How to watch 'Mickey 17': See the Bong Joon Ho film at home
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You can now take a trip to the planet Niflheim at home and watch a whole bunch of Robert Pattinsons act as human crash test dummies in Mickey 17. Bong Joon Ho's follow-up to Parasite, which made history as the first international film to win Best Picture at the Oscars, serves as another genre-bending adventure with a cutting political message.
Along for the trip, aside from a bunch of Pattinsons, are Naomi Ackie (Blink Twice), Steven Yeun (Love Me), Mark Ruffalo, and Toni Collette. If you missed it in theaters, you can now watch the darkly comedic cross-genre gem Mickey 17 at home. Here's what you need to know.
What is Mickey 17 about?
Inspired by Edward Ashton’s genre-bending sci-fi novel Mickey7, Mickey 17 follows Mickey Barnes (Pattinson), who works as an "expendable" so scientists can figure out how to colonize the strange new planet Niflheim. Being an "expendable" basically just means he's killed over and over again like a human guinea pig and then reprinted (like 3D printing for clones) when things go astray. When two Mickeys unexpectedly wake up on the same day, the whole system is thrown out of whack, leading the ship's corporate overlords (Collette and Ruffalo) to violent means. Suddenly, it's up to the Mickeys and their allies to survive and stop a class war on their new planet.
Check out the official trailer:
Is Mickey 17 worth watching?
Mickey 17 opened with $19 million, which doesn't seem too bad until you account for the fact that it cost $118 million to make. In other words, it was a box office dud and lost a good chunk of change for Warner Bros. And yet, the film has pretty dang good reviews. It sits at a 77 percent critic rating and 73 percent audience rating at Rotten Tomatoes, and Mashable's own reviewer, Kristy Puchko, spoke highly of it.
"The journey Mickey goes on is winding and wild, bucking the conventional flow of a sci-fi action movie, by being only gently sci-fi and barely action. Instead, Mickey 17 plays as a political comedy with cross-genre flair, ultimately urging the audience to see the similarities, and perhaps find our own inner Mickey 17," she writes.
Moral of the story? Box office numbers don't tell the whole story. Also, you can never have too many Robert Pattinsons.
Read our full review of Mickey 17.
How to watch Mickey 17 at home
There are a couple of different ways to watch Mickey 17 at home currently: purchasing via digital video-on-demand, renting via digital video-on-demand, or of course, streaming. While renting is the cheapest option, it's also the most limited.
Buy or rent Mickey 17 on digital
Mickey 17 crashed into theaters on March 7, 2025, then became available to watch at home about a month later via digital video-on-demand platforms like Prime Video. You can now purchase the film for your digital collection or rent it for 30 days. If you choose the rental route, just keep in mind that you'll have 30 days to watch, but only 48 hours to finish once you begin.
You can purchase and rent the film at the following retailers as of April 8:
Prime Video — buy for $12.99, rent for $5.99
Apple TV — buy for $12.99, rent for $5.99
Fandango at Home (Vudu) — buy for $12.99, rent for $5.99
Google Play — buy for $12.99, rent for $5.99
YouTube — buy for $12.99, rent for $5.99
Stream Mickey 17 on HBO Max
As a Warner Bros. Pictures film, Mickey 17 will officially make its streaming debut on HBO Max, the Warner Bros.-owned streaming service. Beginning on May 23, audiences can travel to the icy planet Niflheim from their living rooms.
HBO Max subscriptions begin at $9.99 per month, but there are a few different ways you can save some money on your plan. Peep the best HBO Max streaming deals below.
The best HBO Max streaming deals
Best for most people: Save 16% on Max Basic with ads annual subscription
The cheapest monthly Max subscription (Basic with ads) goes for $9.99, but opting for an annual subscription brings that cost down to just $8.33 per month. You'll have to pay $99.99 up front for the year, but ultimately you'll save about 16% compared to a monthly plan.
Best HBO Max deal with no ads: Save up to 16% on a Max Standard annual subscription
Similarly, you can save 16% on a yearly ad-free plan — now dubbed Max Standard and Max Premium. The standard tier will run you either $16.99 per month or $169.99 per year (about $14.16 per month), while the Premium tier costs either $20.99 per month or $209.99 per year (about $17.50 per month). Both tiers offer an ad-free viewing experience, but the Premium tier comes with 4K Ultra HD video quality, Dolby Atmos immersive audio, and the ability to download more offline content.
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Cricket customers on the $60 per month unlimited plan can enjoy HBO Max with ads for free. When logging into HBO Max, just choose Cricket as your provider and enter your credentials to log in. Voilà — you're in.
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Getting streaming services for free is getting harder and harder to come by. That's why we love this DoorDash collaboration with HBO Max so much. Sign up for DoorDash's annual DashPass plan for $96 per year ($8 per month) and you'll get a free Max Basic subscription (with ads) on top of the other DashPass perks. You'll have to activate your Max subscription through your DoorDash account to get started.
Best Max deal for students: Save 50% on Max with ads
College students looking to check out Mickey 17 and other Warner Bros. films can access the entire Max library for a year for half price. Just verify your student status with UNiDAYS, retrieve the unique discount code, and sign up for just $4.99 per month rather than $9.99.
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Consolidate your spending and streaming by subscribing to the Disney+ bundle, which includes Disney+, Hulu, and Max, for only $16.99 per month with ads. That lineup of streamers (with ads) would usually cost you $25.97 per month, so you'll end up saving about $9 each month. If you'd rather go ad-free, it'll cost you $29.99 per month as opposed to $48.97. That's up to 38% in savings for access to all three streaming libraries.
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Christina Buff is a Nashville-based freelance writer for who covers shopping with a splash of entertainment. If you’re ever wondering what streaming service you need to watch something (and the cheapest way to sign up for it), she’s your girl.
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