Product Details

• Actors: Kim Ah Jung, Ju Jin Mo, Seo Yun
• Directors: Kim Yong hwa
• Format: DVD Region, NTSC, Widescreen, Subtitled
• Subtitles: English, Korean, Chinese
• Region: All Regions
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000Q5L9N6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,218 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Hanna is the famous Korean pop singer. She suffers from having extremely poor self-esteem, as she has been ignored because of her appearance. At last, she makes the decision of a lifetime to have full-body plastic surgery.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a sweet popcorn film, March 17, 2008

By	Blair Jones - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had no expectations of the film when i started to watch but the young girl who played Hanna was adorable and drew me in to caring what happened to her character. Yes it is a bit cliche and yes the premise of this film has been done several hundred times in different ways but I really liked the film. It has a very sincere message about being liked for who you are on the inside. Its a sweet piece of cinema and I will gladly watch it again on a rainy day when I don't want to think too hard.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifullly You, August 13, 2007

By	QuaChee "Dreamer Guy" - See all my reviews

Ive always loved Korean movies - they have a very refreshing theme. This movie is wonderfully good - the best movie Ive watched this year so far!

Its about an overweight girl who had to loose weight just to get the attention - from the person she loves and for her career.

Of course, this fairy tale comedy turns out beautifully as expected, and there were many moments to shed tears where you can really feel for the girl in her journey of accepting herself from both before and after surgery.

With funny moments in between, this movie is a good movie to watch to inspire and be inspired, whether on a good or bad day.

Truly recommended :)

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars more to love, July 22, 2007

By	Daitokuji31 (Black Glass) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Anyone here a fan of Blues Traveler or at least familiar with the band? If so you might remember the video for the band's first hit "Run-around." In this video the band performs behind a wall while another "band" performs in front of the audience. With Popper weighing in at over three hundred pounds and the rest of the members not quite being eye candy, the audience is given the spectacle of a more eye appealing group. When I sat down to watch 200 Pound Beauty yesterday, it was this music video that popped into my head because this film follows the same "plot" of the music video.

Kang Han-na is a sweet woman who is blessed with an incredible voice which she uses to make a living as a phone sex operator and as a singer. However, the problem for her music producers is the fact that she is a large girl weighing in at around 200 pounds. Also, hampered by low self-esteem her grooming habits leave a bit to be desired so her image is even more hampered. However, they do not want to let go of her voice, so she is the voice of an ultra popular pop singer called Ammy who is thin and beautiful but who cannot sing a note. While not being completely content with her life, Kang Han-na gets by with the secret affection she holds for her manager Sang-jun. However, he little world is shattered at Sang-jun's birthday party when she overhears Sang-jun telling Ammy that he finds her to be hideous. At first Kang Han-na thinks of committing suicide, but instead she turns to a plastic surgeon whom is one of her phone sex customers for help. After "coercing" the man to help her, Han-na undergoes the surgery and, after a year of healing and exercise, has the bandages removed from her face revealing her new angelic looks. Armed now with beauty and thinness, Kang Han-na returns to the outside world and is determined to start a new life, but can she really shed the fact that she truly is Kang Han-na?

This type of film has been done many times before in several different countries: fat people become thin, nerds become suave playboys, etc. I was not really expecting too much from this film, but it does address body politics and the mass use of plastic surgery that is prevalent in South Korea. However, how is the character of Kang Han-na truly accepted into society as a whole? She is not accepted as an overweight girl, but in her new shiny pop star self. Does the film truly accept people of larger body types? I think not.