if you like rom-coms true beauty is a must watch
I loved this drama! It may seem like your typical cliche drama, but the story actually builds quite nicely. I liked how there were serious topics being brought up, while the comedy level wasn't lacking and was compensating for all the underlying sadness. Plus, (I don't want to sound cheesy but..) the level of cute high school romance was enough to give me butterflies. Anyway, I almost never cry when I'm watching a movie or a drama, but unexpectedly, I cried for this one. This made me realize how much the characters grew on me and how much I loved True Beauty. All of the cast members did so great with this drama, almost to the point where I didn't feel like they were acting at all. Ga Young, Eun Woo and In Yeop have seriously grown on me and I will continue to keep tabs on them.This drama is for sure a must watch and should be put onto your watchlists, but there were some areas I wish they did better on. One major thing is that the supporting characters are really underdeveloped. Other than being friends with the main cast or going to the same school, the viewers don't know anything about them. It didn't affect the storyline or cause confusion, I just wished we got to know the supporting characters too, since they also play a big part. Another downside is that the beginning and the end of the drama were the best parts. The middle was a little uneventful and it made the drama seem heavy at times (if that makes sense). Regardless, you should watch it! There are so many references (to other movies and dramas) and familiar faces (guest actors) that made a cherry on top. So get your stuff together and start binging.
(I didn't read the web-toon)
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It could have been better
I like the idea that someone turned a bully situation into something empowering. However, they made the lead female character so silly and childish. So clumsy and dingy!!! WHY??? Why must we make women seem so chaotic while the male characters get to walk around mature and cool. She was either falling into someone, falling on the ground, running into something or getting hurt. None of it was funny!!!It's like watching a 10-year-old the entire time! Why is she always talking like a kid and babbling on??!!!! These types of movies annoy me.
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Cha Eun Woo's acting wasn't much of my cup of tea. But I can see him improving in future. He was so handsome on screen I got distracted half of the time. Especially in Ep 16, his visual was just on fire. I felt he was very stiff in most scenes. Wish he could improve more because he looked like he was working hard.
Story wise I am more happy with the drama than the webtoon. They def did more justice to the characters and the plot than the manga.
Anyone who would like a nice easy rom com, def give it a try.
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A love triangle longer than my ugly wife makeup routine, with more drama than my last family dinner!
"True Beauty : 8.5/10 – A Glossy, Addictive Mess of Makeup, Meltdowns & Second-Lead Syndrome"WHY IT’S A GUILTY PLEASURE:
Cha Eun-woo’s visual explosion – Bro looks like he was hand-sculpted by angels (and acts like one too).
The makeup transformation scenes – From "closeted nerd" to "Instagram baddie" in 10 seconds flat.
Hwang In-yeop as Han Seo-jun – The tattooed, motorcycle-riding second lead who stole our souls. (RIP Team Suho.)
THE "GIRL, PLEASE" MOMENTS:
The endless love triangle – Dragged out like a BB cream tutorial.
The evil school bully – So over-the-top, she might as well have twirled a mustache.
That amnesia subplot – K-drama writers, I beg you… stop.
ICONIC SCENES:
The "bare face" reveal – Peak drama, peak second-hand embarrassment.
The rooftop confession – "I knew it was you!" [Cue sobbing].
Every. Single. Seo-jun. Scene. – We were robbed.
VERDICT:
"Like binge-eating cosmetic store samples—questionable choices, but oh-so-fun." Watch if: You live for high school drama, makeup ASMR, and painful love triangles. Skip if: You can’t handle second-lead syndrome or plot holes the size of a contour palette.
