Moviegoers alike get stuck at a point where they don’t know what to watch, and with the new abundance of movies coming out each month, it gets confusing about what to pick and go see. 

“Mickey 17” is one of those movies where you sit down and have little expectations; however, once the credits roll, you say:

“That was a lot better than I thought it would be.” 

Starring Robert Pattinson, Steven Yuen, Toni Collete, Naiomi Ackie and Mark Ruffalo as the main antagonist, it sets the acting standards high. Additionally, it is Bong Joo Ho’s first film since the academy-winning “Parasite”.

Although the film has a lengthy runtime of two hours and seven minutes, it fills every minute with action and drama, while still maintaining a comic aspect that you can’t help but laugh at. 

“While [Mickey 17] was funny at some points, I found it was boring at some points. It could have had a shorter runtime, which would have made it better,” Addison Evert ‘27 said.

The film follows the protagonist Mickey Barnes, who volunteers to be an expendable on ex-politician Keneth Marshall’s spaceship in search of a new inhabitable planet. While on the ship, Mickey is subjected to numerous tests and torture due to his ability to be “reprinted” or cloned after death. Tragedy strikes, however, when Mickey number 17 is said to be dead, therefore sending a message to the ship to print out Mickey number 18. This mistake leads to utter chaos, coupled with a war with the aliens living on the planet, creating an environment that can only be described as thrilling.

“The overall execution of the movie was good,” Sophie Jelniker ‘27 said. “The CGI alien creatures were well done as well. I do think that it was a boring setting with mediocre acting. It was alright.”

Due to the huge difference in opinions, “Mikey 17” is a movie where one either loves or hates with a burning passion. That being said, Bong Joon Ho introduces a thematic message that not many dare to do in this film.

“I interpreted the movie as being an attack on how the rich take advantage of the poor,” Cameron Gerberg ‘27 said. “Mickey is put through tests in order to benefit Keneth Marshall, who represents what is wrong with societal classes in general”.

While many believe that the film was mediocre at best, I believe that “Mickey 17” could have been cut a few minutes shorter. However, it shows redeeming qualities, such as being a hilarious science fiction movie, which one could watch multiple times as a “yearly film” tradition.