Movie #2108 "Minari" --- this should be in movie theaters soon because it has been honored by all kinds of nominations, and just this past weekend it won the golden globe for foreign film. (more on that at the end of this blog) It is mostly in korean subtitles, but it is truly an immigrant point of view of how difficult it is striving for the American Dream we so much promise in our country. This one Korean family comes to a very small town in Arkansas, and they buy a plot of land "with good dirt" that is way out in No man's land.... Their intention is to start a garden and farm, raising crops for Korean food. They experience difficulties in every turn. The husband and wife are having problems in their marriage due to this journey, and the kids can sense that and try to make the best of it. But it is hard to make new friends , obviously not fitting in with the other townspeople. To combat some of the loneliness, the father suggests his wife's mother come from Korea to live with them, and that brings a lot of the humor of the film, to counter all the discomfort and moodiness of the rest of the film. The grandma and grandson( little David) really steal most of the film (they were the highlights for me) at least in the humor department, but the rest of the film is so real, authentic and sincere, and it definitely shows the plight of the immigrant to fit in. This is such good timing, in my opinion, for everyone to see this and put yourself in the place of this family. Esp. with the confusing feelings we seem to have in our country about what to do with immigrants coming into our country. I would give this a 4.5 out of 5 ---- just a bit slow in pacing, but very well done! Should win lots more awards this year.
PS on the awards subject --- there is controversy what category this film should be put in. For golden globes they put it in foreign language film mostly because it uses Korean most of the way through; however, it is an American film, filmed in America, so people are wondering what to do with it. I hope the Oscars make the right decision and put it in both foreign language and best picture. They have done that before, but who knows what will happen. Stay tuned.
Also, I usually put where I saw the film. I didn't for this one because I purchased it from a screening room (A-4) that sent it out to people who go to film festivals. (I saw it through the Phoenix film festival)
"MINARI" 1 hour and 55 minutes PG-13 2020
A Korean family starts a farm in 1980s Arkansas.
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