"No Other Choice" - Rialto - (98%/94% RT) 3 Golden Globe Nods, Oscar Contender
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Friday, Jan 16th: "No Other Choice" (98%/94% RT). 3 Golden Globe Nominations including Best Picture-Drama, Best Int'l Film & Best Actor. Toronto Film Festival Winner! A 2026 Oscar Best Picture & Int'l Film Frontrunner! After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition. See Full Film Description Below.
Critic Quotes:
"Park shows an almost uncanny ability to switch from tragedy to comedy at the flip of a coin, a tonal tightrope walk that few directors can manage. Lee Byung-hun anchors this madness with a performance of subtle gradations."
"Park Chan-wook never misses, but No Other Choice is one of his most relevant to what the world is barreling towards. It's funny, it's brutal, it's a reflection of a sad reality that pits us all against each other instead of the elite."
"Too many Americans can relate to the crippling gut-punch of a job loss, with the ripple effects that threaten the bonds of family and shatter their social position. No Other Choice pushes the trauma one step further."
"No Other Choice has been assembled with the confidence of a master who has made a comedy about the way so many are drifting toward irrelevance. But not Park’s movie. By the movie's end, its relevance and stinging ironies have crystallized."
"Co-Listed with the "Santa Rosa High Def Movie Group"
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Food/Discussion After Film: Optional
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Movie Description
"No Other Choice": Satire/Comedy/Drama/Thriller
***No Other Choice ***(directed by Park Chan-wook, based on Donald E. Westlake's The Ax) follows Man-su, a loyal paper company employee abruptly laid off after 25 years, who descends into dark, violent territory to eliminate job competition, turning desperate unemployment into a thrilling, darkly comedic, and satirical tale of modern work culture, starring Lee Byung-hun 2025 139 Minutes
Movie Website: https://www.neonrated.com/film/no-other-choice
AI summary
By Meetup
Screening for local cinephiles in a film group; watch a Park Chan-wook satire-thriller about unemployment and job competition, followed by an optional post-film discussion.
AI summary
By Meetup
Screening for local cinephiles in a film group; watch a Park Chan-wook satire-thriller about unemployment and job competition, followed by an optional post-film discussion.