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Parasite

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Gisaengchung

2019

Bong Joon-ho

Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-Kyun, Jang Hye-jin, Cho Yeo-jeong ...

7.9

67,908

Mystery. Comedy. Drama. Thriller

Mystery. Comedy. Drama. Thriller

A peculiar tale about two families who are worlds apart yet somewhat alike portrays a striking reality of the world we live in. Gi Taek (Song Kang-ho) and his family are all unemployed. When his eldest son, Gi Woo (Choi Woo-sik), begins to give private lessons at the house of a man named Park (Lee Seon-gyun), the two families start to interact in unexpected ways.

	Media	Author	Review
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"A mostly successful detour into morally complex social realism (...) Gripping and finely crafted."
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"Bong is back and on brilliant form, but he is unmistakably, roaringly furious, and it registers because the target is so deserving, so enormous, so 2019: “Parasite” is a tick fat with the bitter blood of class rage."
		Bradley Warren The Playlist	"A consistently entertaining film that takes up the stratification of Korean society as its target. A demented and often-uproarious class-conscious satire, 'Parasite' falls slightly short of Bong’s greatest work."
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The giddy, brilliant, and totally unclassifiable 'Parasite' proves that Bong Joon-ho has become a genre unto himself (...) [It] takes all of the beats you expect to find in a Bong film and shrinks them down with clockwork precision."
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"I staggered out of the theater thrilled by 'Parasite's singular vision, yes, but also feeling pretty wrecked (...) There’s an anger at work in the film, but what’s more effective is its ruefulness"
		Serena Fisher Bloody Disgusting	"A unique piece of work that never remains confined to just one genre (...) [It] will stick with you long after the end credits roll and remain under your skin (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ben Croll The Wrap	"[A] genre-bending dark comedy with searing class consciousness"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It is an enjoyable, elegant, scabrous movie about a mix of servitude and trickery that is an interesting theme in Korean cinema (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Dave Calhoun Time Out	"The dazzling social-satire-cum-home-invasion-drama we need right now. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"'Parasite's grip on its point is so tight, you can sometimes feel it around your own neck (...) It’s a film that burrows under your skin and sinks in its teeth (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"A vigorous and tightly controlled comedy that sees him [Joon-ho] back on top form, with a story that’s both rigorously achieved and very specifically Korean.
		John Nugent Empire	"A miracle of a film (...) A riotous social satire that’s as gloriously entertaining as it is deeply sardonic (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"The director’s work is as playful as it is sincere and revelatory. He’ll make you feel at home, and then rip the rug out from under you (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Lewis Knight Mirror	"A thrilling masterpiece (...) The entire ensemble is wonderful (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"A gripping and original experience. Very few movies in recent years have left you unsure what's going to happen next, but even when you do know, it's still a compelling watch (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		David Sexton London Evening Standard	"A stunningly original movie (...) The film is beautifully balanced, not just in the casting of the two families and the realisation of their homes, but in the sympathies it evokes (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Donald Clarke Irish Times	"An exquisite film. A perfect social satire. What really hooks you is the gorgeous smoothness of the narrative machinery (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paul Whitington Irish Independent	"It's one of the best and most original films of the past few years (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Deirdre Molumby entertainment.ie	"A breath-taking cinematic accomplishment that will have you talking for days (...) It’s musing as it is amusing, strangely enveloping and hilarious (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Paddy Kehoe RTÉ	"A film is hardly effective satire if it doesn't point up a route, however obliquely, towards radical change (...) It's probably worth seeing 'Parasite' because it is a provocative film (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"
		Craig Mathieson Flicks	"[A] masterfully thrilling dissection of capitalism’s flaws (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Wenlei Ma News	"This is 2019’s first true masterpiece movie. It’s, in a word, perfect (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		DM Bradley The Adelaide Review	"[It] is amongst the most beautifully-made, uncomfortably funny and dangerous movies of the year."
		Jake Wilson The Age	"As always, Bong’s formal choices are close to impeccable (...) That he never shirks his responsibilities as an entertainer is part of what makes his work so disquieting (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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