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.
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.