TV Drama Review #220 - You're Beautiful 是美男啊

No.of Epis: 16
Year/TV Station: 2009/SBS
Cast:
Jang Geun Suk ~ Hwang Tae Kyung
Park Shin Hye ~ Go Mi Nam/ Go Mi Nyu
Lee Hong Ki (F.T.Island) ~ Kang On Yu Jeremy
Jung Yong Hwa ~ Kang Shin Woo
UEE (After School) ~ Yoo He Yi
Synopsis:
Tae Kyung, Jeremy & Shin Woo are members of pop rock band A.N.Jell. Their manager is finding them a new member, and he's Go Mi Nam. However, Mi Nam suffers from an injury at the last minute and his manager has to find his sister Mi Nyu to replace him temporary. Mi Nyu, who is an apprentice nun, disguises herself as Mi Nam and starts living with the guys in their house. Mi Nyu starts to fall for Tae Kyung, while Shin Woo realises that Mi Nyu is actually a girl. Soon, Tae Kyung also knows this secret, while Yoo He Yi, another pop star, threatens to spill the secret out and thus, Tae Kyung has to fake his relationship with her.
Slacker's review:

"You're Beautiful"has a very idol-themed storyline, but its surprisingly good. The storyline was refreshing, thanks to the Hong sisters. It's fun to see Tae Kyung struggling with his feelings, and it's exciting to see him jealous over Mi Nyu. Hehe! The main characters were quite distinctive in terms of character. Tae Kyung was the emo guy, arrogant & cynical, but he's very serious about his music. Jeremy was the "cutie pie" here, outgoing & quirky. Shin Woo was like their in between, more level-headed, calm & thoughtful. Mi Nyu has to juggle with her male role, and it's quite funny to see her in all sorts of trouble. The only thing I did not like was Tae Kyung-his mum-Mi Nyu plot. It's just too cliched to add this kind of storyline la.
Jang Geun Suk definitely delivers this time round. It's so much better than his role in "Beethoven Virus". (Ok la, he's nt the main guy there~) Besides his odd hairstyles, I thought I really enjoyed his performance. JGS can sing, and he got the idol look. What's more? Tae Kyung is pretty much a self-conflicted person, especially with his feelings. (Stubborn guys just don't like to admit la~) Anyway, loved all his scenes with Mi Nyu, and his chemistry with Park Shin Hye was great.
Ms Park has never impressed me much with her acting, but I thought she was great here! The switching gender role definitely gave her lots of opportunities to perform well. This "girl disguise as boy" thingy is not new in Kdrama, but there are new elements in Mi Nyu. Her formal Korean sounds so cool...haha! To be honest, Ms Park still looked girlish with her boyish haircut, and her voice was not very toned down, a little unconvincing here, but I guessed the scriptwriters wanted the guys to find out her true identity soon la.
The lead singer of pop rock band F.T. Island was such a funny guy as Jeremy! Hong Ki looked so different leh! Please return to ur normal look soon~ It's a pity Jeremy was a support role in the drama, and his scenes were not a lot. Anyway, I enjoyed all his quirky scenes with Mi Nyu :)
Jung Yong Hwa is very new to me, and his performance was not too bad. There were many ppl shipping for Shin Woo & Mi Nyu, but we knew that the chance for tt to happen is pretty lo~ (I am TK-MN shipper..paiseh~) Shin Woo was the gentleman in the drama, and he's super understanding to the girl, but the guy who loses out always try to snatch the girl away by some methods. Anyway, he's not a baddie here.
Finally, we got another real idol from After School. UEE is pretty famous nowadays, and surprisingly, her acting was not too bad for a newbie, though she cld be quite expressionless. I nv liked Yoo He Yi from day 1, coz' she's always snatching our TK away from MN! Well, in the end, she shifted her attention to the real Mi Nam, damn funny la.
The OSTs for the drama were pretty good, even Park Shin Hye sings well. There are songs from A.N.Jell & the main leads. Do give them a try~