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Mickey 17 Reviews
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Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi epic has some excellent satire and impressive visuals. However, Mickey 17 ultimately takes on two separate, ambitious stories that don’t have the space to truly flourish.
The blustery Mickey 17 can’t get its many tonal elements to gel. It’s shrill and often aggressively wacky, laying on feeble eat-the-rich bits that feel like Saturday Night Live sketches.
"I loved the dark humor and complicated characters. Some of the commentary might feel heavy handed on screen until you start compiling our news headines."
Mickey 17 doesn’t predict the future. It documents the present with just enough exaggeration to make denial impossible. In doing so, it joins the small but vital lineage of science fiction that understands its real subject is not technology, but power.
Oh Mickey, you’re so fine … just not as fine as most previous pics from Bong Joon Ho.
Bong Joon Ho’s playful adaptation of Edward Ashton's novel is delightfully odd and overtly political.
Bong Joon-ho’s style oozes all over the film as his lens becomes the perfect canvas for a masterful performance from Robert Pattinson.
A genuinely funny film, with all the high concept thematic storytelling you have come to expect from Bong.
“Mickey 17” is a hilarious, dark science-fiction comedy from Bong Joon Ho that explores the same themes of social inequality that he dramatized in his Academy Award-winning “Parasite.”
Bong Joon Ho is a master emotional manipulator, tugging at any and every heartstring available to ground his criticism of capitalism despite the sometimes-slapstick humor of Mickey 17.
Ultimately, I’m leaning slightly positive, because I really did like Pattinson. It also had a nice score and audio description track. While it gets messy, I certainly wasn’t bored, and I appreciate Bong Joon Ho taking risks.
Robert Pattinson gives a great performance, and the concept is original enough that, regardless of whether everything works or not, it's still worth watching.
Dying is easy, comedy is hard: that cheeky chestnut encapsulates the strengths and weaknesses of Bong Joon-ho’s joyously silly Mickey 17, a semi-hilarious and half-baked sci-fi satire that delights in debasing human life.
What stands out most in Mickey 17 is its meditation on the fleeting nature of life and death.
Another proof of Pattinson's seal-of-garantee of interesting films and that Bong's uncouth mix of tones can result in engaging explosions of varied levels of enjoyability when executed with total confidence in it's author's voice. [Full review in Spanish]
Bong Joon Ho doesn’t just tell a sci-fi story - he makes a statement. The film touches on classism, exploitation, and the dangers of unchecked power. By the end, Mickey 17 leaves you with a lot to think about.
I fear many critics are giving Bong a free pass on this one. For all its gonzo vision, the film meanders, and feels stitched up with incompatible parts.
It is a story about many things, but perhaps, ultimately, a story about getting the catharsis we are due.
Mickey 17 doesn’t quite reach the heights of Bong’s best work, but it’s an entertaining, well-performed satire with flashes of brilliance. It’s dark, goofy, and occasionally thought-provoking, even if it trades depth for obviousness.
Robert Pattinson plays Mickey Barnes, ... who performs lethal assignments for a space expedition. ... Pattinson’s high-pitched, Marty McFly delivery as the hard-luck Mickey is funny in itself, as are the horrific situations in which he finds himself.