StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

thomas more horrible direction... bad acting... silly dialogs... there's not much to say about this film, except that it's a disaster from the beginning (except for the first 10 seconds, good shot there) till the end. and this coming from a great fan of kim ki duk's work, the premise is good but the film fails miserably to achieve any sensible result, it just drifts from one attempt to another without getting a good point - logical, aesthetic or anything at all. all "points" made by the film are pretty obvious, and silly, lacking any depth whatsoever. really, there's not much to say besides it is a bad effort to talk about beauty, it even has OK ideas, but they drown in the messy amateur execution (not dreamy/avant-garde/surrealistic, just bad execution).i mean it, don't waste your time. or if you do, don't relate it to kim ki duk.2 stars: one for trying to do something somewhat new, plus one for almost being able to say something meaningful about beauty

jose_moscardo The story of this movie is very simple. A very attractive girl must face her beauty like a curse more than a gift. It seems that every man who meets her can't avoid to bother her in some way, until one of them rapes her inside her own apartment. Since then, the girl tries her best to look ugly: first eating a lot for becoming fat and, after failing in her purpose, trying the opposite. When both attempts fail, she begins to make up like a whore and she tries to seduce unknown men. She says that she wants to be alive but she starts a painful process of conscious self-destruction. A young cop tries to protect her but at the same time he falls in love with her and starts to lose his control with tragic consequences for both. That's all. The film is well directed and performed. Kim Ki-duk produces and writes the script but this is not necessarily a guarantee of quality. Let's be honest, he has good movies (like "3-iron") and not so good ones. Although in this case he is not the director, it is one of his "products". And it works the just for deserving 6 or 7 stars, not more (I give it 6). Personally I dislike forced happy ends the same as I dislike forced unhappy ones. Generally, all in "Beautiful" seems a little over the top including the final conclusion. Kim Ki-duk should begin to concentrate more in giving a genuine message and less in trying to shock us. He has an unquestionable talent but he pays too much attention on the reaction of his public. Only when he forgets this handicap he is able to offer works truly authentic and interesting. "Beautiful" has interesting aspects but it could be much better.

Desertman84 Beautiful is a South Korean film that stars Cha Soo-yeon in the lead role of a beautiful woman named Eun-yeong together with Lee Chun-hee, Choi Myeong-su, Kim Min-soo and Lee Min.It was the debut feature of director Juhn Jai-hong and it was based on an original story by Kim Ki- duk.In the story,Eun-young is a woman who is not happy for her breathtaking beauty. She gets lonely and exhausted from the stares from men and jealousies from women. One day, she gets raped by one of her stalkers and hears the terrible words from him. "I did it just because you are so beautiful." She believes that she was raped because of her cruel beauty and starts to kill her beautiful looks. Traumatized by her attack, Eun- young tries to destroy her beauty, first by attempting to become obese, and when that fails by making herself unattractively thin. When her beauty does start to fade, she becomes alarmed and tries to regain it by wearing gaudy make up and revealing clothes, her behavior increasingly destructive and unstable. A policeman watches her downfall with pity and sympathy, but eventually he too submits to his lustful desires.At some point she says to him that she will be able to live again if she kills the rapist (now is in prison), so the policeman makes a plan for her to kill him thinking that he is the rapist. After she kills him, she doesn't get well and keeps hallucinating of seeing the rapist everywhere. In the end she is killed. However even after she is dead her beauty doesn't leave her and she is once again persecuted by it.Beautiful is a story of a tragedy about a woman who wasn't able to appreciate the gift of her looks.Definitely,it is not a movie for everyone as it is not for made for entertainment but rather it tackles the ugly side of vanity.It talks about how the issue of being beautiful have overtaken human behavior especially in society. Too bad that the story told is implausible and it has taken too much out of context that some viewers may find it both creepy or unintentionally funny - the scenes wherein the admiration of men to a beautiful woman is somewhat completely insane and over-the-top.Unfortunately,what is not funny is the misogynistic theme in it wherein women taken into account as merely tools for admiration of their beauty rather than being a human being.Too bad that it is not good to perceive men as one-dimensional in the sense that their only reason to live in this world is to win the attention of the lovely woman as the screenplay suggests and bad behavior it barely condemns such as stalking,raping,giving up one's life and having a sexual relations with a lovely but dead corpse - the last scene - which I believe was is the epitome of its misogyny.It is rather disgusting to present that having sexual relations with a dead beautiful woman remains a viable as well as enjoyable moment in life. The film has a promise especially with Cha Soo-yeon's brilliant acting.It is just sad that there is much to be desired in its storyline and the subject it wants to tackle intentionally which is beauty without the theme it presents in the movie unintentionally which is misogyny.

richnieh I think it is probably one of the most disturbing films I have watched since "Teeth". I was quite emotionally involved throughout the movie. "Teeth" is probably presenting many men's nightmare and "beautiful" is probably an extreme description of "men are pigs". I think the main actress would love to have the ability that the girl in "teeth" has. I try not to give a spoiler but you will understand me when you watch both movies.This is a movie though that I think is better than "Teeth" in terms of acting. The main actress is indeed a pretty girl but her acting skill is great. To me, a lot of actress' break out movie is not because she can act; it is because she "dares" to act. Just to say that she sacrifice a lot to make this movie work. Just like a lot of Asian movie, they try to give you an image that you have not think about whole lot but it is in the real life and then they emphasise the image.There are scenes in the movie that I actually think most guys will do that when fantasising their favourite girls and most guys will not think that is a big deal. I recommend them to watch this movie and think about how your favourite girls are violated by those actions if they find out about them.===Warning: Spoilers below=== I remember one dialogue from the rapist in the movie making me think about beat him to death: Rapist: I did not commit the crime, I did not rape you. I am the victim here. I am the one got raped. Your beauty raped me. You are the real criminal.The policeman's reply to the main actress is also sick as hell: I know he is a sick bastard but it is partly your fault. You pretty girls always go out there with make ups and trying to seduce men by wearing short shirt in the winter time. You are asking for these yourselves.And then he asked her to tell him very details about the rape.===sorry about the translation, I tried my best to jug my memory. It is pretty much the gist, though. ==== In conclusion, it has good acting, good directing and good storyline. Recommend for adults, not only because the adultery scenes, I don't know younger audience will get the idea.