"It's not called a penis, it's called a ding-dong!"
Strong words. And not simply a joke either. Not at all. Because while not many artfilms are built around bedwetting, you could say a good part of Lee Isaac Chung's sublime Minari is. This exquisite movie about a nuclear family who relocate to Arkansas to start a pastoral life outside big city chicken sexing has a major plot point about peeing that encapsulates everyone — including the cheeky granny (Yuh-Jung Youn) who comes to live with Mom, Dad, Son, and Daughter when farmlife gets particularly rough.
What's so tough about raising crops, you ask. Oh, pretty much everything: the long hours, the physical labor, the dependency on the weather, the religious zealotry of your help (Will Patton), and, in this case, the claustrophobia of the trailer you now call home. Is it worth it? According to Dad (Steven Yeun), the answer is yes. According to Mom (Han Yeri), the answer is no. As for the kids, they're less decisive. The girl (Noel Cho) may be older and wiser but the boy (Alan S. Kim) is whose opinion matters most. Not because he's the male heir but because the actor who plays him is pretty much perfect.
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