Parasite
critic Reviews
, 98% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score- An urgent, brilliantly layered look at timely social themes, Parasite finds writer-director Bong Joon Ho in near-total command of his craft.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTim RobeyMonocle
I think it's a career peak for [Bong Joon-ho].
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreSimran HansMonocle
Watching that drama -- the bricks sort of build and then topple -- is so satisfying.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreClarisse LoughreyIndependent (UK)
[Bong Joon-ho]'s work is as playful as it is sincere and revelatory. He'll make you feel at home, and then rip the rug out from under you.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLinda MarricThe Jewish Chronicle
This is what a true masterpiece looks like.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreBen CrollTheWrap
Bong delivers a stunning return to form with this newest venture.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark KermodeObserver (UK)
A tragicomic masterclass that will get under your skin and eat away at your cinematic soul.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScorePJ NabarroPatrick Nabarro
The film feels too insincere and hypocritical to take genuinely seriously on its theme of social injustice.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJason BestMarie Claire
Boon Joon Ho keeps us thoroughly enthralled as the story unfolds, deftly calibrating shifts in tone between satire, screwball farce, black comedy and horror, and also nimbly balancing our sympathies between the two families.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWesley LovellCinema Sight
A splendid take on class inequalities that force the audience to question who is the parasite, the rich or the poor.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMike MassieGone With The Twins
Not content with a basic premise of crime and punishment, director Bong Joon Ho goes a step further, eventually corkscrewing off on a tangent that drags out the running time.
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