The critiques are rolling in for Park Chan-wook‘s newest, No Different Selection, which debuted this night on the Venice Movie Pageant.
Loosely based mostly on the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake, No Different Selection follows a middle-aged man named Man-su who embarks on a decided job hunt after being unexpectedly fired from the paper firm that he labored for 25 years. Neon has home rights and Mubi has a bunch of worldwide territories.
Park directed from a script written with Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar and Jahye Lee. Lee Byung-hun (I Noticed the Satan) and Son Yejin (The Final Princess) lead a solid that additionally consists of Park Hee-soon (My Identify), Lee Sung-min (The Spy Gone North), Yeom Hye-ran (The Glory), Cha Seung-won (Believer) and Yoo Yeon-seok (Mr. Sunshine).
The movie might be the perfect reviewed film of the pageant to date, with most critics swooning.
Deadline’s Damon Smart says the “jet-black comedy” showcases lead Lee Byung-hun “in his most revelatory function so far”: “We all the time knew Lee may do motion, however right here he proves his value as a comedy pure, a shock slapstick grasp whose presence is an anarchic fusion of Mads Mikkelsen and Buster Keaton.”
He provides: “It loses some steam in the direction of the top, indulging the development for a number of endings that Korean cinema has by no means fairly gotten over, and it isn’t fairly as satisfying as his majestic, perverse 2022 thriller Determination to Go away (which was inexplicably snubbed by the Academy that 12 months). It’s, nonetheless, implausible enjoyable, an endlessly shocking ensemble piece that’s greatest approached chilly.”
Time Out offers the movie 5 stars out of 5, trumpeting: “With humour blacker than black bean noodles, the movie is a masterful work of cinema which could properly be Chan-wook’s masterpiece. And given that is the person who directed The Handmaiden and Snowpiercer that’s saying loads.”
The Guardian offers the movie 4 out of 5 stars, calling it a “sensational state-of-the-nation satire” and “frequently shocking”.
Awardswatch offers the movie a B+ rating, saying Park Chan-wook reminds us why he’s among the finest within the sport”: “No Different Selection looks like a quintessentially Korean film: nervous about what occurs when the household construction breaks down, skeptical about American hegemony, nonetheless haunted by its damaging wars with the North and a failure to succeed in a standard understanding.”
Display Worldwide’s overview is behind a paywall however the commerce calls the movie “a darkly comedian deal with”, whereas Indiewire awards the movie a lofty A- rating, describing it as a “good, bloody, and bleakly hilarious capitalism satire.”
Subsequent Greatest Image additionally raved in regards to the film: “All hail Park Chan-wook! Movie followers know that he’s a grasp of the shape, and along with his newest work, the stupendous No Different Selection, he efficiently defends his title as probably the most inventive filmmaker alive. To observe one in all his movies is to marvel on the ingenious skills of the precise mind; he may most likely make a family cleaner industrial thrillingly cinematic. No Different Selection blends mismatched tones and style hallmarks in a means that’s typical for Park and but stays invigorating, resulting in a ridiculous take a look at what occurs when the system pushes an individual to the very fringe of desperation.”
Fickfeast wrote: “This depraved story is hilarious, heartfelt, and horrifying in equal measure. No Different Selection leaves you with merely that. No different selection than to catch Park Chan-wook’s newest magnum opus.”
Producers included Park and Again Jisun of Moho Movie, in addition to Michèle Ray Gavras and Alexandre Gavras of KG Productions. Miky Lee exec produced for CJ Group, and CJ ENM financed the mission, which is at the moment in publish.
