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This movie is a really good mix of genres in typical lanthimos styles, there's especially a lot of his sicked black humour as well as unexpected drama, horror and sci fi. Performances are all great but it's the finale that for me really elevates the movie. Funny, coherent, surprising, visually amazing.

The soundtrack was great too, looking forward to its general release to see the audience reaction.

The movie is an adaptation of an rather obscure Korean black comedy. The source material may be considered a cult classic but seeing Begonia I feel like there was a reason it never got popular.

The film goes places well with commentary on the state of misinformation and self-victimisation plaguing our society. In what could have been a good movie about the dangers of such trends, it falls flat on its face with a ridiculous over the top ending. The adaptation is faithful but fails to exceed the original, and is an indictment on the lack of originality and creativity of the director.

The movie is carried by Emma Stone who is fantastic in her performance. Jesse Plemons plays the same character he always does - and I feel like he fails to capture the breadth of emotions required to generate sympathy for his character - which on paper should have come off a lot more sympathetic than he did on screen.

Watching *Bugonia* felt strange in the best possible way. Lanthimos throws you into a world where nothing feels entirely normal - the rules are odd, people react in unpredictable ways, and yet something about all this chaos feels oddly familiar. You laugh, but there's always tension underneath it, like you're waiting for something to go wrong. The emotions hit harder than expected, even in moments that seem absurd on paper.

The story follows two conspiracy-obsessed men who kidnap Michele (played by Emma Stone), a corporate figure they believe is an alien trying to destroy Earth. It sounds ridiculous - and it is - but Lanthimos uses that absurdity to dig into paranoia, power, and the strange ways people cling to belief when faced with uncertainty.

Visually, the film looks beautiful and a bit unsettling. Shooting on 35mm gives it texture - the kind of imperfections, shadows, and lighting you don't get with digital. It makes the world feel alive, slightly out of sync, and that's exactly what this story needs. The camera work feels intentional without being flashy, every frame adding to the unease.

The tone is darkly funny but emotionally sharp. Lanthimos doesn't offer easy answers or explanations. He just builds tension through behavior - through silence, through glances, through moments that should be funny but end up being uncomfortable. Emma Stone stands out; she plays Michele with a mix of calm control and quiet menace that holds the film together.

It's one of those films that doesn't fully explain itself, and maybe that's the point. You either go along with its strange rhythm or you don't. For me, it worked - not because everything made sense, but because it felt honest in its chaos. Lanthimos doesn't tell you what to think, he just lets the madness unfold, and somehow, that's what makes it stick.

**Verdict:** 9/10 - not as tight as *The Favourite*, but easily Lanthimos's boldest and most unpredictable work since *The Lobster*.

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Bugonia is a classic Yorgos Lanthimos movie as it examines the darkest parts of human nature in a characteristically darkly comedic fashion but it also offers something different when it operates as a tense thriller. It's a neatly structured film that only gets better once things properly escalate in a genuinely shocking way and it reaches a satisfying conclusion. This is another recent release which really feels of the moment.

Jesse Plemons is amazing by being fully committed to the naivety of his character which makes him equally threatening and gullible. Emma Stone is effortlessly confident and funny as she slowly begins to control the situation, continuing her winning collaboration with Yorgos in a way that shows her full potential once again. It's the constantly shifting power play between these two that keeps it so investing and unpredictable.

Director Yorgos Lanthimos delivers one of his strongest films to date where the trademark surrealism feels more appropriate thanks to the premise whilst working with some of his most consistent collaborators behind the camera. Robbie Ryan's cinematography knows how to make each scene look beautiful and surreal at the same time, complimented by Jerskin Fendrix's suitably paranoid score ensuring everything feels ominous when needed.

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For a moment BUGONIA is like watching "Misery" or "Funny Games" through the lens of 1950s Hollywood dystopian paranoia films. Yorgos follows the sadistic path he started in The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Kinds Of Kindness playing with Kubrick-like visuals and sounds to deliver a fairly straightforward cynical fable until it's not.