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Started good, but ended weakly
I walked into true beauty not expecting much, but right off the bat I was introduced to a colorful cast, big personalities, and an easy to follow and pleasant storyline. I began enjoying it a lot and it quickly rose to become one of my favorite kdramas. In the beginning what charmed me about true beauty is that it knew it was cliche and used that to its comedic advantage and didn't take itself too seriously which allowed me to enjoy the cliches. This ended up being its undoing later, but I'll get to that.also one thing i'll (SPOILER) is that I try not to fall for the second lead/ship him with the female lead because they usually don't get the girl, but HAN SEO JUN. I seriously fell in love, he quickly became my favorite kdrama character EVER. And his chemistry with the female lead jugyoung (gayoung) was off the charts, seriously one of the best I've seen in kdramas period. It made watching true beauty ten times better for me :)
But alas the things that made true beauty charming didn't last. You see true beauty never had outstanding writing, but it was enjoyable and it made sense, plus the characters and ost made up for it, but about halfway through the show true beauty started to go downhill in the writing and production. The writing increasingly didn't make sense and had characters act weirdly, it even made characters I liked in the beginning dislikable for me : / an example is with the male lead suho who i adored episode 1-5, liked episode 6-7, felt okay with ep 8, and straight up disliked ep 9 to the end. It's even worse when you used to like the character or especially when he is the main character. (SPOILER) Just the way writers wrote him as possessive, and downplayed it as romantic did not sit right with me, the way the writers wrote him it seemed as if he was more focused or acted/thought that "jugyoung is mine" which I hate that mentality. Even if the writers didn't have him explicitly say it, his actions implied it. So sadly that ruined his character and the main ship for me : /
not to mention that this show is heavily promoted as a love triangle but it is not! it is very much centralized on suho and jugyoung, and the writers do not give seojun a real chance (like bringing in suho between every seojun jugyoung scene lol), but the most disappointing thing for me was that they did not include the seojun jugyoung relationship from the webtoon. also if the time skip was gonna happen and they kept seojun's feelings idk why they didn't go that route (honestly they were probably too scared to haha). but honestly its disappointing that they removed an entire relationship (and the only one) from the webtoon to the drama. :(
ok now onto the title 'true beauty'. what initially attracted me to the webtoon was the title and the concept of inner beauty and societal standards and what not. but in reality that is not the real focus of the drama. the drama focuses more on the love triangle, and at most points inner beauty is pushed to the beginning and the climax. i would've liked to see an actual journey and focus on the growth, but the show didn't let us see jugyoung's growth and instead wrote a rushed sudden confidence burst. (now i'm all for gained confidence), but the message wasn't there. for people who relate to jugyoung i don't think that it portrayed realistic growth or self-love. it is hard it is a process, it doesn't happen overnight, and most importantly it doesn't come from what others tell you (though compliments are nice) it comes from accepting yourself and forgiving yourself which is HARD. just writing this because the title indicates much larger of a focus than there actually is in the show, and there is no strong or impactful message on "true beauty".
lastly the writing. i mentioned earlier that in the beginning the show didn't take itself seriously in a charming way. later on that ended up biting it back because it started taking itself seriously in the worst way. the writing became cliche and it didn't make sense. they would create drama and drag it over four episodes only to leave the last two for a rushed ending. the show was doing so well with pacing that it really was remarkable how bad the pacing got.
the worst part about true beauty is that it started off so strong but started downward spiraling to a weak ending. if the ending and later half of the drama was better this would probably be one of my favorite kdramas ever.
though I do not regret the experience because through the first half of the drama I met many loveable characters, cried, laughed, and enjoyed myself :) i would suggest watching true beauty, just be prepared for a lotta frustration towards the end lol
ps: if you're like me and fell in love with han seojun (who wouldn't lol) then be prepared for heartbreak and frustration because tvn walked all over his character and gave him a mediocre but honestly unhappy ending (: lol not to be pessimistic though y'all have good taste ;)
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Light and fun drama, but not perfect.
Okay, first of all, don't expect a deep and meaningful story, it's a fun high school drama so don't take it too seriously. It has a few cliches but I still enjoyed it.As a reader of the webtoon I was really excited about the drama, but if you're a fan of the webtoon don't expect it to be the same. That being said, I REALLY enjoyed the changes they made, they made it more dramatic in terms of the story between Suho and his father and the story behind Seyoon. I also liked that they gave more focus on Jugyeong liking make up and pursuing that career, something they kinda forgot about on the webtoon. And something more I also really liked, was the fact that Jugyeong could overcome her issue with her bare face, even if it wasn't the best way (hello? dermstologist?)
