For as obsessed with the practice as they are, it’s a real wonder why there aren’t more films about Koreans’ standards of beauty and plastic surgery. Having already been briefly touched upon before in films like “Cinderella” that offers a more traditional ghost-movie aesthetic to the process, Swedish director Josh Hoffman attempts to tackle a myriad of more global issues with the concept in his new feature “Under the Knife” which is now available on various streaming services.
Obsessing over her looks, Korean-American Beverly (Kim Jyeong-ah) starts to irritate her boyfriend Cosmo (Matt Pavlovich) about her desires to fix her seemingly ordinary appearance. When an opportunity presents itself, she decides to visit her cousin Bo-mi (Rydia Kim) in Korea and decides to use that as an excuse to also get the desired nose job surgery that she’s always wanted. Arriving at a sketchy clinic run by Dr.
Obsessing over her looks, Korean-American Beverly (Kim Jyeong-ah) starts to irritate her boyfriend Cosmo (Matt Pavlovich) about her desires to fix her seemingly ordinary appearance. When an opportunity presents itself, she decides to visit her cousin Bo-mi (Rydia Kim) in Korea and decides to use that as an excuse to also get the desired nose job surgery that she’s always wanted. Arriving at a sketchy clinic run by Dr.
- 2/22/2022
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
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