I had to remind myself that Okja was CGI at one point when I teared up about it. Kudos to the Bong Joon-Ho's amazing direction of this and the on purpose over-the-top-ness of everything in this movie. If you're teetering on vegetarianism... this could push you over. Or you might think Okja looks tasty and go the other way I suppose.

Okja pushes Bong Joon Ho's talent for spanning moods and genre conventions to its limit. The movie features his trademark sharp shifts in tone, but also melds Western imagery, music and cultural touchstones. Pitch-black satire, heartwarming devotion, over-the-top performance, and subtle drama are engineered into something decidedly (if improbably) delicious. Okja is the kind of story that will render audiences silent, leaving the experience feeling somehow hopeful despite being crushed beneath the weight of it.