Emma and Jesse explore a violent theatricality and beautiful expressionism to great success. Both are harrowing and spectacular (this is Plemons best part ever) but are also limited by the linearity of it all. The last act reconnects Lanthimos with his subversive, unpredictable and absurd poetry but I guess Media, Politics and Truths are this year's true topics. Not surprising this film shares common grounds with Eddington.

I wanted to love it but I just really really liked it.

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone's Overdone Partnership

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone have undeniably created some striking films together, from The Favourite to Poor Things. Their collaborations often blend sharp surrealism with Stone's fearless performances, delivering moments of brilliance that linger. But let's be honest: their relentless streak of projects is starting to feel like a one-note symphony.

The issue isn't talent-Lanthimos's offbeat vision and Stone's chameleon-like acting are still top-tier. It's the sheer frequency. Back-to-back films with the same director-actor duo can sap the freshness from even the most inventive premises. Their latest efforts, while polished, echo the same quirky, detached tone and stylized weirdness that defined their earlier work. It's like watching a brilliant chef cook the same dish repeatedly-eventually, you crave a new flavor.

Stone's commitment to Lanthimos's eccentric worlds is admirable, but her constant presence risks turning their films into a predictable shtick. The audience deserves variety, and both artists are versatile enough to explore beyond this partnership. A break to work with other directors or actors could reinvigorate their craft and give us something new to savor. For now, this once-exciting collaboration feels like it's overstayed its welcome, leaving a stale aftertaste.

"Bugonia" is a satirical, absurdist sci-fi dark comedy directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from a screenplay by Will Tracy. It's an English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean cult film Save the Green Planet! . The film stars Emma Stone (as Michelle, a powerful pharmaceutical CEO), Jesse Plemons (as Teddy, a conspiracy-obsessed beekeeper), alongside Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone . The story follows two conspiracists who kidnap Michelle, convinced she is an alien threatening Earth .

Emma Stone finally ditches for good the sarcastic, enjoyable girl-next-door persona that took us away from our troubles for a few hours to enter the ranks of Streep, Winslet, Chastain and other great actresses, if "Out if Africa" and "Kramer vs. Kramer" were about a CEO kidnapped by eco-terrorists who thinks she's an alien. Master director Yorgias Nominationous just piles on the charisma by giving Stone a "Mommy Dearest meets Yul Brenner in a way-off Broadway Czech experimental theater production" look that will send you to the refreshment stand to see if the Avatar commemorative bin is already available well before the half-way point of the film. Jesse Plemons almost moves his dead sociopathic features a few times (why does this man not already have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, people?!), just a magic time at the movies. Good Lord.

Yorgos Lanthimos once again delivers a film that screams "I'm different" but struggles to provide any genuine cinematic pleasure. Bugonia feels like it was designed not for audiences, but for Academy voters and critics eager to praise anything that looks unconventional. Unfortunately, the result is a hollow piece of cinema that mistakes eccentricity for substance. Emma Stone, who has recently tied much of her career to Lanthimos's projects, risks undermining her own trajectory by continually participating in these overindulgent experiments. Instead of engaging storytelling, we're left with an absurd, self-conscious attempt at art that alienates the viewer and leaves little more than frustration in its wake.

Lanthimos strikes again! And it's another masterpiece. Black Comedy, Satire, Social critic on internet conspiracy theories, weird, absurd, witty, bloody and last but not least a nihilistic comment on mankind working on its own extinction.

And what an intelligent screenplay it is! And all in all an exciting and entertaining movie with surprising twists. How many times can you leave the theatre feeling refreshed and inspired, because you know you have just watched something you have never seen on a screen before? Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons deliver great performances, on top of their skills. It's such a pleasure to watch actors with their depth and intensity.

I loved the whole experience, it's a brilliant movie, strongly recommended.

