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Okja

  • 20172017
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
124K
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343
1,145
Okja (2017)
Meet Mija, a young girl who risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
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A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
124K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
343
1,145
    • Bong Joon Ho
    • Bong Joon Ho(screenplay by)
    • Jon Ronson(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Tilda Swinton
    • Paul Dano
    • Seo-hyun Ahn
    • Bong Joon Ho
    • Bong Joon Ho(screenplay by)
    • Jon Ronson(screenplay by)
  • Stars
    • Tilda Swinton
    • Paul Dano
    • Seo-hyun Ahn
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 402User reviews
    • 296Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
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    Official Trailer
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    Teaser
    Trailer 0:56
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    The Rise of Steven Yeun
    Clip 3:12
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    Bong Joon-Ho – Making the Film You Want
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    'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' Director Selects
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    A Message From Lucy Mirando
    Video 1:27
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    Photos179

    Seo-hyun Ahn in Okja (2017)
    Seo-hyun Ahn in Okja (2017)
    Lily Collins in Okja (2017)
    Giancarlo Esposito and Tilda Swinton in Okja (2017)
    Betty Gilpin at an event for Okja (2017)
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    Rihanna at an event for Okja (2017)
    Rihanna at an event for Okja (2017)
    Bong Joon Ho, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Tilda Swinton at an event for Okja (2017)
    Bong Joon Ho, Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton, and Seo-hyun Ahn at an event for Okja (2017)
    Giancarlo Esposito, Bong Joon Ho, Paul Dano, Tilda Swinton, Byun Hee-Bong, Steven Yeun, and Seo-hyun Ahn at an event for Okja (2017)
    Rihanna at an event for Okja (2017)

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    Tilda Swinton
    Tilda Swinton
    • Lucy Mirando…
    Paul Dano
    Paul Dano
    • Jay
    Seo-hyun Ahn
    Seo-hyun Ahn
    • Mija
    • (as An Seo Hyun)
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    Jake Gyllenhaal
    • Johnny Wilcox
    Sheena Kamal
    • Stylist 2007…
    Michael Mitton
    Michael Mitton
    • Make-up Artist 2007
    Colm Hill
    Colm Hill
    • Sarcastic British Reporter
    Kathryn Kirkpatrick
    Kathryn Kirkpatrick
    • Epicurean Reporter
    Jose Carias
    • Señor Villacorta
    Giancarlo Esposito
    Giancarlo Esposito
    • Frank Dawson
    Nancy Amelia Bell
    • Elderly Reporter
    • (as Nancy Bell)
    Lee Jeong-eun
    Lee Jeong-eun
    • Okja's Voice
    • (as Jungeun Lee)
    • …
    Byun Hee-Bong
    Byun Hee-Bong
    • Hee Bong
    • (as Byun Heebong)
    Jaein Kim
    • Young Mija
    Je-mun Yun
    Je-mun Yun
    • Mundo Park
    • (as Yoon Je Moon)
    Shirley Henderson
    Shirley Henderson
    • Jennifer
    Hee-Seo Choi
    Hee-Seo Choi
    • Choi Female Interpreter
    • (as Moon Choi)
    Jiwoong Jang
    • Chang Cameraman
      • Bong Joon Ho
      • Bong Joon Ho(screenplay by) (story by)
      • Jon Ronson(screenplay by)
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    • Trivia
      The Animal Liberation Front is actually a real organization that strives to free captured animals while economicaly harming 'big companies' that profit from the abuse.
    • Goofs
      There is a mistranslation on the English subtitles when K played by Steven Yeun is about to jump out of the truck. According to the subtitles, his parting words to Mija are "Mija! Try learning English. It opens new doors!" What he actually says is "Mija! Also, my name is Koo Soon-bum." It's a flagrant mistranslation - but one that would only be apparent to those who can speak both languages. Moreover, the mistranslation is a clever subversion of the supremacy of English. The subtitle is a command to learn English - something that every Korean student has heard throughout her life - but to actually understand what K is saying, you would have to know Korean. There's an added layer of comedy to the name itself, which has the whiff of the old country about it: "Koo Soon-bum" is sort of like a white man saying his name is "Buford Attaway." As Yeun said in an interview, "When he says 'Koo Soon-bum,' it's funny to you if you're Korean, because that's a dumb name. There's no way to translate that. That's like, the comedy drop-off, the chasm between countries."
    • Quotes

      Jay: Translations are sacred.

