Parasite

2019 Bong Joon-Ho movie

Rating: 16/20

Plot: A struggling family infiltrates the home of a wealthy family, and problems arise.

I don't want to write much for fear of giving too much away because this is the kind of movie one should see with as little knowledge as possible. It has several of those moments where you think you've figured things out, but then you realize you only sort of figured them out. Bong Joon-Ho is a director who knows how to entertain as much as any director currently working, and as you'd expect from one of his films, this has a lot to say about classes and economic diversity. It's not subtle, but there are some real nuances that make you reconsider everybody's roles, and without clear-cut good guys and bad guys, the whole thing is a richer experience. It's a nice companion to Us, a movie I didn't like as much.

Joon-Ho balances the humor and the tragedy so well, the only American comparison I can think of being maybe the Coen brothers.