Show is a sweet little ball of fluff that is funny, silly and sometimes quite ridiculous, but is, at its heart, warm, poignant and hopeful.
Our OTP is winsome and cute, and the secondary characters make a great little found family, but, for me, it’s Uhm Tae Goo as our titular sweet mobster that just makes the show, for me. 🤩
A tiny touch uneven in spots, but overall, this one’s easy (and fun!) to slurp up. 🥰
THE SHORT VERDICT:
Beauty Inside basically takes Dramaland’s recent-ish penchant for rom-coms with a distinct fantasy twist, deftly mashes it with a well-rounded, well-executed collection of classic rom-com tropes, casts two very capable and very attractive actors as our leads, and then scores it all with a very enjoyable OST sprinkled with everything from cheery-breezy tracks, to wistful-plaintive ballads, to big love anthems.
When Show is cute, it’s very cute, and when it’s angsty, happily, the angst doesn’t actually last very long. Seo Hyun Jin and Lee Min Ki are very good separately and together, and they bring enough goodies to the table that I feel content not to be too nitpicky about Show’s flaws.
Just know that Show doesn’t try to be something deeper, and also, sometimes logic is a bit of a.. stretch. But hey, fantasy romance after all, right?
A good pick for when you’re in the mood to switch off the ol’ brain and sink into a good ol’ kdrama rom-com.