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It's Okay to Not Be Okay

Created by Jo Yong · 2020 ·

Answer Summary: Is It's Okay to Not Be Okay worth watching?

It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020) earns a 87% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended overall. Created by Jo Yong; stream on Netflix.

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Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, IMDb, fan). See how we calculate scores.

87%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Averaged from 5 sources

90%Critic Score
93%Audience
79Metascore
8.6IMDb /10
88%Fan Score
Seasons
1 · 16 episodes
Network
Netflix
Streaming
Netflix
Cast
Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Yea-ji, Oh Jung-se, Park Gyu-young
Country
South Korea
Language
Korean

Where to watch It's Okay to Not Be Okay

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Is It's Okay to Not Be Okay worth watching?

Yes — It's Okay to Not Be Okay earns a 87% Celluloid Score. Recommended, created by Jo Yong and streaming on Netflix.

Critics Consensus

A ravishing, emotionally serious romance about damage and repair — Seo Yea-ji and Kim Soo-hyun are magnetic, and Oh Jung-se grounds a show that could easily have floated away on style alone.

Celluloid Critics Consensus

What is It's Okay to Not Be Okay about?

Moon Gang-tae has spent his adult life as a caretaker on a psychiatric ward and a full-time guardian to his autistic older brother, packing up and moving towns whenever the past catches up with them. Ko Mun-yeong writes beautiful, brutal children's books and has been told since childhood that she is incapable of love. Their collision is prickly, charged and unexpectedly healing, told through dark fairy tales that keep circling one shared wound.

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It's Okay to Not Be Okay Review (2020): Is It Worth Watching?

Jo Yong's It's Okay to Not Be Okay (2020) runs 1 season, 16 episodes on Netflix — a drama series from South Korea carrying a 87% Celluloid Score.

Essential television — one of the best in its genre.

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Yes — It's Okay to Not Be Okay earns a 87% Celluloid Score (Recommended), averaged from critic 90%, audience 93%, Metascore 79/100, IMDb 8.6/10, and fan 88%. A ravishing, emotionally serious romance about damage and repair — Seo Yea-ji and Kim Soo-hyun are magnetic, and Oh Jung-se grounds a show that could easily have floated away on style alone.