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200 Pounds Beauty

200 Pounds Beauty (2006)

December. 14,2006
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6.7
| Drama Comedy Romance

Based on a Japanese manga, Kanna-San, Daiseikou Desu, this story revolves around Kang Han-na, an overweight phone sex employee and secret vocalist for Ammy, a famous Korean pop singer who actually lip syncs as she cannot sing. After getting humilitated publicly by an ungrateful Ammy, Han-na undergoes an extreme makeover to become a pop sensation herself.

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CommentsXp
2006/12/14

Best movie ever!

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RipDelight
2006/12/15

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

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Megamind
2006/12/16

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

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Forumrxes
2006/12/17

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

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jessy zaki
2006/12/18

At first i thought it was a rip off Shallow Hal or at least it would be a usual cliched romcom. Instead, i found a real message through a simple and lighthearted plot. Yes, i know it has some silly moments, but we can overlook them as the whole experience of this feel-good movie is worth watching. Kim Ah Jung-in her first role-fits the role of the cute Hanna and the beautiful Jenny perfectly. She did all the songs by herself, despite not being a singer. I like all the songs. my favourit is Maria, which is originally by Blondie. Actually the songs topped the Korean charts at that year. "200 pounds beauty" was a super hit and won many awards and nominations including best actress and best film, so watch it. It is really a sweet one.

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Paul Magne Haakonsen
2006/12/19

"200 Pounds Beauty" (aka "Minyeo-neun goerowo") sort of is a modern day Cinderella story, although with a twist. And it does differentiate itself from the numerous South Korean romantic comedy movies, which in itself in an impressive feat.Director Yong-Hwa Kim has managed to put together a great romantic comedy that didn't follow the standard recipe of how to make a successful rom-com. As such, "200 Pounds Beauty" was a nice breath of fresh air to the genre.Think Cinderella and you have the core essence of the movie. Han-na (played by Ah-Jung Kim) is a large singer who is doing the singing for a lip syncing popstar, hidden away because of her size and appearance. Undergoing full cosmetic surgery Han-na becomes everything she dreamed of, but she loses herself along the way and turns into what she always hated.This comedy is not the kind that will leave you flat out laughing, but instead it is a good story with subtle comedy that will make you feel good. The nice storyline is accompanied by equally nice acting performances.A big thumbs up to Ah-Jung Kim for her performance in this movie. She really did carry the movie quite nicely."200 Pounds Beauty" is a benchmark in the South Korean romantic comedy genre, and it is a must watch if you enjoy this particular genre. It is a beautiful movie that will leave a lasting impression. Highly recommended that you sit down to watch this movie.

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madatem
2006/12/20

First of all, I had to stop the film just to look this up on IMDb. Imagine my shock and awe when I saw the "excuse me for being crass" absolute morons that wrote long and disgusting reviews. Raymond-lanier even shared this gem with a child. So much for "anyone can breed" theories. I can't really say it better than Proterozoic did. I can't really say it as nicely as he did so I will leave the review to him/her. I say this because I would like to pull every hair out of all your heads who gave this more than 1 star. Only because I couldn't give it a minus star. You see, I don't have the patience or couth that Proterozoic displays. I can imagine how anyone would feel looking at this film and the reviews having a weight problem. You really have to be scraping the bottom of the barrel for this one. I know the culture looks at fat people as suicidal and you have proved that the good ole USA see's it the same way. Better dead than fat. I have got to admit after my rant that the only thing that disgusted me more than the movie were all your reviews.

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helmutty
2006/12/21

For a month, I had been deciding whether I should watch this or skip it. I heard some friends wanted to watch this movie. Until now, I decided that I will give a shot. Amazing, I thought it is sightly funny which I thought by watching the trailers, it will be full of sexual jokes. It was what I thought. The story is about a fat woman, which is disgusting, falls for a young charming man and the point is she can sing. She is the voice for the sexy Ammy which only knows how to dance. Sang-joong is the producer of the show and has some feelings for the fat woman, Hanna. Hanna wants to slim down herself to save her life. After a hard year, she goes out, becoming the beautiful woman in everybody's eyes. That is funny. You then will see the victims caught, trying to care for her after seeing her. There may be some funny moments but in the same time, there is some touching moments too.I heard it was based on the Japanese comic. Either you like seeing comic-to-film, you don't mind about watching this or you like seeing fat chicks getting slim, this is for you.

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