Nobody could be sadder than I am to report that Mickey 17 is a disappointment.
I’ve been waiting eagerly for many months to see this latest effort by writer-director Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer, The Host). I raced out to see it as soon as it opened in theaters, hitting one of its first shows at a multiplex near me and watching it entirely alone in a big empty theater. Maybe that dark solitude made it seem a bit longer than it really was, and a bit more leaden — but not by much. After a fairly energetic start, Mickey 17 drags along like a dying animal, leaking vitality all the way.
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