Here's what critics are saying about the film Parasite featuring Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam and others.
Bong Joon-ho’s sensational masterpiece is the first great film of the new decade (Hindustan Times)
The theme of capitalism is once again brought up as director Bong pits the rich Park family against the poor Kim clan, peppering the film with references to Native Americans and building towards an operatic crescendo in which class warfare takes on the form of a literal battle.
In Parasite, Bong doesn't appear to be expressing empathy for the poor, like, say, Alfonso Cuaron did in Roma. Nor does he seem to be pointing fingers at the rich.
He is, instead, questioning the very nature of mankind; its self-centred ingratitude and its propensity to create divisions and to resort to violence. Complete review here
Kim Ki-taek (played by Song Kang-ho) leads an unambitious family with wife Chung-sook (played by Chang Hyae-jin), daughter Kim Ki-jeong (played by Park So-dam) and son Kim Ki-woo (played by Choi Woo-shik).
Parasite is, therefore, a story of submission. On one end of the spectrum, the Kim family has submitted to their condition never improving, of scavenging through life.
On the other end of the spectrum, the Park family has submitted to never peeping out of their ivory towers.
Through Parasite, Bong Joon-ho gives you a very clear picture of the South Korean society, or of any other place where unequal distribution and growth of wealth have resulted in the 'rich becoming richer, poor becoming poorer' model. Complete review here
Superbly impactful (Mid-Day)
Bong's breath-taking piece of jugglery may be tonally inconsistent but the effect it leaves behind is one of shock and awe.
"Parasite," like his earlier films (including "Snowpiercer" and "Okja"), examines class but it also sets fire to the notions of covetousness that pursue the ambitious of those with less.
"Parasite" is at once a satire and a horror flick. It sets up a group of lovable con artists against a very wealthy, posh family and the result is staggering. Complete review here
Bong Joon -ho's provocative take on class difference is a masterpiece move (Pinkvilla)
Parasite reels you in with humour but soon picks pace with one shocking twist after another and it's the realistic nature of the storyline that pricks you, well after you have finished watching the film.