Information Agency: "Mickey 17" is simply a 2025 black discipline fiction comedy directed by Bong Joon-ho, Oscar winner for the movie "Parasite". The movie is an adaptation of the fresh "Mickey 7" by Edward Ashton. The lead roles feature Robert Pattinson as Mickey Barnes, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.
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In the United States, the movie "Mickey 17" debuted on March 7, 2025. From Videoweb The movie has so far earned about $110 million. Taking into account the US$118 million production budget, ‘Mickey 17’ has not yet reached a profitability threshold (including additional marketing costs).
The movie met with mixed reviews. Critics appreciate the genre versatility and ability of the director. However, they mostly consider "Mickey 17" disappointing compared to "Parasite". any believe that besides much time and energy has been devoted to the film's appearance: peculiar effects, computer effects, editing, etc.; alternatively of the script.
Blaming the large look of the movie is, however, ignoring the biggest, main problem. The real mistake that cut the film's wings—its plots and financial results—is politics. More specifically, a sharp but poorly thought-out attack on president Donald Trump and his constituents.
"Mickey 17": outline of the basics of the plot
The title Mickey lands on a spaceship on a mission to colonize a fresh planet. Mickey plays a key function on the ship. Its task is to execute the most dangerous activities. For another participants of the expedition. Fatal actions, but not for the main character – in a sense.
Every time Mickey dies, his body is reprinted, and his memory is uploaded back onto his fresh body. In large simplicity, the foundation of the movie is cloning.
For the first half of the film, the game focuses on exploring this concept. We see the consequences of “printing” the hero. We're watching him put up with constant birthing and dying, how his personality types change, how people on the ship treat him, or just the benefits and dangers of technology.
"Mickey 17": president Trump's Unfunny Parody alternatively of sci-fi?
However, unexpectedly somewhere in the second half of the screening, the movie ceases to full exploit the possible of its main foundation. The viewer is suggested to have quite a few uncertainty about ‘printing’, including spiritual questions, whether there are many dangers beyond those shown. However, the script changes course and becomes the apparent second key foundation of the film.
A large part of the movie begins to be occupied by Senator Marshall (Mark Ruffalo), the ship's commander, with his wife (Toni Collette). The acting game and character statements leave no uncertainty that the senator and his wife are caricatures of president Donald Trump and Melania Trump.
The movie manager assures that the Marshalls are actually a mix of historical figures. However, no 1 watching "Mickey 17" will wonder who in these characters is expected to see – senator's supporters even wear red baseball caps like MEGA caps.
Mix of conflicting concepts
Worse still, it is most likely 1 of their strangest caricature performances, which paradoxically reduces the amount of humor in the film. At the same time, it confuses many concepts of American left-wing media about the president and the First Lady. Sometimes contradictory, as they may be contradictory in the narratives of the media themselves.
He said-Trump is simply a narcissist, greedy of power and fame. Mandatoryly besides sexist, racist, and white supremacist. He is very popular, but of course we do not see why he is liked and which his thoughts appeal to society.
Supposedly-Trump is authoritarian and can abuse power due to the fact that he is surrounded by faithful fans. But again, it's hard to imagine how it happened. The character is shown to be highly stupid, clumsy in human relationships and with a closed mind.
However, the alleged "Trump" actually controls the pretend-Melania Trump, like Shakespeare's woman Macbeth. He said-Melania helps a clumsy senator even in public speeches. This character is besides written inconsistently. - Melania is smart and not smart. At the same time, it has a strong influence on behind-the-scenes policies, and on the another hand, its head is afraid with unusual obsessions of the futuristic advanced class.
Other movies with pretend-Trumps
From a black comedy fantastically scientific, from exploring the concept of “printing” (cloning) and its consequences, the movie turns into a mode of unfunny scaring president Trump. The movie initially entertains and stimulates imagination, and later polarizes its viewers or even any of the audience simply insults.
It's not the first movie that was written like that. During the last election campaign, the movie “The Apprentice” came out to virtually depict Donald Trump's youth days. Similarly, during the run came out “Civil War”, a movie re-shaping the civilian war in the modern United States, the origin of which is, of course, pseudo-Trump with its supporters.
“Civil War” shows an assassination of pretend-Trump as an thought to end a civilian war. Post fact, after 2 attempts to assassinate Donald Dead recently, it's not hard to look at something like this as a minimum temptation to evil. "Mickey 17" besides depicts the assassination of pretend-Trump...
Of course, "Mickey 17" is not the first and only. Trump's parody films have been appearing decades ago. Here is simply a short list of another films that show characters more or little resembling president Donald Trump (or more media concepts on him): “Gremliny 2”, “Travel to the Future 2”, “Wicked”, “Super Mario Bros.” or “Wonder female 1984”.
Will “Mickey 17′′ harm Bong Joon-ho?
One may wonder if “Mickey 17′′ will harm Bong Joon-ho's popularity. mediocre financial results and small satisfaction of viewers (in any even outrage) should have consequences. On the another hand, are there problems in the western planet of movie stars for taunting Donald Trump or another conservative and non-leftist politicians in society?
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AI, Opinions Maximilian Manasterski/photo: Mickey 17 X / 31.03.2025
