It’s exceedingly rare that a Best Picture Oscar™ winner lives up to its billing.

That Parasite won as a foreign language film in that category is nothing less than incendiary. Come and see why.

While no-one has ever erected a statue in honour of a critic, here’s what some have said about Parasite:

“It's a nearly perfect film, from Bong's masterful use of framing and visual language and control of a wildly shifting tone to the performances (all terrific) to the commentary on class division.”
– Bill Goodykoonst, Arizona Republic

“Parasite isn't really a monster movie. Yet on at least one of its nearly infinite levels it is – and the monsters are us.”
– Ty Burr, Boston Globe

“Imagine a high-wire act where the acrobat suddenly leaps to a higher wire, then to another that's higher still. It's the best way I can think of to describe the giddy thrill of watching Parasite, a masterpiece of serial surprises.”
– Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

Bong Joon Ho brings his work home to Korea in this pitch-black modern fairytale. Meet the Park Family: the picture of aspirational wealth. And the Kim Family, rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist, to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide "indispensable" luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims' newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks.

Rating: R (for language, some violence and sexual content)

Directed By: Bong Joon Ho Written By: Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin-won

Runtime: 132 minutes

Tickets: $10