This is an advance review out of the Toronto International Film Festival. Parasite opens in limited release in the US on Oct. 11 and in the UK on Feb. 7, 2020.
Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 film Snowpiercer was the futuristic tale of a train transporting the last inhabitants of Earth around an icy globe, the rich living in the lap of luxury at the front, and the poor toiling in squalor at the back. Inequality is clearly an issue close to the writer-director’s heart, as Parasite explores similar territory, but in a contemporary setting and initially in humorous fashion. But as with Memories of Murder, The Host, Mother and Okja, Joon-ho’s film straddles multiple genres, with comedy rubbing shoulders alongside drama, thriller, and eventually horror to tell a story that’s as entertaining as it is socially incendiary.
Source: IGN.com Parasite Review