Okja (2017)
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Critic Consensus: Okja sees Bong Joon-ho continuing to create defiantly eclectic entertainment -- and still hitting more than enough of his narrative targets in the midst of a tricky tonal juggling act.
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as Lucy Mirando
as Jay
as Mija
as Hee Bong
as K
as Red
as Mundo
as Jennifer
as Blond
as Silver
as Kim
as Frank
as Dr. Johnny Wilcox
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It's messy and alive, frustrating and fun.
It invites viewers to cheer the bad guys and feel superior for doing so. Yet it's a film that, behind its veneer of winsome adorableness, seems to express contempt for just about everyone.
Shot in bright, cinematic widescreen by DP Darius Khondji, this Netflix-produced feature belongs on the big screen, where no one would mistake Okja for a real animal, and yet the CG is convincing enough to suspend disbelief.
Okja fires in a lot of directions, but finds its way to a strong payoff; despite an underwhelming confrontation in its final moments, it arrives at a thoughtful epilogue that brings the drama full circle.
There's a lot to chew on here, but in the end, I wish Okja simply worked better as a movie.
Finds the South Korean director returning to the genre-jumping mode of his masterpiece, The Host, but not quite nailing the tonal juggling act he achieved with that exhilarating creature feature.
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