Don't get me wrong, Emma Stone is terrific here, carrying that same cool, unreadable spark that Tilda Swinton built a career on, only with a younger, brighter edge. Stone has already collected two Oscars, though, and what really catches you off guard is Jesse Plemons, who turns in a performance so sharp and so unsettling that you keep thinking you've never quite seen him push himself like this.

"Bugonia" eases in with what looks like a simple setup, just two men talking, one dominating the dialogue while the other tries to keep pace, and before you realize it the whole thing has shifted into a story that moves fast yet stays grounded enough to feel like something that could unfold a few blocks from where you live. I was hooked from the first scene and stayed that way nearly all the way through, though the ending lingers longer than it needs to, just enough to place it a step below "Poor Things." Even so, it is unmistakably a Yorgos Lanthimos production, and it carries that same strange, irresistible flavor that makes his work so easy to sink into.

Plemons sinks into this role like wet cement.

If Heath Ledger's Joker was chaos on fire, Plemons is the silence that burns before the explosion. The yin to that yang. No makeup, no theatrics, just a man quietly losing his grip one inch at a time. You can't look away.

His scenes of him 'brainwashing' his cousin exudes a natural darkness I cannot recall ever seeing on screen before.

'Bugonia (2025)' is about a pair of conspiracy theorists who kidnap a CEO in the belief she's an alien capable of negotiating a deal with her brethren to leave Earth and stop harming its residents. Shot with director Yorgos Lanthimos' signature clinical coldness but trading his films' usual monotone stiffness for a more naturalistic approach to matter-of-fact dialogue, the film balances dark comedy with crushing reality as it crafts its relatable world of heartbreaking problems and no easy solutions. It isn't really interested in answering any of the questions it asks, nor is it concerned with giving you a clear outcome - or protagonist - to root for. Despite being a three-hander, it's never clear which of the main players you're meant to be aligned with, as it's basically just a case of a bad person doing bad things to another bad person while a slightly less bad person watches with unease. There's no real thematic consistency or poignance to the picture because it doesn't really seem to say anything beyond establishing its narrative as being once which plays with recognisable concepts and emotions. It also does something that throws its underlying point into question, going so far as to perhaps undercut the point it initially makes about who's "right" and who's "wrong". Its grey mortality is part of its appeal, but its ultimate handling of it feels ever-so-slightly irresponsible if you try to sincerely connect the dots from its execution back to its conception. In the end, this is a really well-made movie that's performed to perfection and is unashamedly downbeat. It's quirky, it's uncomfortable, it's mostly entertaining. Yet, it's also slightly uneven, with a third act that's vaguely disappointing (and, even more vaguely, predictable) despite its undeniable boldness. It's definitely a good movie, but it isn't quite as emotionally gripping as I'd like it to be. I appreciate it, but I don't exactly feel it. Still, it's a solid effort that's engaging and entertaining enough to keep you happily watching for its duration. It isn't Lanthimos' best, but it isn't his worst, either.

22 years later, Yorgos Lanthimos dares to remake the 2003 Korean masterpiece "Save the Green Planet!" by Jang Joon-hwan.

Despite my love for Lanthimos, this film, unfortunately, doesn't quite deliver the same gut-wrenching agony as the original-even though the execution is technically stunning. I'm genuinely torn about how to feel about it.

Let's start by saying: it's not a bad film, but it's not a great one either. This time, I'll take a slightly different approach-comparing both films to see where each shines and falters, while keeping things spoiler-free.

The first thing you'll notice-if you've seen both versions-is the colour palette. "Save the Green Planet!" embraces dark greens and blues, while "Bugonia" opts for rich oranges and reds.

Both are effective in building a sense of threat, but-and that's my opinion-the green hues serve the story better. The orange, however, feels perfectly aligned with Lanthimos's current aesthetic.

Keeping the same tones as the original would have felt like pure imitation, so going for a warmer colors make it feel more contemporary and ominous.

