Mickey 17 is an absurdist, anti-capitalist, Trump-mocking masterpiece – review

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The director has premiered at the Berlinale a science fiction comedy that stirs up capitalism and populists with a hilarious Robert Pattinson

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'Mickey 17' review: Bong Joon Ho attacks Trump fascism in dizzying sci-fi comedy

With President Donald Trump back in the White House, all kinds of media and art will feel like it's commenting on him and his supporters. Some of it will be subtle; Bong Joon Ho's Mickey 17 is not. The celebrated director of the scathing satire Parasite returns with a parable set in a future where Earth is a man-made global disaster. There, a failed politician, who has a penchant for pursing his lips when he makes proclamations, launches a space…

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‘Mickey 17’ Review: Robert Pattinson and Robert Pattinson Star in Bong Joon Ho’s Best English-Language Film So Far

Combining the best parts of "Snowpiercer" & "Okja" into something new, "Mickey 17" suggests that Bong loves people even more than he hates capitalism.

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Mickey 17 is an absurdist, anti-capitalist, Trump-mocking masterpiece – review

Bong Joon-ho, the Oscar winner behind ‘Parasite’, somehow convinced Warner Bros to finance a costly sci-fi epic about the plight of the working class – and led by an actor doing one of his trademark silly voices

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‘Mickey 17’ – star Robert Pattinson shines in Bong Joon Ho dark comedy about human clone future - Asian Culture Vulture

World premiere screening of Oscar winning director’s latest film… THIS is a witty, futuristic sci-fi satire and dark comedy by Bong Joon Ho (‘Parasite’) on the desire of human kind…read more → The post ‘Mickey 17’ – star Robert Pattinson shines in Bong Joon Ho dark comedy about human clone future appeared first on Asian Culture Vulture.

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Bong Joon-ho’s new film, ‘Mickey 17’ will not be presented at the Cannes Festival despite the fact that Korean’s early fiction, ‘Parásitos’ (2019), won there the Palm de Oro –and despite the fact that the French contest is often very faithful to its winners – but has done so this Saturday in Berlin, out of competition; in addition, it will be premiered in cinemas on March 7 and not at the end of the year as it will certainly make a good part of …