Director – Bong Joon Ho – 2019 – South Korea – Cert. 15 – 132m
*****
With Parasite (Black & White Edition) due out, I review the colour version for All The Anime. Read my Reform review too.
Kim Ki-woo (Choi Woo-sik) strikes it lucky when he hears of the rich Park family, whose teenage daughter Da-hye (Jung Ziso) needs extra tuition. Sensing Mrs Park (Jo Yeo-jeong) will be a push-over, he convinces her he is the man for the job, thanks to credentials forged by his sister Ki-jung (Park So-dam). Having successfully nailed down this position, Ki-woo sets about securing similarly lucrative openings for his family, without letting on that they are blood relatives.
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He first recommends his sister as the perfect tutor for the tormented and allegedly artistic Park son (Jung Hyun-jun), a job she secures by inventing bogus pop psychology theories to establish her academic credentials. Before long, the cunning Kims have framed the chauffeur and the house-keeper to nab jobs for themselves, unaware of other secrets harboured by the Parks. [Read the rest…]
Above review: All The Anime.
More reviews: Reform, Black & White Edition.
Trailer (colour) here:
Winner: Best Foreign Language Film, 2019 (92nd) Oscars.