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Parasite review
A poor family infiltrates a rich household, and the film turns into something else entirely. The staircase motif is not decoration — it is the thesis.
★★★★★ 5.0/5
Bong Joon-ho
Bong is the most internationally recognised South Korean director of his generation and the first to win the Academy Award for Best Picture with a non-English-language film. His work moves between genres within single films — comedy into horror, satire into tragedy — and is consistently concerned with class, family, and the vertical organisation of society.
Signature and approach
- Tonal shifts from comedy to horror without a seam
- Vertical staging as social argument
- Ensemble casts with no clear lead
- Genre as a delivery system for social critique
- 1Films reviewed
- 96.0Average score
- 1969Born
- South KoreanNationality
Films by Bong Joon-ho in our collection
Ordered by release date. Every entry links to the full review.
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Filmography reviewed
Year, genre, runtime and score for each film.
| Film | Year | Genre | Runtime | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parasite | 2019 | Thriller | 132 min | 96 |
Reading Bong Joon-ho in context
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