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Cartoonish, sub-Armando Iannucci comic caper: Mickey 17 reviewed

Robert Pattinson imbues his Mickeys with a certain amount of pathos and heft, but he’s not a character you will care about

Deborah Ross
Which is the real Mickey? And will you care? COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. PICTURES
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 08 March 2025
issue 08 March 2025

Mickey 17 is the latest film from the South Korean writer-director Bong Joon-ho, who won an Oscar for Parasite and made Snowpiercer and Okja. It’s a dystopian sci-fi satire starring Robert Pattinson twice over (all will be explained) but while it initially kicks some decent ideas around, it eventually descends into a cartoonish, sub-Armando Iannucci comic caper with, as far as I could ascertain, nothing fresh to say.

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