What a crazy and brilliant movie!

Rating: 9/10 (14 February 2020)

This movie is fantastic!
The name of the film pertains to our "main characters" in the film as well as two others we meet later on.
There's a lot going on for this film in terms of the political and societal commentary it utilizes. We see with the opening the setup of this, as the main family is impoverished and is literally living at the lowest level without being underground. They struggle to retain what most would consider basic necessity nowadays like wifi, and do odd jobs to regain that and have a simple meal.
Fortune strikes though as their son gets an in with a rich family to tutor their young daughter, eventually working their way deeper inside until all four are working different jobs for this family.
All this is achieved because the mother is easily manipulated and prefers recommendations when bringing workers into their home, rather than documentation. This ties into the difference between classes.
However, our main families newfound means of financial potential is put in jeopardy one night when the former house cleaner returns. She rings incessantly, needing to retrieve something in the basement. Which we find out is her husband, revealing the main family is not the first to get an in with the rich family. Her husband had actually been living there for years to escape loan sharks, and was receiving food and residency unbeknownst to the family above.
The raised issue of these two different families leeching from the wealthier comes to a head when the rise is discovered by the former housekeeper. She and her husband are subdued and shortly after our family, save for the mother, is able to sneakily escape.
This leads to a brilliant scene of our family descending back into poverty. Going lower, and lower, showing just how different these two worlds are. I loved this scene. It was so clearly thought out, and it brilliantly enacted.
There's so much to love about this film and it deserves so much of the praise it's been getting. It's clear that Bong Joon-Ho is passionate about the work he does. Definitely give this a watch, its worth your time and money.