Mickey 17 Movie Review

Movie Analysis & Review

Mickey 17, released on 28 February 2025, is an Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure film (Released) with a runtime of 137 minutes. Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, Offscreen, Kate Street Picture Company, Domain Entertainment in United States of America, United Kingdom. Directed by Bong Joon Ho, the movie features performances by Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Anamaria Vartolomei, Daniel Henshall, Patsy Ferran. The film had a budget of $118.0 million and grossed $131.8 million.
Plot Summary: 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.

Cast and Crew

Cast: Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Mark Ruffalo, Toni Collette, Anamaria Vartolomei, Daniel Henshall, Patsy Ferran
Crew: Fiona Crombie (Production Design), Lucy Cork (Stunts), Bong Joon Ho (Director), Dooho Choi (Producer), Bong Joon Ho (Producer), Darius Khondji (Director of Photography), Jung Jae-il (Original Music Composer), Edward Ashton (Novel)
Director: Bong Joon Ho

Overview of Mickey 17

Release Date: 2025-02-28
Runtime: 137 min
Genres: Science Fiction, Comedy, Adventure
Status: Released
Budget: $118,000,000
Revenue: $131,847,147
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, Offscreen, Kate Street Picture Company, Domain Entertainment
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom
Certification (IN): A
OTT Providers: N/A
Keywords: based on novel or book, dark comedy, space travel, space colony, alien planet, creature, space adventure, human cloning, spaceship, space sci-fi, black comedy
External: IMDB

Story & Plot

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.

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Reviews

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"Mickey 17 presents an intriguing sci-fi concept and raises interesting questions, even if it doesn't always explore them with the desired depth.
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Brent Marchant: Some movies have a way of hitting things right on the head, either intentionally or by happy accident. And such is the case in both regards in the latest offering from Oscar-winning writer-director Bong Joon Ho, a hilariously insightful sociopolitical sci-fi satire that knocks it out of the park in …

CinemaSerf: “Mickey” (Robert Pattinson) is desperate to avoid a grisly fate at the hands of a loan shark, so decides his best bet is to get off-planet. Thing is, there are an whole load of like-minded folk so his only hope is to be an expendable. That means he gets used for all the dangerous and experimental ta…

r96sk: <em>'Mickey 17'</em> is a blast! What a fun time at the cinema this was. It delivers a super engaging plot, an excellent cast and some tremendous special effects. I, like almost everyone, love Bong Joon Ho's <em>'Parasite'</em>, but personally I'd rank this one of his higher.

That's likely a pers…

MVReka: Nothing incredibly groundbreaking, and a little heavy handed with the satire, but a fun ride and well shot, with all of the "I shouldn't laugh at this but I am" that you'd expect

I am guilty, as many others will be, of comparing this to Parasite. Doing so is doing the movie a disservice. From Bon…

MovieGuys: "Mickey 17" for those of us, old enough to remember has a Jerry Lewis in space, vibe.

Mickey's a sad sack, goofy, kind of misfit, who finds himself becoming essentially, a recyclable "crash test dummy", in space, to avoid an arguably worse fate, on earth, at the hands of sadistic, loan sharks.
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