User Reviews

This series has a sophisticated, atmospheric magic blended with real life traumas and believable characters. People in the drama is flawed, but relatable and likeable.

In "The Atypical Family" story as well as character development expands with an atmosphere - the colour tones, the music scores as well as sound design, and the easily flowing caesural pauses allowing the viewers to take in the vastness of the scene settings, the seriousness of the situations. One could almost compare this drama to a poetry. Actors and their characters are allowed pauses to think, not to say that they're slow, on the contrary, it makes them and their choices more believable.

The script and most chosen actors are spectacular in their roles. The characters are written as smart, thinking, conniving ones, not by making others extremely dull and stupid, but by letting them make smart decisions, allowing them to have multiple purposes. Not a single person here is B&W, they all have their own personal colour pallets.

For now (6th episode) I could name only one major drawback - the ML's sister. Her character is overweight, but acted by a slim actress, which makes her movements and mannerisms not genuine and weird.

All in all I find the story refreshing and interesting, the clashing of one dysfunctional family with a fake united one, the deadpan comedy, the pain of trauma and not managing to let go of the past.

I can empathize with the characters as I have depression, anxiety, and multiple health issues. They are people who are unable to perform to the best of their ability and they just happen to be have super powers.

The "fat" sister is wholly unbelievable. No one spends the rent money on food. No fat person is constantly thinking of eating...they just become fat because of various issues, usually related to health.

My issue is with the "mysterious" woman who saves the main character from drowning. It appeared to be happenstance that she was there at the beach, but then later it appeared to be some type of grift. I will continue to watch to see where this show is going with the plot.

First I saw some small clips uploaded in you tube and watched it , and again I came to see some more clips the it got my attention but don't pay heed much , but again the name which got hooked in ma mind suddenly been uploaded episode wise in some online streaming platform then I go check it out and then the ....... All magical things been going on in series, so I went on and on and literally, such a beautiful series was waiting for me to grab him and yes it found me . It was a really sweet , suits my type and meets my soul. All the stories, uniqueness the characters all have been portrayed in a very gentle flow and now I haven't completed it yet and I will soon complete it all, given a full rating as it deserved.

It's hard to believe that a story about a family with superpowers could be so boring. These people have NO charisma, except possibly the father, played by Oh Man-seok, who also plays the dad in SOMETHING ABOUT THE RAIN.

The character he plays here, I might add, is a total dud in the superpower department - therefore nobody pays much attention to him.

One of the reasons I like Oh Man-seok, other than his eternally cheerful demeanor, is because he's one of the few Korean actors in a major series with less than a lily-white complexion. Hey, Netflix, how about more brown-skinned Asian actors in your series? Thanks.

All the other members of this so-called family might just as well be strangers waiting at a bus stop-for all the interaction they have with their fellow kinfolk.

My main problem with this series is that it lacks any logical coherence whatsoever. Why is the family putting on an elaborate wedding--with no guests--mind you, when A) the groom didn't actually propose, and B) the bride never accepted the non-proposal? Did either of these two ever say? "I love you"? Did I miss something? This is the stiffest, least-convincing romance I've ever seen.

And each person in the family is aware that the marriage is a fraud, and an attempt to steal their money. And each one of them goes along with it. Really?

Then there's the matter of the depressed brother, Gwi-ju, who apparently needs to "save" someone. Poor Gwi-ju. It's hard for the viewers to care about a self-destructive, alcoholic ML with no charm, no hygiene, no sense of humor--who's also a mouth-breather. But I'm working on it.

While the series at first shows us how obsessed Gwi-ju is to "save" a certain dude he worked with, suddenly without any rhyme or reason the target of his obsession changes.

He's now set on "saving" Do Da-hae, a woman who's moved into the house under suspicious circumstances.

But as Ms. Do points out to Gwi-ju, in a rare display of logical thinking-rare for this series anyway--she doesn't need saving as she's a healthy, fully functioning woman. Therefore she must have survived whatever horrible, no good, very bad thing happened to her in the past. You know, that thing that Gwi-ju has a bee in his bonnet about-if you get my drift.

I can't imagine that the writers have answers to all these questions and will somehow put it all together in the end...If they do I'll revisit this review.

This review is for the 1st episode only.

I won't watch the rest, mainly due to the fact that if the writers and the cast are not able to capture the viewer's attention 30 minutes in, it's probably not worth the time to watch the rest.

Story and pace: It's more interesting to watch paint dry... Nothing of interest really happens...

Plot Development: Hard to determine after only one episode, but it seems they are going for Dark Comedy(?), but it wasn't really remotely funny... It seems they attempt to blend family drama, comedy, and superhero elements, but the mix doesn't always feel seamless.

EP 1&2 BORING AMD VERY SLOW...NO DIRECTION .. HE IS DEPRESSED, FAMILY WANTS TO CONTINUE SUPERPOWERS BUT WHERE IS THIS HEADED?? TOO BAD WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

If you want to engage the viewers there should be don't dwell on one character who sets the tine to the entire show. This pulls you down pointlessly..I don't know how the average score is 8.5?

The character is so depressed there doesn't seem to be and end in sight. Totally disengaging the viewers ..make it livelier and get him out of that rut FAST..TOO DEPRESSING ..

IF THE MAIN PLOT IS ABOUT SUPERPOWERS THERE SURE ISN'T ANY INDICATION.