There are a few success stories to be celebrated in Mickey 17, the new film from Parasite director Bong Joon-ho. The first concerns Bong himself, who has managed to make an expensive, completely original sci-fi movie in an era where any film that costs over $100 must be part of some greater cinematic universe. It's beyond refreshing to watch a movie with this kind of story — one with clones, spaceships and alien slugs — have original characters, an original world, and an original style. You can compare Mickey 17 to other movies, but it's still something new. It wasn't setting itself up for a sequel, and I was never sure where the story was headed for the whole of its two hours and 17 minutes. It know I'm setting the bar for positivity low here, but movies like Mickey 17 are rare enough these days that they're worth checking out for the novelty alone.