For me the most compelling part of Chung's rather iconic immigrant story was the way he drills down into the relationships in the families, those between parents and children, between spouses, between generations. Minari is a beautiful picture of the difficult relationships in families whose experiences of living in a new country are so different.
Yeun and Ye-ri paint a complicated, tragic, and beautiful picture of a couple that is so compelling to watch. And all the praise for Yuh-jung's portrayal of grandma is well deserved. She is a delight on the screen. The while film just captures an authentic human story that is both relatable to all and specific to the Korean immigrant experience.
Throughout we get to watch a family and their circle come together, come apart, and rebuild through their love and support of each other. Their story is a compelling and beautiful one and Minari is a joy to watch, heat-breaking and inspiring.
Minari
Starring: Steven Yeun, Han Ye-ri, Youn Yuh-jung, Will Patton,
Writer/Director: Lee Isaac Chung
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