"In an old Kids in the Hall comedy sketch called "Crazy Love," two bros throatily proclaim their "love of all women" and declare their incredulity that anyone could possibly take issue with it: Bro 1: It is in our very makeup; we cannot change who we are! Bro 2: No! To change would mean (beat) to make an effort. I thought about that particular exchange a lot, watching Park Chan-wook's latest movie, a niftily nasty piece of work called No Other Choice."
"He gets canned, and can't seem to find another job in his beloved paper industry, despite going on a series of dehumanizing interviews. His resourceful wife Miri (Son Ye-jin) proves a hell of a lot more adaptable than he does, making practical changes to the family's expenses to weather Man-su's situation. But when foreclosure threatens, he resolves to eliminate the other candidates (Lee Sung-min, Cha Seung-won) for the job he wants at another paper factory."
Long-serving paper factory worker Man-su loses his job after 25 years and struggles to find employment in his industry. His wife Miri adapts by cutting expenses and pivoting to hold the household together. Facing foreclosure and humiliation from dehumanizing interviews, Man-su refuses to change and resorts to extreme measures, plotting to eliminate rival candidates and even a potential boss. The film frames his actions as a masculine refusal to do hard personal work, and positions corporate downsizing and faceless companies as catalysts for personal violence. The tone mixes satirical universality with dark, nasty humor.
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