Parasite's reviews
Media reviews
Indiewire
The impotent rage he feels about that spills into every frame of this incredible film, and leaves us all a little richer as a result.
Los Angeles Times
As an escalating freak show of tension, surprise and class rage, 'Parasite' would make a terrific double bill with Jordan Peele?s 'Us', which it matches and perhaps even surpasses in pact.
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.
The Wrap
Bong delivers a stunning return to form with this newest venture, which takes bold leaps between tenors and tone, but holds together beautifully thanks to the director?s unparalleled visual/spatial sophistication, and his unsparing social indictment.
Screen Daily
Parasite is a malign delight from start to finish, with a Machiavellian sense of mischief and a cinematic brio that shows Bong revelling in his Hitchcockian control of somewhat Buñuelian material.
The Guardian
A luxuriously watchable and satirical suspense drama.
The Telegraph
A raucous and blood-splattered social satire.
The Playlist
A demented and often-uproarious class-conscious satire, Parasite falls slightly short of Bong?s greatest work.
The Hollywood Reporter
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.
Caimán Cuadernos de Cine
The imaginative torrent that is Bong Joon-ho signs a film so full of provocative and stimulating ideas that each of its twists could be a new movie.