Minari - Ending Explained

[Music] what is up guys welcome back to another episode of the scene critique today i'm going to be going over and explaining the korean american film manari starring steven yoon and directed by the up and coming lee isaac chung but before i get into my explanation of minari go ahead and hit that subscribe button if you like this video for more explainers reviews and just good content in general all right listen up everyone now this here is mr jacob and this is monica yi yi he's an expert chicken sexer he's worked in california and seattle so let's give him a big arkansas welcome so minari is a tender drama that follows this korean-american family as they try to pursue a slice of the american dream it's set in the 1980s and primarily revolves around the family patriarch his name is jacob and his dream is to build a farm while his family especially his wife monica struggles to adjust to their new life in rural arkansas the movie ends with the disclaimer that the film is fictitious and any resemblance to real people is purely coincidental but as many fans know the story is also based on the childhood of director lee isaac chung but while some details are pulled from director lee isaac chung's real life experiences others are embellished to give the film more of a hollywood effect like lee's real-life father manari's korean immigrant father jacob yee uproots his family from california to follow his dreams of owning and operating a farm in the heartland of america but while the yi family in minari moved to arkansas from california lee's real family was originally based in denver colorado where his parents also worked as chicken sexers like david in the movie lee moved to a trailer in rural america when he was a kid although many of the movie's plot points didn't really happen to lee he did mine his childhood memories for many of the details about growing up in arkansas including the financial struggles of his family in the movie as well as in lee's real childhood the young boy's grandmother comes to live with the family and brings menari seeds with her from korea real lifely recalls a similar experience to what we see on camera when his grandmother came to live with his family in the us when lee was only six years old but rather than have actress yu jung yoon try to replicate his own grandmother lee had the actress pull from her own life experiences the actress shared in a q a that she just like david was similarly not fond of her great-grandmother who she lived with as a young girl and has said that she still feels bad about how she behaved and treated her back then toward the end of the movie tragedy strikes the yi family when the grandmother suffers a stroke that leaves her struggling to speak and control her movements soon after the stroke the grandmother is burning some garbage when some of it falls from the bin and starts an uncontrollable fire the rest of the family pull up in their car to see the barn where jacob stores the family's produce completely engulfed in flames jacob immediately runs to save what he can along with his wife monica close behind and in that moment they finally come through for one another monica as she follows jacob into the barn to help save what's left of her husband's hard work and jacob when he gives up on the produce to save his wife as the grandmother tries to run away from the destruction she's caused the children run after her and plead her to come home where she belongs thereby also resolving the months of tension that developed when their grandmother first arrived and disrupted their lives at the end of the movie the yi family appears to have become even closer after the fire and even though nothing much has changed they have another chance to rebuild their lives another chance at the american dream in the very last scene david and his father picked the menari that the grandmother had planted a year before symbolizing hope and growth even in a place that may seem uninhabitable guys this is one of the best movies that has come out and is a strong oscar contender one for best actor and two for best director for lee isaac chung this is a movie that i absolutely adored and if you're somebody who's trying to pursue the american dream or somebody who's come from a fam a minority family household this is a movie that you are definitely going to relate to this is a strong 9.1 out of 10 guys and i highly recommend you see this movie if you haven't already you

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Length: 4min 59sec (299 seconds)

Published: Fri Feb 26 2021