Parasite

Movie Ranked #666 | 2019 - Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan.The Kims - mother and father Chung-sook and Ki-taek, and their young adult offspring, son Ki-woo and daughter Ki-jung - are a poor family living in a shabby and cramped half basement apartment in a busy lower working class commercial district of Seoul. Without even knowing it, they, especially Mr. and Mrs. Kim, literally smell of poverty. Often as a collective, they perpetrate minor scams to get by, and even when they have jobs, they do the minimum work req ... More from IMDb
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Best two reviews:
1) - Parasite is an unpredictable, thought-provoking masterpiece about inequality. (Rating: 100) Read Full Review >
2) - The humanity on screen might be messy, but the skill with which it’s portrayed never is. (Rating: 100) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
19) - A demented and often-uproarious class-conscious satire, Parasite falls slightly short of Bong’s greatest work. (Rating: 75) Read Full Review >
20) - Like much of Bong’s work, Parasite is cumbersomely plotted and heavy-handed in its social commentary. The largely naturalistic treatment here may also alienate some of his fantasy fanboy constituency. That said, this prickly contemporary drama still feels more coherent and tonally assured than Snowpiercer or Okja, and packs a timely punch that will resonate in our financially tough, politically polarized times. (Rating: 70) Read Full Review >
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