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Cannes Festival, OKJA, a children’s tale loaded with adult-like problems

Plan B Entertainment, Lewis Pictures and Kate Street Picture Company in association with Netflix
Tilda Swinton, An Seo Hyun and Steven Yeun
Directed by Bong Joon ho

Watching Bong Joon Ho’s “Okja” made me wish I was ten years old again, and I don’t mean this with irony. "Okja" is brilliantly entertaining, but it would likely be better enjoyed by someone who’s very young, in spite of the several adult-size questions the film raises, in passing. In preparing to offer him the role of Johnny Wilcox (a white, more flamboyant version of Brian Fellow from SNL’s ... more >