Director and writer of Snowpiercer is back with another weird-ass movie and I’m happy to say that it’s great!

Meet Mija, a young girl who risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive animal named Okja.

The story sounds interesting and it sounds like a kids tv movie, but this is not for kids! This movie is TV-MA at it’ finest. Although it has some elements of kids movie (mostly humor) it’s not because of its darkness and bizarreness. The movie starts pretty heavy with pretty cool intro; the leader of a company is talking about giant GMO pigs being placed in twenty-something countries. Then we meet Mija, a girl whose best friend is a massive GMO pig named Okja. We see how she takes care of her and how they play. We can see Mijas connection with Okja well and that’s where we get an emotional bond. Their friendship and love are true. Her grandfather is telling her that she has to grow up and to sign Okja for “beauty pageant”. That so called beauty pageant is nothing like it sounds. The ending is really emotional and it will bring tears.

The acting in this movie is great! Seo-Hyun Ahn (Mija) did great. I don’t really know if she was really acting, or she was being a kid (herself). Her bond with Okja is amazing, but we can’t see her character development through the film. Tilda Swinton (Lucy) did a great job as a villain that is not aware that she’s a villain… Well that’s awkward. Jake Gyllenhaals role (Johnny Wilcox) is really overacted, but I think that’s good in the movie like this. Although he’s funny and entertaining vet, he’s also a maniac and a lunatic. This role is something new for him and I think he did well in it. Paul Dano (Jay) did well, although his screen time is short. He reminds me of Marlon Brandos’ godfather because he’s calm and everything. The only thing is that he kicks people on his own.

The editing in this movie is great and it’s well mixed with recording. I really like the beginning of the movie, as well as the ending of the movie because of its stylish looks. Also ending (dark scene) is for me, one of the saddest moments in movie history. The soundtrack is weird, but it fits the atmosphere. CGI of Okja and other GMO pigs is great. It’s very detailed and it fits in an orientation where it’s set.

At the end, Okja is a great movie that a lot of people will love. It’s not well marketed and it’s very overlooked, so definitely check it out!

My rating: 9/10