As #TeamSuho I was greatly pleased they actually dating in the drama. Eunwoo's and Gayoung's scenes are really cute and I love their chemestry. We love realistic dating in dramas, holding hands, hugging and kissing goodbye.
But I think we can all agree that Seojun is the best boy. He started off rude and not very forgiving, giving a hard time to Suho, but after the accident he was just the best and always chose to respect Suho AND Jugyeong. I wish we could've seen more of his friendship with Suho :(
The last two episodes really took it downwards for me. I really liked it up till episode 14, even the first part of 15 but they just ruined it with Suho coming back and acting like nothing happened. I love Suho but it left a bad taste :/ How can he just expect everything to be the same? His first reactiong wasn't even to apologize.
As I said before, I'm Team Suho, and I'm happy they got back together, I get why they broke up, and it's okay for Jugyeong to give him a second chance, but that treatment Seojun got? It's just wrong :(
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At first, it was okay. They showed Jukyung’s back story which is good because they didn’t specify in webtoon (maybe they did but i stopped reading). I liked the beginning but it starts to go downhill. The plot was the same as other kdramas. The acting was a lil cringey imo. I dont know why they made Mun Ka Young’s voice like that. It doesn’t really suit her. She was talking in baby voice which kind of annoyed me. Eunwoo needs to get casted with different roles. His roles are always the same, stalker type roles. Seo joon deserves better because he was waiting for Jukyung but she still went back to the boy who ghosted her for 2 years. Overall I didn’t really like the drama. The webtoon has been going on for long that they’re stretching it out. But if you like these type of dramas then maybe you should check it out.Was this review helpful to you?
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Hilarious Coming of Age Stuck-Between-Two-Loves Drama
I was going to just try one episode because i heard people is watching it right now. But the plot is funny enough to continue for another episode.As i watch it, i fell in love with Su Ho character first. The possessive behavior is cute. The longer you watch into later episodes, the scenes are even more funnier, it made my stomach hurt from laughing. The other boy interest is showing his fun part too later on in the process.
I’d say this is one of the drama i will re watch later for its funny scenes, reminds me of Reply 1988 masterpiece for its family daily shennanigans. Worth your time!
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Usual cliché teen ron-com drama.
It's kinda fun and entertaining in the beginning, but became so boring. I actually like the message that going to be delivered from this drama, but it didn't conveyed well, and turned out like usual cliché teen ron-com drama (Well, I shouldn't expect too high for romantic comedy drama since the first).I like Soo Jin character the most, her building character was great at the beginning, which is pity because the writer did her dirty after that. Luckily, she 'repented' at the end of the episode. If not, I might have rated it 2.
Also, they seems to make Seojun only for baiting viewers, he definitely deserves more. Poor him.
The cast did great job with their acting. However, the romance part annoyed me the most, because it was too mature and childish at the same time. I think Asian high school students usually don't do romantic things like that lmao.
The episode is too much, it should be ended with 10 ep only, no need to be rambling and get to the point of the message that want to convey. The school life also portrayed unrealistically.
Well, beside that, I like the ost so much, especially Starlight by Cha Ni.
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Didn't like it much
I'm honestly saying I don't really get the hype. I enjoyed it as a mindless free time activity, but I can't say it was good. The whole story was extremely cliché and exaggerated and damn it was mad annoying at times. Like for example, the main girl's friend got mad at her bc she didn't tell her she was "ugly" under the make-up like?? does she need to do that lmfao?? But yes if you like really easily digestable dramas this one is for you I guess, but beware of unreasonable and over the top reactions.Was this review helpful to you?
Alright to start with but became boring later on...
Love the lead guy and the second guy....but the lead girl is too corny and way overdone with her childish acts. Even when she smiles it looks fake and forced.Apart from the lead girl, the casting was good, most of the supporting actors did a good job playing their roles. I certainly like the second guy, his acting was so great that I felt a second-lead syndrome.
Nothing in this drama that stands out from all the other romcom out there. I would not recommend this show unless you're desperate enough. If you're a Cha Eun-woo fan I suggest you watch "My ID is Gangnam Beauty" it's way better than this one by a mile.
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