200 Pounds Beauty
Quite obvious from the title of the movie, it's about a 200 pounds girl.
Lead character, Kang Han-Na is a big girl with a warm heart. She wasn't blessed with great looks or a fabulous hot bod, but she have a very good voice.
Because of her physical constraints, she could only lip sync for the sexy 'singer' Ammy (A pretty girl who can't sing a proper note to save her own ass). She could very well leave this job because Ammy was always nasty to her (despite the fact that she really needed Han-Na to sing for her.), but there was one person who kept her firm in her position. It was Sang Jun, Ammy's suave music producer.
Han-Na loves Sang Jun, but of course, it is one-sided. One day, Han-Na receives a package from Sang Jun - a red sexy dress and an invitation to his birthday party. Han-Na was not willing to wear the red dress but did not want to disappoint Sang Jun, and so she turned up at the birthday party in the dress looking like a red Michelin. Sorry to say that..
In actual fact, the package was not sent by Sang Jun, but by Ammy. To Han-Na's horror,the petite Ammy turned up in the same outfit revealing much sexy curves. It was the same night when she overheard Ammy insulting her in front of Sang Jun and how Sang Jun, in actual fact, found Han-Na irritating and ugly.
After that night, Han-Na made a decision. She will have a make-over. She wants to live a life that she was deprived of due to her looks. Her one year disappearance to have a total make-over led to the downfall of Ammy's career as Sang Jun could found no other girl who could sing as well as Han-Na.
After gaining a beautiful appearance, Han-Na takes on a new identity as Jenny, and decide to give her shot at singing again. This time, she wants to be the one dancing and singing on the stage, in front of everyone. She went back to Sang Jun, and Sang Jun was of course more than happy to welcome a new pretty girl who could actually sing. Ammy was then left sitting at the bench while she watched the new girl Jenny slowly gaining popularity with her beautiful face and marvelous voice.
While the new face open up a new world for her, where she was forgiven for the mistakes she make, get the men she desires and being able to perform on stage, she started to lose who she really is. She did not dare to acknowledge her father and best friend, for the fear that her real identity as the fat and ugly Kang Han-Na would be revealed.
This movie is able to bring a complex issue onto the audience and present it in such a warm, light-hearted and understanding manner. At first, I thought I would be in for a superficial and callous movie about plastic surgery. OH was I ever more wrong. 200 Pound Beauty manages to capture the complexity of the issue without it ever bearing down on the film. It is an extremely funny, witty and light-hearted commentary on the trend of plastic surgery in Korea. And it does so with grace, respect and understanding of the subject matter.
There's a really nice song in the show: Maria
This song had an English version too. But for the movie, they made it into Korean. It is sang by the actress herself.
Another nice song in the show: Stars
This is a short version, cant find the long one..but her voice is really nice.
Ahh, this show is really worth watching. Today was a full house at the cinema at Cathay House when I watched it. It was constantly filled with laughters, "aww..so poor thing", "damn that jerk!" and quite a bit of sniffles. The girl next to me cried.
I guess the part of being insecure with being who we are touches everyone in some way or another. Great show, gotta catch it man!
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