In Korean … 132 minute running time, which means it was at least 30 minutes too long … I don’t know why this movie was so loved by the critics and got both the Palme d’Or and Best Picture Oscar, c’mon, spare me … even John Farr fell for it … but it was a dumb story, completely unrealistic, esp. for the internet age … there were some funny bits, I admit, but I don’t recommend you see it … maybe if it had been under the sacred 100 minute mark, I’d say it’s a dumb, sort of funny movie you might want to see, but not at 132 minutes. Don’t buy the hype!

Rick Kisonak correctly wrote: “… the film offers zero thoughtful comment on capitalism or inequality. It simply gives us poor characters gaming rich characters and assumes we'll side with the poor. That's not ‘savage commentary.’ That's condescension. This is by far the filmmaker's most commercially successful work to date. Getting fat off a fractured fairy tale about class, Bong acts like a parasite here if anyone does….”