Parasite (2019)
★ ★ ★ - Very Good
You know with Bong the film is going to take some strange turns. You go in braced for it, perhaps try to figure it out. This one stays normal for a long time, an uncomfortable satire that's a lighthearted home invasion. Then comes... the shot. It's not the reveal, just an image that slaps you with its WTF-ery and reminds you who's calling the shots. From there, things quickly change gears.
I can't say what the general reaction will be to what happens after. A few days from my screening, I'm still a little uneasy myself. (A 2nd viewing when it officially opens must take place.) Parasite goes completely off the rails yet knows exactly what it's doing. You might reach the end and long for how the first part was naturally playing out, but I think that was as far as it could go anyway. Besides, now there's so much more to talk about in terms of the substance and the filmmaking.
One of the year's best.