Peter Bart: ‘Mickey 17’ Will Delight Bong-Heads, But The Rest Of The Moviegoing Universe Might Need Convincing
Will filmgoers rally behind space travelers who “hate dying” but keep courting death? The director who gave us Parasite, a cool, curmudgeonly social comedy, is challenging filmgoers with a big-budget, genre-bending epic titled Mickey 17 that will likely be a tougher sell. Fans of Bong Joon Ho’s movies (Bong-heads, they call themselves) will now have […]
Will filmgoers rally behind space travelers who “hate dying” but keep courting death? The director who gave us Parasite, a cool, curmudgeonly social comedy, is challenging filmgoers with a big-budget, genre-bending epic titled Mickey 17 that will likely be a tougher sell. Fans of Bong Joon Ho’s movies (Bong-heads, they call themselves) will now have […]