Okja
First screened in November 2017
Director: Bong Joon-ho. Cast: An Seo Hyun, Tilda Swinton, Byun Hee-bong, Paul Dano, Jake Gyllenhaal, Yoon Je Moon, Steven Yeun, Lily Collins, Devon Bostick, Daniel Henshall, Giancarlo Esposito, Shirley Henderson, Choi Woo-sik. Screenplay: Bong Joon-ho and Jon Ronson.

Twitter Capsule: Chi-Raq for the vegan set. The usual Bong-doggle of brave and bozo ideas, ambitious sprawl and unplayable scenes. Is Jake ok?

VOR:   Pushes envelopes in structure, style, tone, intercultural reach. Effects work oddly chintzy but ambitious in its way. Goes for broke casting stones.



Photo © 2017 Netflix/Plan B Entertainment

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: B–


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