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ReviewK-drama Who Is She review: Miss Granny remake fails to capture spirit of original film

The story of a grumpy grandmother who magically turns into her 20-year-old self becomes bloated here, and the show’s ending is a cop-out

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Jung Ji-so as Oh Doo-ri, the young version of grandmother Oh Mal-soon, in a still from Korean drama series Who Is She, based on the hit 2014 film Miss Granny.
Pierce Conran

This article contains spoilers.

1.5/5 stars

Lead cast: Jung Ji-so, Kim Hae-sook, Jung Jin-young

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Latest Nielsen rating: 3.4 per cent

Eleven years ago, Oh Mal-soon emerged out of nowhere on the big screen and captured our hearts and imaginations in the Lunar New Year fantasy romcom hit Miss Granny.

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Warm and heartfelt, the film was not the kind of work you would expect from writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk, if all you were familiar with before watching it was his 2021 sensation Squid Game.
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