--- title: No Other Comedy Captures the Spirit of 2019 Like 'Parasite' description: Whether by sheer luck or keen prescience, Bong Joon-ho's "Parasite" is the movie for right now canonical: https://time.com/5696957/parasite-movie-comedy-bong-joon-ho-review/ author: Stephanie Zacharek article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-10T09:48:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T07:31:52.477Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Review: No Other Comedy Captures the Spirit of 2019 Like 'Parasite' og:description: The film won the top prize at Cannes og:url: https://time.com/5696957/parasite-movie-comedy-bong-joon-ho-review/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0fb98d41caaa2d8/698a040f457a52ee6bd62e82/parasite-movie-comedy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: parasite-movie-comedy og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Review: No Other Comedy Captures the Spirit of 2019 Like 'Parasite' twitter:description: The film won the top prize at Cannes twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc0fb98d41caaa2d8/698a040f457a52ee6bd62e82/parasite-movie-comedy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # No Other Comedy Captures the Spirit of 2019 Like _Parasite_ > Sponsored content. 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But whether by sheer luck or keen prescience, [Bong Joon-ho’s](https://time.com/4785776/okja-review-bong-joon-ho/) _Parasite_ is the movie for right now. Kim Ki-taek (Song Kang-ho) and Chung-sook (Jang Hye-jin) live with their two teenagers in a small basement apartment. Both parents are unemployed, and the family picks up odd jobs–like folding pizza boxes, badly–to make ends meet. But even if the Kims’ living conditions are less than ideal, they’re optimistic. In the opening scene, son Ki-woo (Choi Woo-sik) and daughter Ki-jung (Park So-dam) roam through the cramped flat holding their cell phones aloft in the search of free wi-fi. They make it fun: sometimes you can pull what you need out of thin air. The family’s luck changes when Ki-woo lands a gig as a tutor to a high school student, Da-hye (Jung Ji-so), from a rich family, the Parks. Before long, and by dishonest means, he gets every member of his family employed in the Park household. At this point, you may think you have _Parasite_ all figured out: it’s a dark comedy about grifters using their wiles to get by, a parable about forgotten members of society who manage to squeeze in through the back door–that would have been a good enough movie right there. But Bong, the director of films like _Snowpiercer_ and _Memories of Murder_, sails beyond good enough, devising a twist upon a twist and connecting one scene to the next with ingenious precision. It’s impossible to figure out where _Parasite_ is headed. _Parasite_ won the top prize at Cannes, and it’s South Korea’s entry for the Best International Feature Film Oscar. There are good reasons why it’s poised to resonate worldwide. It tells a story you could probably follow without subtitles, or any dialogue at all: the faces of these actors show with piercing clarity how it feels to be outsiders in a world of wealth and privilege. 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