Parasite
2019, comedy, drama, suspense
133 minutes
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
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10
2020-02-28
Continuing to make enjoyable and challenging works, Parasite ends up being one of the top films of 2019. Its potency in revealing the underlying tension between those of wealth and those of disparity, sadly, is one of those universal themes as we’ve crossed into the 21st Century that holds weight in most parts of the world. Read more
10
2019-12-31
Zoinks, does this movie have vigor! For those folks who constantly lament that there is nothing original and interesting to watch anymore in this multiplex marketplace of creative bankruptcy, look no further than the minor challenge of following Korean subtitles. The sly guile simmering behind the decadence of Parasite exceeds any trope one thinks that possible assign to this film. This is your jaw-dropper. This is your wate... Read more
10
Jason King of Salty Popcorn
2019-07-24
A film that makes you laugh, cry and constantly misleads you while offering a great message and absurd view on the human condition? There is little not to love in the masterpiece of Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite.
10
2019-10-03
We get characters which are sympathetic with ease, and we get a story which is thoroughly compelling until the very last frame. Read more
10
David McGinnis of Fellowship of the Screen
2019-11-16
You’ll realize you’re watching something truly special. I wish I could say more, but trust me — you don’t want me to.
10
2019-12-11
Sad, funny, touching this does everything a movie is meant to do and it does so with perfect execution. Read more
10
2020-02-09
It’s totally gripping. At times hysterically funny; at times shocking. A class struggle movie of a calibre that Ken Loach would never have imagined! Read more
10
2019-12-31
This is masterful storytelling told by a modern master – a story about the times, for the times. Read more
10
2020-01-02
Bong’s genre-bending Parasite is, like Lee Chang-dong’s Burning, a South Korean class-conscious masterpiece that I both admire and adore. Read more
10
2020-01-19
Parasite is packed full of shocks, suspense, and wickedly dark humour, but the storytelling is perfectly streamlined by Bong Joon-ho. Rich in subtext and astute in its razor-sharp microcosmic study of class divide, it’s a compelling cinematic experience from start to finish. Read more
10
2020-01-27
There is a strain of genuine anger at this fact, one that runs right through the belly of Parasite, and which makes it Bong Joon-Ho’s most urgent, important film and a cinematic masterpiece. Read more
10
David Whitley of DoubleFeaturePreachers
2020-02-07
A beautifully constructed class commentary where everyone is parasitic in some form.
9.0
2019-11-01
Funny, disturbing, and heartbreaking all at once, Parasite finds Joon-ho in top form as a storyteller, delivering a film like no other this year. Read more
9.0
2019-08-22
Brilliantly shot and photographed with Kyung-pyo Hong's distinctive palette, Parasite offers a lot of wicked pleasures, providing you with a delightfully insane cinematic experience. This is pretty strong filmmaking admittedly and one of the best films of the year in its genre. Read more
8.0
Shannon Schultz of DoubleFeaturePreachers
2020-02-07
Quite honestly, I thought the film was entertaining.
8.0
2019-09-17
For many, the critical pendulum swings towards the masterpiece label. But it is perhaps closer to reality to describe this as an original, engaging, and disturbing tale of endemic class tension, oppression, and helplessness. Although tenuous, the message has universal relevance. Read more
8.0
2019-05-22
Parasite is a fast-paced comedy of the absurd with few ingredients of a thriller thrown in. Read more
7.0
2020-01-11
After holding back for so long, unfortunately Joon-ho gives into his baser instincts in the movie's climax, whose over the top, farcical nature jars with the restrained and observant satire we've thus far witnessed. It plays out like the ending you might expect from its inevitable Hollywood remake. Read more
7.0
2019-12-18
Despite the continual laughs, there’s still a nagging sense of something going terribly wrong all of a sudden – and, indeed, not everything goes according to plan. Read more
In other languages
9.0
2020-03-24
Parasite was één van de meest verrassende films van het afgelopen filmjaar en zonder twijfel een moderne filmklassieker. Read more
9.0
2020-03-24
Ondanks de hype heeft deze film mij geen moment teleurgesteld en dat gebeurd niet vaak met opgehemelde films. Read more
9.0
2020-03-22
Het script is ijzersterk, en het acteerwerk is met gevoel en genuanceerd. Read more
9.0
Paul Hauer of Filmliefhebber
2020-03-20
Nu ik Parasite heb gezien snap ik alle heisa wel. Alle lovende woorden en kritieken zijn terecht. Het is een aangename verrassing die inzoomt in zaken die ons dagelijks bezighouden.
9.0
2019-12-11
Het is lastig om de film te omschrijven of vast te leggen binnen één genre. Al zijn woorden als uniek, onvoorspelbaar en indrukwekkend hier zeker van toepassing. Parasite (2019) is, naar mijn mening, absoluut voorloper voor de Oscar van beste buitenlandse film. Read more
9.0
2019-11-27
Parasite is één van de meest verrassende films van het jaar en zou zomaar eens kunnen uitgroeien tot een moderne filmklassieker. Parasite is op narratief vlak een zeer vermakelijke en vooral absurde film, maar bevat tevens zo enorm veel metaforen dat het bijna onmogelijk is om ze allemaal te ontrafelen... Read more
9.0
2019-11-12
Een film die spannend is en tegelijkertijd ook het contrast tussen arm en rijk laat zien. Eén van de beste films van het jaar... Read more
8.0
2019-12-04
Eigenlijk gaat niets in deze film zoals je vooraf zou verwachten. Een film die ook veel vermakelijker is dan je vooraf denkt. Het is allemaal ook gewoon heel origineel. Wij hebben in ieder geval nog niet vaak zo een film gezien. Hij verrast, is echt wel heel grappig, choquerend, heftig, spannend en dus onvoorspelbaar. Read more
7.0
2020-06-29
Met Parasite vindt Bong Joon-Ho opnieuw zijn speelse humor uit Okja, terwijl het maatschappijkritische aan een zijden draadje hangt, maar de Oscar voor Beste Film winnen over Once Upon a Time in Hollywood & The Irishman vonden wij wat teveel van het goeie. Read more
7.0
2020-04-19
Met zijn speelduur van over de 2 uur kan je al raden dat het verhaal iets teveel plotwendingen heeft en daardoor af & toe wat te langdradig is, maar op & al is dit opnieuw een mooie prestatie van de Koreaanse cineast. Read more
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