    • Crazy credits
      There is a post-credit scene.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Steve Carell/Lily Collins/Sheryl Crow (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Harvest For The World
      Written by Ernie Isley (as E. Isley), Marvin Isley (as M. Isley), O'Kelly Isley (as O. Isley), Ronald Isley (as R. Isley), Rudolph Isley (as R. Isley), Chris Jasper (as C. Jasper)

      Performed by The Isley Brothers

      Courtesy of Epic Records

      By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

    User reviews402

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    8/10
    Another distinctive film from Bong Joon-ho about wholesome values vs. society's self-interest
    A teenage girl wants nothing more than to remain with her lifelong pet and companion – the super pig Okja – in Korean auteur Bong Joon- ho's latest film. Everything else is just stuff that gets in the way.

    Bong delivers one of Netflix's better high profile original films in "Okja," a quirky yet topical yet big-hearted film. Similar to Bong's 2006 breakout film "The Host," a monster movie about a doltish dad who will do anything to rescue his daughter, "Okja" plays to family themes (a girl and her pet) but presents them through a mature, adult lens (corporate greed, environmentalism, genetic science).

    So the context of "Okja" is complicated, but the story is quite simple and human. 14-year-old Mija (An Seo-hyun) has lived with her grandfather on a mountainside farm in South Korea for most of her life with Okja, a super pig gifted to the farm by Lucy Mirando (Tilda Swinton) and the Mirando Corporation as part of a competition to develop the pigs as a non-GMO food source to help fight hunger. When the corporation and super pig judge Johnny Wilcox (Jake Gyllenhaal) come to collect, Okja is clearly the finest of the super pigs in the world, and they endeavor to take her to New York City. Mija follows them to Seoul and attempts to get her friend back, coming up against the corporation and a group of animal rights activists, all of which have different agendas for Okja.

    Hilarious and deeply disturbing, violent but also quite warm, Bong has created another distinctive film that makes him one of the most interesting filmmakers that not enough people are talking about. The mixed bag of tones will certainly turn off viewers who aren't sure what to do with a film that doesn't fit in any one neatly labeled genre box, those with an open mind will appreciate the way he tells extremely accessible stories that address complicated themes.

    Okja means a lot of things to a lot of people: friendship and stability to Mija; money, science and reputation to the Mirando Corporation; injustice and corporate greed to the animal liberation group; and affordable food to the masses. The plot is essentially these competing interests sorting themselves out.

    Part of what makes "Okja" distinctive is the caricaturized supporting roles that make everything feel just a shade unusual. As she did in Bong's last film, "Snowpiercer," Swinton so effortlessly creates a wildly larger than life character portrait that simultaneously feels grounded in reality. Gyllenhaal, on the other hand, is infuriatingly grating as the eccentric loose cannon TV personality, but his character is a signal to the audience of how to look at and think of the world of the film.

    Bong has such a specific perspective on society that comes through in way subtle and not in "Okja." He brilliantly whittles the story down to one pivotal moment at the end, and the outcome of all this chaos suggests he's neither pessimistic nor optimistic. Perhaps he would argue that it's not his business to come down one way or another, but simply to use a giant hippo-like pig to at least prove that our world is majorly – and maybe unnecessarily – complicated

    ~Steven C

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      • June 28, 2017 (United States)
      • South Korea
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    • Production companies
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      • Lewis Pictures
      • Plan B Entertainment
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