Critics admired Bong Joon Ho’s directing, along with the timely social themes of the film. Likely the most appealing part of the film is that, while they think they’ve hit it rich, they quickly discover that not everything is as it seems and the secrets that they uncover will tear their world apart.īeyond its many award nominations and wins, Parasite was also heavily praised by critics and audiences alike. The Kim family quickly devises a plan to con the Park family into hiring the whole lot of them, giving them decent-paying jobs as a driver, maid, tutor, and art therapist, all the while hiding the fact that they are a family. They get an opportunity to advance their status when Ki-woo’s friend offers him his job as an English tutor for the daughter of the wealthy Park family. The family is poor and lives in a basement apartment. Parasite follows the Kim family, father Ki-taek, mother Chung-sook, son Ki-woo, and daughter Ki-jung. It was also the first South Korean film to even receive any Academy Award recognition. The R-rated film made history at the Oscars for being the first non-English language film to win Best Picture and the first non-English language film to win Best Original Screenplay since 2003.
It also won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film. Directed by Bong Joon Ho and starring Kang Ho Song, Sun Kyun Lee, and Yeo Jeong Cho, this film was the first South Korean film to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes. Parasite is a dark comedy with a message, critiquing the economic and class divide in South Korea. Though some of the best movies since 2000 are remakes, there are just as many originals that have stunned and awed audiences of all ages. That's likely why so many movies from previous time periods have been remade, as the technology has finally caught up to do the director's original vision justice. At the same time, to look at the technological advancements of the 21st century and compare them to the techniques of the 70s and 80s also feels wrong. To look at an entire century of films and compare it to only 20 years just seems unfair. When comparing movies from before and after 2000, it's almost like comparing apples to oranges. Not only was there new technology, but even new genres appeared in the best movies of the 2000s. Yet, what of 21st-century movies? The year 2000 sparked a new age of cinema. No one can dispute the power of 20th-century movies, from the early days of black and white cinema to the first spectacular technicolor films.