The relatively simple sci-fi concept hides the film’s true goal. Much like “Parasite,” “Mickey 17” is a scathing critique of capitalism. But unlike “Parasite,” there is very little subtlety.

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Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi blockbuster is both the director’s simplest and most unwieldy feature yet.

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Our hero Mickey accidentally breaks the rules when he's "reprinted", in a tired take on an old trope, finds film columnist ...

South Korea recorded its highest number of suicide deaths in 13 years last year, with local welfare foundations and suicide prevention agencies saying more support is needed to address the problem.

There is a telling scene toward the end of Bong Joon Ho's much delayed, much anticipated Mickey 17. In it, the titular 17 (Robert Pattinson) stands shivering on the loading dock of his spaceship ...

Sometimes the world just needs to see Robert Pattinson in space with a strange accent, and “Mickey 17” is here to satisfy that urge. An adaptation of Edward Ashton’s sci-fi novel “Mickey7 ...

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While Robert Pattinson is doing the deed in “Mickey 17,” a politician who is particularly orange-tinted with slicked-back hair delivers a monologue. Freelance Writer Bong Joon-Ho is a director ...

See our ethics statement. While Mickey 17 is adapted from Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel Mickey7, Ashton’s version is a much more straightforward sci-fi story than Bong’s. In the Korean virtuoso ...