First, the plot is good. If the previous 1997 was about love and 1994 was about friendship, then the main theme of 1988 is affection. The affection here is not only the emotional connection within the family, but also the warmth between the neighbors. In 1980s, there were five families in Shuangmendong, Feng Dao District, Seoul. Some of them are poor, some are rich, some are incomplete and some are complete. Children are familiar with each other, and their peers are friends from childhood to adulthood. Adults support each other without prejudice. For example, in the first episode, at dinner time, every family will let their children drop by at the dinner table with their own dishes, and this family will send a little and take a little. Originally, the dishes that were not rich suddenly increased, and neighborhood harmony was a unique feature of that era. As for the family, parents may love their children in different forms, but they are all equally profound. Just like Deshan, as the second child in the family, his birthday will always be put together with his sister's. His powerful sister has to give way to his younger brother in food, which seems to be the least loved by his parents among the three children in the family, but in fact, his parents are not completely ignorant of this, and they also feel guilty. What they can give their children is too limited. And children gradually understand their parents' world in their lives. At grandma's funeral, Deshan understood the sad forms of adults. The world of adults may be more cruel, but it is not without warmth. In this way, you come and go to life, but let the audience appreciate the true meaning of life.
The second is nostalgia. The series Please Answer has always followed the style of "iron parents, floating children", and the two standard "parents" faces of Chengdong Ri and Li Rihua are very popular among the old fans of the series. The makeup styles of other actors are also very contemporary. Unlike many other Korean film and television works, which pursue the standard of "the beauty of actors in the lens", the actors in Please Answer 1988 are more down-to-earth, simple and life-oriented, as if they are really watching the daily life of so many families, and naturally they are not artificial. Many elements in the play are also very touching, such as Chow Yun Fat, Leslie Cheung, Korean Olympic Games and student movements, which were popular on TV at that time. These are closely related to the time axis, which makes people re-examine those good times that have passed away.
So please answer 1988 to have such a high evaluation.