TMDB It's Okay to Not Be Okay
Created by Jo Yong · 2020 ·
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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Where to watch It's Okay to Not Be Okay
It's Okay to Not Be Okay is catalogued under Netflix — confirm current regional rights on the platform.
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.
Critic Reviews
It's Okay to Not Be Okay Review (2020): Is It Worth Watching?
★★★★½
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.
It's Okay to Not Be Okay scores 87% because all five independent sources agree: critics 90%, audiences 93%, Metacritic 79/100, IMDb 8.6/10 and fan ratings 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. See the full breakdown on the It's Okay to Not Be Okay series page.
No — It's Okay to Not Be Okay is not on Prime Video. It streams on Netflix, and on Celluloid it is catalogued under Netflix. Streaming rights rotate by country, so confirm in your region before subscribing.
Yes — It's Okay to Not Be Okay is available on Netflix in many regions (catalogued under Netflix on Celluloid). Rights differ by country; confirm in the Netflix app or the where-to-watch notes.
It's Okay to Not Be Okay first aired in 2020 (2020). Created by Jo Yong; it streams on Netflix today.
It's Okay to Not Be Okay has 1 season across 16 episodes (2020). Status: ended / complete.
At roughly 40–50 minutes per episode, It's Okay to Not Be Okay’s 16 episodes take roughly 12 hours of runtime (plus credits). Binge pace depends on season breaks.
It's Okay to Not Be Okay streams on Netflix in supported regions. On Celluloid it is catalogued under Netflix. Rights rotate — confirm in your country on the platform app.
It's Okay to Not Be Okay stars Kim Soo-hyun, Seo Yea-ji, Oh Jung-se, Park Gyu-young. Created by Jo Yong.
It's Okay to Not Be Okay has 16 episodes across 1 season (2020).
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…
It's Okay to Not Be Okay was created by Jo Yong. It is a drama, romance, psychological series from South Korea, primarily in Korean.