Technically perfect, but the plot is weak

Rating: Null/10 (21 February 2020)

Went and saw the film in a theater after it was re-released because of the Oscar win. And....like many reviewers here, I am baffled as to why this movie garnered so many accolades from Cannes to Hollywood. It is brilliantly filmed and well acted, but when it comes to its script, I can think of many more efficient, more subtle, less simplistic movies tackling class warfare with the purpose of entertainment. Indeed, Italian comedies of the 1960s and 70s were masters in that field, and they did it with fearless gusto, caustic laughs, perverse subtlety -and no artificial twists like in Parasite. I can watch over and over "Bread And Chocolate" (1974, with Nino Mandredi) or any Ettore Scola movie of the same period (try "Ugly, Dirty and Bad", 1976, for great fun!). I don't think i will remember Parasite in 3 days.