My Korean Boyfriend Review: In this reality TV docudrama series, five Brazilian women travel to South Korea to meet their crushes and find love inspired by K-dramas.
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My Korean Boyfriend Netflix Contestants
Camila Kim, Katy Dias, Luanny Vital, Mariana Tollendal, Morena Monaco
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Original Title
Meu namorado coreano
The series has 8 total episodes and will stream from January 1, 2026, to January 8, 2026.
My Korean Boyfriend Review
I have admittedly put off watching My Korean Boyfriend since the day it was released because the concept of Brazilian women going off to South Korea to find their “perfect Korean boyfriend” is cringy to me to such an extent that it’s hard for me to look at myself in the mirror. However, as with all shows on Netflix, curiosity finally got the better of me, and here we are, watching a terrible show that doesn’t know where it’s starting and focuses on women who are hyper-focused on securing a hot K-drama boyfriend of their own.
The idea of this show is so shocking to me that I sometimes have to check whether this really exists or if I am dreaming. I just can’t wrap my head around the fact that this is supposed to be real, and the series makes no effort to make introductions, and we are just dropped in the middle of the storytelling as if we have already missed a few episodes in episode 1.
However, the biggest embarrassment for this show is that these people, especially the men, seem to have no personality whatsoever. I have been the biggest fan of Single’s Inferno, so I know how Korean dating shows go on Netflix. But, my god, it is difficult to sit through the dry and stale conversations that these men have. The only thing that I could think of was how these men landed these women, with whom they had presumably connected with before the show, with such lacking conversation skills.
I have no problem with watching average-looking people in dating shows because it makes the series more interesting. However, the contestants at least need to have some personality beyond “what have you eaten?” to keep the episodes going. I just don’t understand the point of the show at this point because none of these people have any chemistry with one another, and most look uncomfortable to be around each other to such an extent that watching this go down in front of you feels painful.
There are glaring red flags from both men and women the moment they step into South Korea, making it difficult to root for anyone. While the men seem aloof and useless, the women seem delusional with their idea of what a country is. Somehow, they thought that Seoul was exactly like how it is portrayed in TV shows, but it’s difficult to understand how grown adults can live with such improbable thoughts. It makes these people seem childish and immature, and I didn’t find myself immersed in the story because of it.
Apart from the lack of personality, I think the problem that really puts the series at a disadvantage is the fact that it’s hard to know any of these people because the series doesn’t make any effort to do so. Every person has their own good and bad sides, but the series doesn’t show us who they are at all. As mentioned previously, it’s like being dropped in the middle of a TV show without context, and although we learn a lot about their dating lives, we hardly know much about them as individuals.
Final Thoughts
My Korean Boyfriend is a lacklustre series that features one-dimensional people with zero conversation skills and chemistry. Some moments are interesting, but overall, its first four episodes are a rough watch.
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