Minari

A24 | Release Date: December 11, 2020

8.0	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 205 Ratings

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Js2021Feb 20, 2021

Heartfelt amazing movie with wonderful acting- especially from Steven Yeun and the funny Grandmother!

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TVJerryFeb 16, 2021

Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead) plays the father of a young Korean immigrant family who moves from California to Arkansas, where he plans to start a farm. Considering this was the 80s, there was surprisingly no racial pushback from this smallSteven Yeun (The Walking Dead) plays the father of a young Korean immigrant family who moves from California to Arkansas, where he plans to start a farm. Considering this was the 80s, there was surprisingly no racial pushback from this small Southern town. Instead, they deal with growing his crops and family challenges (including the grandmother who arrives from Korea). The cast, along with director Lee Isaac Chung, has created characters that are real and quietly involving. It runs longer than needed and never gets especially involving, but it is a low-key, modest human drama. (Mostly in Korean with subtitles)… Expand

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imthenoobJan 9, 2022

Minari revolves around a family trying to live out the "American Dream" after moving from California to Arkansas to start a farm. There are plenty of touching and funny moments throughout and good acting by the cast that helps drive the filmMinari revolves around a family trying to live out the "American Dream" after moving from California to Arkansas to start a farm. There are plenty of touching and funny moments throughout and good acting by the cast that helps drive the film despite a couple of flaws that keep it down.

The movie struggles in the second half as it plays out rather predictably while also dealing with an incredibly slow pace that the first half didn't deal with. It brings the movie down quite a bit IMO but it doesn't make it unwatchable. If you're looking for a decent drama to watch then, by all means, give it a shot, but I think it can hit one too many familiar tropes along the way that prevent it from truly being great.… Expand

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MATMMay 29, 2021

The lighting was perfect. Seriously, what am I expected to say? “Minari” is not a movie. You watch a series of terrible events and 2 hours in, the credits roll. The acting and editing were actually very good, but there just isn't a storyThe lighting was perfect. Seriously, what am I expected to say? “Minari” is not a movie. You watch a series of terrible events and 2 hours in, the credits roll. The acting and editing were actually very good, but there just isn't a story here, and without that, I cannot recommend this to anyone. I give it a D, just don’t bother.… Expand

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Mauro_LanariJun 7, 2021

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"Minari is not... a great or memorable movie... In the long run... it pays for its calm pace ...., perhaps failing to fully entrench in the viewer the emotions that he would like to cultivate" (Marco Catenacci). And how could(Mauro Lanari)
"Minari is not... a great or memorable movie... In the long run... it pays for its calm pace ...., perhaps failing to fully entrench in the viewer the emotions that he would like to cultivate" (Marco Catenacci). And how could it have been otherwise? By dint of subdued, minimalist and asphyxiated intimism, discreet, delicate and modest poetics of everyday life, spasmodic, extremistic, paroxysmal hunt for symbols and a sermon more pedantic of the various preachers on stage ("All you need is love"), there is no room for the real dimension of the protagonists of the biopic. And the Academy could have directly rewarded the Beatles of '67.… Expand

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