Bugonia
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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.
What critics thought
Lanthimos's latest lands as a broadly well-received but divisive entry in his filmography — Stone and Plemons draw near-universal praise, while critics argue over whether the film's satirical ambitions are fully realized or whether it settles for mood over substance. Comparisons to the Korean original it remakes, Save the Green Planet!, run through much of the discourse, with opinion split on whether Bugonia meaningfully updates or merely echoes its source.
“Stone and Plemons are both in top form, clearly vibing with the director's idiosyncratic sensibility and upping each other's game.”
David Rooney·The Hollywood Reporter
“This is not really Lanthimos's weirdest film, and it's not his funniest or his most fun either. It's mostly kind of sad.”
Alissa Wilkinson·The New York Times
“The disdain Lanthimos is expressing here is more for humanity itself than for any one subset of it; he's less a misogynist than a misanthropist”
Dana Stevens·Slate
“there is not much substance at the centre”
Donald Clarke·The Irish Times
Accolades
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Yorgos LanthimosDirector
Emma StoneMichelle
Jesse PlemonsTeddy
Aidan DelbisDon
Stavros HalkiasCasey
Alicia SilverstoneSandy
J. Carmen Galindez BarreraRicky / Security Guard
Marc T. LewisTony
Vanessa EngCorey
Cedric DumornayChris
Jerskin FendrixComposer
Will TracyWriter
Robbie RyanCinematographyBugonia
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.
What critics thought
Lanthimos's latest lands as a broadly well-received but divisive entry in his filmography — Stone and Plemons draw near-universal praise, while critics argue over whether the film's satirical ambitions are fully realized or whether it settles for mood over substance. Comparisons to the Korean original it remakes, Save the Green Planet!, run through much of the discourse, with opinion split on whether Bugonia meaningfully updates or merely echoes its source.
“Stone and Plemons are both in top form, clearly vibing with the director's idiosyncratic sensibility and upping each other's game.”
David Rooney·The Hollywood Reporter
“This is not really Lanthimos's weirdest film, and it's not his funniest or his most fun either. It's mostly kind of sad.”
Alissa Wilkinson·The New York Times
“The disdain Lanthimos is expressing here is more for humanity itself than for any one subset of it; he's less a misogynist than a misanthropist”
Dana Stevens·Slate
“there is not much substance at the centre”
Donald Clarke·The Irish Times
Accolades
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- severe
- Substances
- mild
- Intensity
- severe
Genres
Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
Yorgos LanthimosDirectorEmma StoneMichelleJesse PlemonsTeddyAidan DelbisDonStavros HalkiasCaseyAlicia SilverstoneSandyJ. Carmen Galindez BarreraRicky / Security GuardMarc T. LewisTonyVanessa EngCoreyCedric DumornayChrisJerskin FendrixComposerWill TracyWriterRobbie RyanCinematographyStream
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