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Bugonia
Directed by
Yorgos Lanthimos
R
2025
1h 59m
Comedy
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Science Fiction
,
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7.4
87%
84%
7.4
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Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
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Cast of Bugonia
Emma Stone
Michelle / Producer
Jesse Plemons
Teddy
Aidan Delbis
Don
Stavros Halkias
Casey
Alicia Silverstone
Sandy
J. Carmen Galindez Barrera
Ricky / Security Guard
Marc T. Lewis
Tony
Vanessa Eng
Corey
Cedric Dumornay
Chris
Momma Cherri
Tina
Fredricka Whitfield
Fredricka Whitfield
Rafael Lopez Bravo
Carlos
Yaisa
EMT
Teneise Mitchell Ellis
Detective
Roger Carvalho
Young Detective
Atsushi Nishijima
Chief Andromedan
Janlyn Bales
Andromedan
Andy Blackburn
Andromedan
Stella Bizirtsaki
Andromedan
Diana Duah
Andromedan
Bugonia Ratings & Reviews
Ty Burr's Watch List (Substack)
Ty Burr
This is not everyone's cup of tea, obviously, but it's pitched expertly on a fulcrum of absurdity and caustic honesty about the fix we're in while poking the sore spots of various modern social ills.
Filmspotting
Adam Kempenaar
That point may be that human beings are intolerable, insignificant, and unnecessary. I guess I prefer my misanthropy more clever and less insincere.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Christy Lemire
This takes me back to [Yorgos Lanthimos'] Dogtooth in the bold weirdness of it and the challenge of "Are you going to go with us on this trip or not?"
Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
Mark Kermode
I think I like it.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
Lanthimos is, of course, a vital filmmaker and one of our most gifted modern storytellers, but he's never been easier to dismiss than he is with "Bugonia." His unpleasantries have never felt emptier.
Chicago Reader
Maxwell Rabb
Lanthimos's hand is steady as he spins us deeper into chaos, always withholding just enough to keep us questioning what's real.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
It is to Plemons' credit that he instills a character who could have been a one-note nut case with emotional complexity.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
I found Bugonia to be an unrelentingly miserable journey into pessimistic darkness, its viscerally sardonic malice more than I could bear.
Tribune News Service
Katie Walsh
In Yorgos Lanthimos' end of the world as we know it, it just might be fine.
The Atlantic
Shirley Li
Bugonia's provocative premise doesn't yield a sci-fi thriller. The film instead offers an intimate, unhurried exploration of human cruelty.
Salon.com
Coleman Spilde
Perhaps this nihilism will prove too trenchant and reactive for some viewers. That's perfectly fine: Sometimes it feels good to scream for help, even if it will never come.
NPR
Glen Weldon
As enjoyable as I found the film, it only manages to qualify as mid-tier Lanthimos, chiefly because it doesn't register as a pure expression of his cinematic sensibility.
AARP Movies for Grownups
Thelma Adams
Proof that not every new movie is a cookie-cutter audience pleaser. Expect the unexpected in a sublimely ridiculous corporate kidnap caper with a side of science fiction.
The Travers Take
Peter Travers
Even with Emma Stone as his glorious muse, Yorgos Lanthimos can be self-indulgent, self-satisfied and grindingly obtuse, but damn he is also a true visionary.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
I'd say that the movie goes off the rails after this, but it was never really on the rails...The movie sets itself up for insights about conspiracy theories, economic disparity, and predatory corporations, only to let us know it has nothing to say.
Consequence
Liz Shannon Miller
For those who loved The Menu, the odds are exceptionally good that Bugonia will also have equal appeal.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
The final moments of "Bugonia" paint as grim a picture of humanity as you'll see anywhere; it's superbly crafted, to be sure, but it's ice-cold at its core.
USA Today
Brian Truitt
Offers up dark-web weirdness and sci-fi paranoia amid a gonzo comedy/psychological romp.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
Stone and Plemons carry the day here: Her Michelle is alternately haughty, humble and wily - all believable reactions to her plight - while he's convincing as a man in the grips of an obsession.
Washington Post
Michael Andor Brodeur
Lanthimos digs into the absurdity (and cruelty) that attends our desire to care for one another - one that can easily curdle into an appetite for destruction. In the flickering basement light of "Bugonia," humanity comes off like an alien instinct.
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