Couldn't have been a better first for the Academy

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2020)

This film is always going to be known as the first international (nonEnglish) film to win best picture. I am glad that the Oscars finally honored world cinema and I am especially glad this is a very good movie.
I don't have much to add to what others have said. It is funny social satire, an engaging thriller and heart breaking drama (esp. the last shot of the film) rolled into a story that feels to go everywhere it needs to. I have watched this twice and it is such a engaging story first and foremost. That it also functions as a rebuke of capital makes the film richer but the social themes don't overwhelm it as pure storytelling.
The film has a great vertical aspect to its visual constructions. It has a lot of stairs in the film and the camera is moving up and down a lot during it. It is not overdone but the use of space is really striking. So glad I blind bought this.