My ID Is Gangnam Beauty Review (2018): Is It Worth Watching?
★★★½☆ 3.5/5
Worth watching if the premise appeals.
Where to watch My ID Is Gangnam Beauty
Streaming: Netflix, Viki, Kocowa
By region: Netflix, Viki, Kocowa in the United States; Netflix, Kocowa in the United Kingdom; Netflix, iflix, HBO Max in Indonesia; Netflix in India
Full scores & availability on the series page.
Is My ID Is Gangnam Beauty worth watching?
Yes — My ID Is Gangnam Beauty is worth watching, holding a 65/100 Celluloid Editorial Rating and 80% Audience Snapshot on Celluloid. Its 67% Celluloid Score combines Celluloid editorial, Metascore (57), IMDb (7.2/10), and aggregated fan rating (74%), with audience sentiment shown separately.
Created by Choi Soo-young, My ID Is Gangnam Beauty ran 1 season, 16 episodes on Netflix in Korean, from South Korea. My ID Is Gangnam Beauty has ended, so you can watch the complete story without waiting on a renewal.
What is My ID Is Gangnam Beauty about?
Bullied for her face throughout school, a chemistry freshman starts university with surgery behind her and a new label attached: the campus’s Gangnam beauty, pretty but assumed fake. A classmate from her middle-school years, blunt and allergic to flattery, is the one person who treats her exactly as he always did. What follows is less a makeover fantasy than a study of how appearance judgements survive the operating table.
Celluloid verdict: Slight and occasionally too tidy, but sharper than its logline suggests — the drama treats plastic surgery as a symptom rather than a punchline, and Im Soo-hyang gives the self-doubt genuine texture. The cast is led by Im Soo-hyang, Cha Eun-woo, Jo Woo-ri, Kwak Dong-yeon, Park Yoo-na.
How many seasons of My ID Is Gangnam Beauty are there, and where do I start?
My ID Is Gangnam Beauty has 1 season, 16 episodes, and there is no reason to start anywhere but the first episode. At 1 season, 16 episodes, it is a single-season commitment you can finish in a week. The series page breaks the 67% Celluloid Score into its four rating inputs plus the separate audience snapshot so you can see exactly where the rating inputs and audience snapshot differ before committing.
Where can I watch My ID Is Gangnam Beauty?
My ID Is Gangnam Beauty is carried by Netflix, though rights are licensed by territory and change often. Check the Netflix hub for everything else on the same service, and the series page for the regions where Celluloid has confirmed availability.
What should I watch after My ID Is Gangnam Beauty?
If it lands, try When Life Gives You Tangerines (93%), Reply 1988 (92%), Crash Landing on You (91%) next — same shelf, comparable scores. You can also browse all romance series, everything from South Korea, or the year it premiered.
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Streaming: Netflix, Viki, Kocowa. Regional notes: Netflix, Viki, Kocowa in the United States; Netflix, Kocowa in the United Kingdom; Netflix, iflix, HBO Max in Indonesia; Netflix in India.