up your dull and boring day
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Entertainment, from start to end
8avian4 February 2024
It does exactly what it should do, that is, the entertainment that is the balance in the daily stress. It sounds bombastic, but very few productions manage to do that. It's mostly a comedy, less so in the last episodes when it almost succumbs to the kdrama template. However, it remains good until the end. I don't know how much was scripted and how much was unscripted, but it has everything. And a talented cast, with the gorgeous and well-known Shin Hye-Sun, in a complex role, played magnificently. Seol In-Ah, although she has a serious role, she is also wonderful. Surprisingly, even Kim Jung-Hyun saves us from the annoying make-up (in other productions) and manages to do a good role. The production is a fantasy genre and it is a comedy, that is how it should be taken. A good job, until the end, one of the shows worth seeing. Seriously, the geniuses at Netflix took it out of Europe, and they only do that with the good shows that are worth watching.
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7/10
Would have been a 10/10 if not for the ending
ignalilad8 September 2021
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This show is a gem! I highly recommend. It makes you stick around if you're picky with your kdramas like me. The actress really put herself out there, I actually believed her to be two different people and was very disappointed with the queen in the end for stealing Bong Hwan's thunder.

The last 10 minutes of the show was a let down for me. I mean there were so many routes it could have followed. The king could have reincarnated as a girl in Bong Hwan's world and it would have been such a happy ending.

I get the concept and message that was being conveyed but still, they could have done better.

Regardless, a big thank you to the Mr Queen team for their outstanding performance and filling my life with glee for 20hrs+
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10/10
Fav kdrama all the time
mayshahrun17 February 2021
The best 100%👍💕 i love it so much.The chemistry between the two leads just too good 1000 percent. I love the side characters to because they all have their own charms in this drama.The plot itself is very very interesting.So refreshing and funny😂 I can fell many emotions while watching this series.I have watched many k dramas but this drama is in top 1 for me. I hope to see the two main leads to starring in new drama again together.💖
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7/10
A fine romance with a difference
wheatley-2023028 March 2023
As this series finished the strongest impression it left with me was the romantic triumph against all the odds. That meant I had a smile on my face and felt glad that I had watched it.

The two leads gave us a gloriously mismatched couple that somehow found love regardless. I am a sucker for such a story!

During the journey the mismatched couple took us on towards that ending they generated quite a lot of laughs. Not every comedic effort found its mark, but enough did.

Unfortunately the excitement that the plot should have generated never quite materialised.

So while this never quite achieves the high standards of the best korean dramas it was good enough to justify a watch.
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2/10
Very disappointing
robertcairnduff-5674823 February 2023
I am very disappointed with my fellow reviewers. On the strength of your effusive praise, I stuck with Mr Queen for 10 episodes. I don't know why so many people liked this bland, repetitive, confusing show. The actors try their best but they have nothing to work with.

The intrigue is nonexistent. The baddies and goodies are indistinguishable. The comic moments forced and childish. The romance is utterly uninteresting.

I can only assume that this is one of several Korean gender-swap romcoms to cater for the suppressed LGBTQ+ community. Oh look, a transman is romantically linked with a cisman... giggle, giggle.

That's the only reason I can think of.

Reviewers, I want my 10 hours back!
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