MINARI Movie Review by Koreans 

It’s important to note that this film is based off of the director’s life experience; The film is very much meant to be a “slice of life.” It’s also an A24 film. A24 films are typically known for being unique, original stories from lesser known filmmakers.

Minari is very much a small arthouse film, that means it supposed to be understated with a modest budget and would immediately draw in professional film critics (in the US). This type of film if done right usually win many awards or at least get nominated a lot. It wasn't an ambitious film, and wasn't meant for box office record breaking. I think in many popular Korean films, the idea of "more is more" tend to be the philosophy, which has produce many great results, but I think Minari is meant to be minimalist in every way. I think if they tried to push it more in drama, action or emotions, it would've been criticized by film critics.

Really curious to check this movie and will do for sure. Parasite was really brilliant, so I understand why you can't really compare.

I’ll take your word for Yeun’s lines being awkward but he’s talked about deliberately speaking in a modified way, as if his character has been isolated from Korea for long enough for his Korean to get weird (though whether that’s actually realistic, I dunno). His Okja character was VERY deliberately bad at Korean though lol, that was part of the joke. Great to hear your perspective :)

I watched minari and i think there is a different explanation to it. Its a story about the mythical american dream where if you work hard you can make it. But in reality for immigrants it is not true. The hard work of the family does not equal to success but somehow takes them far away from actually making it. I really like the portion where steven yeun goes like 'i don't want to seem like a failure to my kids' . I feel its a story of a korean american but its an universal story of immigrant trying to make it in a place from the scratch. Also we need to keep in mind that this is 80's Arkansas. the premise of the story set in 80's Arkansas does not actually add up to what this story is about. In this global scenario minari does give the story of immigrants a human touch. Also i loved what steven yeun said about this movie. that it helped him to understand his parents in a way he never thought he would. Thank you for coming to my ted talk. maybe you could watch ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TwHVtrOeBxE.html

Thanks for the native Korean take on Steven Yeun's performance. I suspected as much but couldn't quite tell on my own and I was so curious.

When you see no difference when movie kid David and David's face are side by side lol

Oh no, I guess I’ll come back after I’ve watched it 😄

I lOVED Minari!!! A sweet simple story told well. I love the You Tube interviews with cast and director giving a bit of background to the movie putting things into context

I've noticed that the drive-in has made a come-back during the pandemic...yeah. Growing up going to the double drive-in my mom worked at - excited to see the revival. Loved Minari - love Steven Yeun - love Youn Yuh Jung (loved her in Dear My Friends) - flat like Arkansas?

Lmao I definitely understand what you mean with Stevens Korean I’ve seen so many films based in mexico starring Mexican Americans who cant speak Spanish well which really ends up killing the movie💀

I love spoilers because I’ll just forget about it later :)

As watching parasite, i kept fidgeting my fingers and on the edge of my seat. While watching minari, i was lean back on my seat and felt good about the familiarity of it.

Been waiting for eternity for this to air in cinemas (and see it when they open). And Minari being an A24 film, I have no doubt it would be a gem.

Capturing an experience is difficult. Artistically, high marks for embodying subtlety. Slice of life movie.

Danny: “i give it 3.5/5” David: “I give it a good salad”

Hearing y'all talk about Arkansas is blowing my mind lol. Steven Yeun lives in my hometown part time and if I ever run into him it's going to take everything I have not to completely loose my cool. lmao!

THANKS HEAPS for this review@ DKDKTV!! I had questions about the significance of the Minari plant and David explained it really well👏👏 I also enjoyed this movie ALOT. A solid agree on the 4/5 score💜

“I feel like I ate a good salad” LMFAO

I enjoyed the film very much and watch quite a few Korean films and many Korean Dramas. I saw an interview with Steven Yeun in which he spoke of there being a voice over done by him at the end of the movie that was cut from the actual release. It would be interesting to hear what was said in the voice over, maybe it will be included in some future release. I agree with David that Steven's dialogue was an acting choice and I also remember interviews with him after the release of Burning in which he spoke about his concerns of doing a film in which his character spoke only Korean and his having to brush up on his language skills.

