Should you watch Mickey 17?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Mickey 17
Film · 2025
Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
The sides of Mickey 17
- A worker printed again each time he dies
- Two copies of the same man on an ice planet
- A colony run by a vain politician
Mickey 17 is good for you if…
- you like laughing at a man whose job is to die over and over.
- you like a frozen alien planet and the creatures living under its snow.
- you like Bong Joon Ho's odd mix of satire, slapstick and science fiction.
Mickey 17 is bad for you if…
- you need cloning science that holds up.
- you find two hours and a quarter long for a satire.
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