Oh yay!
I've been keeping an eye on this gem of an indie film for a long time.
I don't know why I feel so proud like I'm of Korean descent or something 😂.

After being impressed with Kim Bora's "House of Hummingbird" I've been on the look out for upcoming indie films.

“Fighter” and “Short Vacation" on my list this year.

Thank you for the review, @laica.

I finally managed to watch Minari, and it did not disappoint. Best film of 2020, for me. What a cast! I've liked Steven Yeun since The Walking Dead, and he was stellar here as was Han Ye-ri. Yoon Yeo-jung is a gem, and I hope she can get that historic Oscar nomination. Alan Kim is a real find.

I hope we can get more films like these.

watched this tonight, loved it!

Thanks for the review! In before-covid times I would have already seen this indie in my favorite art film theater. Now I will go in search of where I can watch legally. Lovely interview with director Lee in the NYT today.

Thank you for this review. We watched it as a family tonight. It was very well done. I was only sorry that it stopped where it did. I would have liked the story to go on.

I'm so proud and happy for this films success esp. for Korean Americans!! While Asians in Hollywood/larger media are still discriminated against, it is really nice to see films like get some major love/awards buzz. I do hope that it gets more love/attention come awards time/box office too. Rooting for Minari!!! Thanks for this review!

It is indeed a moving tale. Well, the tale is not new but it’s the way how that tale is told that makes this a gem. It really brings the audience into that household going through their trial and tribulations. It’s intimately filmed and felt by us viewers. At its climax, I can hear the sobbing in the cinema. I’m glad the movie ends on a positive note.

Oh, I want to watch it again!!

@laica, @kiara, @missh, @spazmo,
@jossie4cheryl, @bbstl, @lindag,
@soulsearch12,

Excellent Minari Q&A between Issac Lee and Bong Joon Ho: https://youtu.be/1BugGSvhxII

Finished Minari
I really like it. It felt like Little House but with the additional troubles that comes along with being Korean immigrants fangirling
The pacing felt a little bit slow, and could've done with bit more music, some scenes were too silent, but overall it wasn't a distracting problem at all.
The one scene I had trouble with was the almost break up, and I was like why are you pulling this 15 mins close to ending? Also I couldn't understand the reasoning, it's absolutely normal to delegate your tasks when you go to the city that's hours away from home once in a while, it's not like you can come twice. The hospital and the vegetables both are important. It's not like the dad neglected the family in favor to veggies, he just came to the hospital carrying the veggies. What is he supposed to do? Just let them wilt in the car? But then again I realised this couple has never been that good at conversation or understanding each other and it had been their root problem all along. The conclusion was done really well. They finally came together without a second thought at the time of the biggest crisis.
They did a really good job at showing life is not all bad, it takes but also gives something in return. I also really loved how they showed the water superstition thing. Sometimes you need to be a little pliant and adapt to the environment you live in. Take whatever that might help you from others instead of just generalising and throwing it all away.
I wasn't sure what they were doing with Church/devoted cross bearing man thing tho. Whatever message they were going to give through that I didn't get it, and if it was for comedy I didn't laugh.
Overall, I quite liked it. 8.5/10?
Also wow, this area of Oklahoma looked quite similar to the nature I'm used to haha

EXCELLENT film. Thanks for the review.