Mr. Bong has concocted a first-rate black comedy

Rating: 9/10 (27 November 2019)

Bong Joon-Ho, the writer and director of Snowpiercer, a dystopian Science fiction film about class divisions, tackles the same subject matter with his black comedy Parasite. The film centers on two families of four, on the opposite ends of the economic spectrum. Through the lens of comedy, Bong makes some socially poignant statements . He shows that not all rich people are cunning and not all poor people are dumb, lazy or unambitious. And he also shows that so much of life really comes down to chance and luck. You can plan all you want but life has a knack of throwing curveballs at you. And that is exactly what Bong does. The picture starts off as a simple comedy about class divisions, then, as it progresses, Bong throws one curveball after another. Ironically, as the film becomes more serious and violent, it also becomes a whole lot more funnier. An emotional roller-coaster of a movie. If there is one issue I have with the film, is that it may be a bit too long. I think it could have been edited a little better, because there are moments where the film does drag a bit. But that is a minor issue, in an otherwise excellent film, that is better than any American picture I have seen so far.