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Bong Joon Ho’s first feature since his 2019 Best Picture winner, Parasite, united him with Robert Pattinson for a mind-bending sci-fi movie that bombed at the box office, and it just arrived on Prime Video. That movie is Mickey 17, and it started streaming on the Amazon platform on November 26th. The movie is based on Edward Ashton’s 2022 novel Mickey7 and stars Pattinson in the title role as an “Expendable,” a disposable employee who is cloned every time he dies as part of a human expedition to colonize the ice world Niflheim.
Mickey 17 finished in first place at the box office during its $19 million opening weekend in March, but it went down as a massive box office bomb. The movie grossed approximately $133 million during its theatrical run but marked a significant financial loss for Warner Bros. given its $118 million budget, not including marketing costs.
Mickey 17 Is the Commercial Flop You Need to See
Despite its big financial losses, Mickey 17 is a great movie and one of the most overlooked films of the year. The film, a hit with critics with a “Certified Fresh” 78% score on Rotten Tomatoes, is a visual spectacle of absurdist science fiction that at its core explores what it means to be human in a world where a person can be replicated. Bong delivers an entertaining blend of sci-fi, humor, and social commentary similar to that of Black Mirror and makes the vast alien worlds of the otherworldly plot worlds feel unique and fully lived-in through detailed CGI and impressive special effects. Pattinson, meanwhile, delivers a career-best performance in Mickey 17, seamlessly transitioning between the various Mickey clones and their distinct personalities with a masterful use of voice and mannerisms.
