Mickey 17
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette
Genre: Sci-try
It’s tough reviewing some films without giving away spoilers. Mickey 17 is a good example, so I’ll stick to pointing out that while the film is science fiction, and so unbelievable to many potential viewers, it has a lot of current political and ethical perspectives even though it’s set in the future and not on Earth.
The other significant attractive element of the film is its director Bong Joon Ho. He is a South Korean filmmaker best known outside Korea for his intense films Snowpiercer (2013) and Parasite (2019). Parasite won thee Academy Awards and was too good for me to review and take the piss out of, but back in 2020 I reviewed series 1 of Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer TV series and the movie of the same name. I made a point then which is still highly relevant to Mickey 17: “Bong Joon Ho … has an extraordinary ability to animate the absurd while addressing contemporary grim class realities.”
My Anora review is an excellent example of a good and relevant but not very amusing review of a great film! Fortunately, from a reviewing perspective only, Mickey 17 isn’t as good as Snowpiercer, Parasite or Anora. This is because, as the film progresses, it becomes harder to understand why Mickey 17 and 18 (hint) and their colleagues and enemies do what they do.
So whether this review is a review of my reviews or of Mickey 17 doesn’t matter. All are worth engaging with!
Rating: Mickey 3
