Not Worthy of Its Reputation

Rating: 3/10 (19 January 2020)

Parasite is getting a ton of great reviews from its American audience. i get how class separation can frustrate those on the lower rings and pompous prejudices on the higher echelons. That frustration can lead to fierce debates and sometimes violent acts.
It's the later in writer/director Bong Joon-ho's black comedy where he takes the easy way out to settle his score with those with more wealth. Up to the movie's denouement I was rather thoughtfully following his methodical examination of the "upstairs/downstairs" approach on seeing the two families civilly working alongside each other despite the low-esteem both parties privately felt on one another. A more ambitious approach with a far greater payoff would have produced both a moral and soluble message to a societal problem in today's civilized world. Instead Bong ruins it in the final analysis. I cannot recommend this movie despite its witty dialogue and unusual setups.