Okja
2017 · Movie · PG-13 · 120 min · ★ 7.3 · 81% critics
A young girl risks everything to stop a powerful multinational company from kidnapping her best friend, a massive animal raised for profit. As pressure builds around the animal and the family behind it, she fights back to keep their bond from being taken away.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-06-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 81/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (4,543 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Okja if you want a heartbreaking, high-stakes story with humor and political bite; Not for you if you prefer a purely kid-friendly tone or if you dislike message-heavy films like The Host.
Pros: emotionally gripping; bold social message; playful-dark thrills | Cons: tone inconsistency; heavy for some; message-focused pacing
Themes
- new york city
- monster
- slaughterhouse
- east asian lead
- twins
- environmentalist
- aftercreditsstinger
- animal liberation
- live action and animation
- zoologist
- korean
- meat industry
- +4 more
Cast & crew
An Seo-hyun
as Mija
Tilda Swinton
as Lucy Mirando / Nancy Mirando
Paul Dano
as Jay
Steven Yeun
as K
Jake Gyllenhaal
as Johnny Wilcox
Giancarlo Esposito
as Frank Dawson
Byun Hee-bong
as Hee-bong
Lily Collins
as Red
Daniel Henshall
as Blond
Devon Bostick
as Silver
Directed by Bong Joon Ho