Don't Believe the Hype

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Well, I saw the original version from Korea, and this one i recently discover it in Netflix... I'm still watching it, so, I hope the same quality, and to shed the same tears as I did with the original, because the story is tender at the same time is original and deep.Maybe I'm so into dramas and movies from Korea, but at the moment, I'm not so into the adaptations that are out there, but again, I'm hoping this movie to be better than I expect.Sorry for my lousy English... still learning.

I expected a lot because of the previous reviews. After seeing the movie I was surprised... The movie is full of cliché and bad acting. Since the beginning it was easy to predict what would follow. I also annoyed me with the super kitschy love conversations. Do not waste your time with this.

I've seen the original Korean 2011 movie ('Always'; aka 'Always Only You') which was equally as beautiful as this 2014 remake. BOTH films deserving to be seen because BOTH male actors are sublime. BUT in the Turkish version I have to say that Belcim Bilgin (who played 'Hazal') was streets ahead of Han Hyo-ju who played the female lead ('Jeong-hwa') in the Korean version 'Always'. Han Hyo-ju just didn't really put across the blind young woman longing for love and acceptance to the same level as Belcim Bilgin; the latter really made you believe she was genuinely blind, genuinely desperate to reach past the harsh walls that Ali had raised around himself, let alone his heart - someone who honestly saw the tortured soul beneath the silent, sullen exterior and wanted to soothe him.Even though I truly adore So Ji-seob ('Cheol-min' in 'Always') and have seen so many of his wonderful dramas and movies, I have to say that Ibrahim Celikkol (as 'Ali' in 'Sadece Sen') absolutely nailed the tortured, introverted, wracked with guilt male lead in a way that, sadly, So Ji-seob just didn't manage. Don't get me wrong So was excellent and had moments where his emotions bettered Celikkol's, but on the whole the latter's portrayal definitely was so much better than So's. Celikkol's whole body language screamed of a man that didn't feel he was worthy of anything, let alone love.There were moments where one actor outdid the other, moments when you would think 'So Ji-seob was SO much better there; or Ibrahim Celikkol nailed that far better than So'; but in the end Celikkol truly nailed the character. Overall BOTH movies really deserve to be seen - I honestly cannot stress that enough. BUT if you're going to watch one first (or only watch one) then watch 'Sedece Sen', you won't regret it. But do try to see 'Always' too - it's just as good, background actors are better than those in 'Sedece Sen'; and, as it was the first of these wonderful, sublime and repeatedly watchable movies, you have to know without it you wouldn't have this winner either.

At the beginning, the movie was not on my "Movies to be watched" list till I see the first 15 minutes of the movie on TV. Then I added it on the list by 1st place. I was expecting a drama combined with a love story like a classic "Turkish Romance Movie", till I started to watch. The result was unexpected. Every 10 minutes for last 50 minutes you are thinking about end of movie, but the end of story always changes somehow. The stars acted amazing, can't be expected more. Definitely, it will be my number 1 Turkish movie after now. Must see with your lover to make more sense. Story was also amazing. Just one bad thing, typical Turkish Movie Coincidences happens as blind woman takes a chance to see again, the man tries to find a way to make it happen, they coincidently get meet somehow in a hospital after a year, etc... I and my sister was crying and said each other, why we did it to ourselves, we must watch the movie with our lovers! Give it a blind shot and see the movie with your lover, seriously!