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Okja

Okja

2017

Bong Joon-ho

Ahn Seo-Hyun, Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano ...

6.6

18,816

Fantasy. Adventure. Drama A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"An ungainly mix of benign monster movie, action comedy and coming-of-age fable (...) A tonally uneven affair, cluttered with tone-deaf dialogue and crudely sketched characters"	NEG
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Downright charming at times and irrepressibly gonzo at others, 'Okja' hews to an all-too-familiar trajectory — the kind seen in countless children’s movies"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Giant Korean pig plus Tilda Swinton equals glorious family adventure (...) A wonderful film (...) The digital effects are spectacular and the visual images beautiful (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"[It] is both savvy political satire and breezy action-adventure, often at the same time (...) Charming"	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"'Okja' is a classic case of a film that you emerge from not knowing quite who it’s intended for (...) [It] is fun (...) but flounders in overstatement when it comes to satirical intent."	NEU
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"The perfect comedy-adventure for our era (...) It’s also funny and thrilling, chock full of masterfully constructed set pieces that spin and chase with dizzy brio."	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Robey Telegraph	"[This] mash is Beethoven with bacon (...) Diverting, intermittently clever (...) It’s more like a kids’ meal for adults than an adult one for kids (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"A comedy that gets very serious. It’s messy and alive, frustrating and fun"	NEU
Canada	Shelagh Rowan-Legg Screen Anarchy	"Karen Han's essay provides a deeper analysis of the film, with insight into the important moments and their meaning in themselves and the wider context of the story's themes of love, environmental crisis, and ramptant greed"	POS
United States	Emily Yoshida Vulture	"A madcap fable as purposeful as it is unpredictable (...) The film is packed with so many strange gems of moments, and while a few feel like Bong losing the plot (...) it always snaps back together."	POS

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