Daniel I love your hair, you look totally handsome. Sending Lots Of Agape Love Always all the way from El Paso,Texas.

i watched minari.. it is a really beautiful and meaningful movie

I think this film hit home for a lot of Asian-Americans in general, me included. I’m Filipino-American & I feel like this is the first time Asian-American life is accurately depicted. For the first time ever, I could ACTUALLY relate to a movie. It’s not a movie about a bunch of stereotypical “token” Asians. So I’m glad it’s not a comedy & they took it seriously. Asian-Americans need a louder, more positive voice in American cinema/media because I feel like we (Asians) are so misrepresented & so marginalized. I’d love to see more movies like this from different Asian cultures perspective. Awesome movie 👍🏾👍🏾

I've been waiting for this movie review ♡

I can't wait to watch Minari! I hope it is released soon on Netflix or Rakuten streaming app

It was decent simple movie

I hope to be able to see it soon!

The why is your face flat scene hit hard.

The event is called Unbox Your Korea if you need to search for it.

Maybe Stevens bad accent was intentional? I’m Filipino-American & my cousins were born in America & their accents (when they speak Tagalog) aren’t exactly spot-on.

“Arkansas, the middle of nowhere” meanwhile me: 👀👀 i actually love living in arkansas lol

Thank you for review guys💫 I'm not Korean to really understand the struggles they put, but I want to introduce some opinion about the movie like movie itself, like a classical piece of someone's job in specific industry I've watched it with my friend, who wants to be a director actually, and we both have mostly same thoughts and reaction. What I mean exactly is: movie should've brought more dynamic drama. There is nothing really catching to watch, because situations are pretty simple by writing. Humor a bit strange, it could be more fluffy to feel chemistry better. Play of actors is pretty cool. For yall, I don't say I am right, it's just my opinion Watching you from Ukraine❤🧡💛💚💙💜

Also y’all need to stop comparing minari to parasite😩

Steven Yeun as a hot farmer?? Yasss please

We want more as usual. Ending always not enough for me

I really felt a shock come over me when seeing the boy drinking the Mt. Dew. I wanted to yell NOOO! 하지마 To all foreign viewers that don't know Mountain Dew soda is NOT a literal "mountain" water drink. It's a soda with no water or healthy anything in it. It's all caffeine that the kid should never be drinking with his condition. As soon as he was only consuming the broth that granamaji was giving him his health got better in the film.

I just watched this the other day and it was the saddest thing I've ever seen but really well done

why do Koreans call hanging out with their friends a "date" LOL. Its cute but confusing

i agree it was like eating a salad. nonetheless great acting and good movie

I can't speak Korean so I couldn't tell that Steven's Korean didn't sound quite right but I could tell he was an American Korean by the way he went down to sit down on the floor. It looked pretty awkward. But I really loved the movie, more than Parasite actually.

she won the oscar!!

I stopped watching halfway but now I wanna finish it.

🤝 First one here 🥰

Cries in African

Also @Danny, you're a hard man to please sometimes matey. The movie deserved a 4/5 MINIMUM 🧐 jks

As an Indian I hope it is better than slum dog millionaire.that movie sucked big time yet won 10 Oscars.

I'm glad Danny pointed it out. While I love love Steven Yeun they should have gotten a korean korean not a korean american to play the role for more authenticity.

🚨Spoiler Alert🚨 The Wife throws pillow

where was the kst just now ? is it deleted ...

It’s extremely hard for me to watch Korean movies. One of the things they excel at is storytelling, and movies just are too short. I absolutely loved grandma and David. I looked forward to their scenes. The ending was just too abrupt and felt unsatisfying.

Danny's hair😭💔

where can I watch it?

agree. the ending was lacking. my friend and i were both dissatisfied. if he had gone to market, instead of mildly harvesting it, we would have connected it to 'hope'.

A POIGNANT STORY I FEEL MOST IMMIGRANTS WILL UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE.

Does the son get smacking with the stick?

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parasite was really boring and i couldn’t finish it

This movie was pretty boring. The acting was good but the script and screenplay weren’t impressive

Ok im gonna put this out before I hear your opinion, I didn't really enjoy this movie. So many things that happened were just way too out of the norm for me, like normal logic. I could not relate to how far fetched the disconnect being shown was. Like dont get me wrong, i understand the culture conflict because I am a first gen Australian Chinese but I couldn't relate to how everyone and EVERYTHING was so disconnected in this movie. And the pee drinking... good Lord the blasphemy Maybe it's good that it repulsed me so much because it's perhaps the intention but yea that's my personal reaction to it