Brilliant and touching

Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

The movie is a piece of art! The message is direct and depicts the rotten society of today! A society characterized by the absence of emotions, connections, "human hearts". Well done the the caption of the idea and the work of the director! Not only humans have the right to feel emotions! Absolutely recommended movie.

This movie really opens your eyes to the reality. It holds such an important message and even though the animal is fictional, the story isn't. The animal and the kid are wonderful, Okja, the CGI character, is remarkably executed. However, the movie has such a predictable story line and there's one thing I don't acctually get. In the end, Nancy Mirando gives the girl her pig for money. How on earth a genetically mutated pig is worth less than that small gold statue? Given that THEY refused to sell them to anyone and only rented them out but in the end, she decides it's OK to just sell the animal. There's another thing, though: the "ALF" needed to make some high-tech device to sneak in using Okja but in the end, they walk right in. No guards and the door wasn't even locked and you're telling me that they have this much trouble getting into these buildings when a little girl managed to do it with little to no effort? It just doesn't make sense. Yet, Okja is still worth a watch; it is surprisingly funny, eye-opening and personally one of the best Netflix has to offer.

'Okja' is a bizarre film that leaves it's intended impact on the audience. Essentially, I was excited to see this film for it's cast. Containing my two favourite actors, Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal, as well as having Steven Yeun and Lily Collins, I knew the acting in 'Okja' would be nothing short of amazing. While Swinton stole every scene she was in, the lead performance from thirteen year-old Seo-Hyeon Ahn was the real stand-out performance and is the reason the movie has so much heart and soul. The plot of the film, written by director Bong Joon-ho, is highly original and disturbing, and it is clear what Joon-ho wants his audience to feel. You would not want to be eating meat while watching this movie, and even afterwards. Upon first glance, 'Okja' may appear to be preachy and persuasive, but it really is just blatant and disturbing commentary on corporate greed and the naive consumerism of our society. Joon-ho approaches this in a very weird manner, with odd characters and random moments of humour that don't match up with it's overall dark and heavy themes. While this may repulse mainstream audiences, Okja manages to shine through it's important message and brilliant acting.

I had strange feelings the the entire duration of this movie. It's odd enough, and charming enough, and well made enough that I was engaged while watching it... but every line, and every scene I felt a nigh-oncoming cringe... And yet that might just be the intention of the director, and so I appreciate it for succeeding in realizing an idea. Every moment of drama and humor almost falls flat, but it's all played so earnestly that it's hard not to appreciate it.I've really enjoyed some of the director's other films (Memories of Murder, The Host, Snowpiercer), and I think I was hoping for some new big adventure, but instead I got whatever Okja is, and I'm feeling pretty okay with that.