'Minari' is a movie about the immigrant experience that's both universal and surprising Ann Hornaday, The Washington Post Feb. 10, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3From left: Steven Yeun, Alan Kim, Yuh-Jung Youn, Yeri Han and Noel Kate Cho in "Minari."Josh Ethan Johnson/A24Show MoreShow Less 2of3Alan Kim and Yuh-Jung Youn in "Minari."Melissa Lukenbaugh/A24Show MoreShow Less 3of3 To call "Minari" uncannily timely almost does it a disservice. This modestly scaled but enormously heartfelt drama touches on any number of so-called hot buttons, including immigration, assimilation, the American Dream and the fluctuations of identity. But it's not about those things. Rather, this is the funny, sad, inspiring and ultimately universal story of how one family experiences displacement and belonging, in ways that never quite line up with conventional expectations.