Both films run around two hours, yet "Bugonia" lost me halfway through-and by "lost", I mean I nearly dozed off. It's weighed down by dialogue that easily slips into rhetoric and monotony, whereas "Save the Green Planet!" balances its dialogue with bursts of violent action.

"Save the Green Planet!" dances along the edge of psychological horror and physical discomfort, even flirting with torture territory. "Bugonia"has its moments of violence and splatter, but never reaches the same level of unsettling intensity.

A remake shouldn't be a carbon copy of its source, and in that sense, Lanthimos leaves his unmistakable Hollywood fingerprint. Still, Joon-hwan's film feels far more decayed and dystopian-a film of a time, the 2000s-when politically correct wasn't yet an invisible law.

However, "Bugonia" is more polished, more accessible, clearly tailored for a broader audience. That accessibility also reshapes its perspective-and that's where the two directors diverge most.

The direction, of course, differs greatly-two directors, two cultural lenses. Joon-hwan thrives in the grit and chaos of the working class, while Lanthimos prefers the stylised decay of wealth.

Both handle the class divide with flair, but through entirely different textures.

Performance-wise, both casts are solid. Emma Stone's portrayal of Michelle arguably fits better for the role; her shaved head and eerie makeup sharpen her ambiguity.

Conversely, Baek Yoon-shik's Kang Man-shik lacks her magnetism but compensates with raw, unsettling force-his maleness also allows Joon-hwan to push certain boundaries further.

It's not a gender issue, but a difference in how far each director dares to go within their respective cinematic climates.

Interestingly, the gender swap extends beyond the lead conspirator. In "Save the Green Planet!," the abettor is a girl, Su-ni (Hwang Jung-min), whereas in "Bugonia" it's a boy, Don (Aidan Delbis).

This shift subtly changes the emotional dynamics, even though some of the empathy between captor and captive remains intact.

As for the mastermind behind the abduction: Teddy, played by Jesse Plemons-an actor I'd protect at all costs-feels a bit muted here. In contrast, Shin Ha-kyun's Lee Byeong-gu in the original radiates psychotic energy and conviction.

The endings have sparked endless online debates, and truthfully, both work within their respective worlds. They hit different emotional notes but leave the same pit in your stomach.

Both films hold a mirror to our species-fractured, hopeful, and cruel, highlighting the same uncomfortable question about humanity that feels increasingly urgent today. Watch both, then decide for yourself.

As for me? My allegiance remains clear-I'm still all in to "Save the Green Planet!" Sorry, Lanthimos, but this time you didn't quite abduct me.

Bugonia is a dark (VERY dark in some places) comedy / sci-fi story involving a conspiracy theorist who thinks Andromedins have invaded the Earth.

Performances are hit and miss. I'm sure some of this has to do with the writing, but Aidan Delbis didn't pull off the "challenged partner-in-crime." He was doing something with his lip that reminded me of Bill Murray in Caddyshack. Given that the movie is so dark, I think they could have written this character as someone with a legitimate mental illness, and have it portrayed that way, preferably by someone else. The comedic angle of this character fell flat. This same character type was played straight in the movie Good Time to a much greater effect.

I also think Teddy was far too stupid to have pulled any of this off. Jesse Plemons did a serviceable job playing Jesse, but the character was written to be too unintelligent.

Overall, this was a decent movie. The ending was a little opaque, but it's easy enough to follow the general idea without Googling.

8/10.

If you are a Horror Thriller fan, go see this! It has Comedy but it was too serious of a subject to make me laugh, kidnapping, torture, abuse, the movie is basically horror thriller and you can see why i say this...I did not enjoy poor things, it ended up being a Victorian Era P0RN0.... This movie is more straightforward and easier to get behind...it's a movie you must see in theaters...I went in blind, i only knew about emma stone being baId and kidnapped because this guy thinks she's an Alien...It's one of those movies you can rewatch and better than most films that have came out this year...I would compare it to the Substance, although Substance is way more wild...Go SEE THIS.

Not for everyone, but definitely for me! To start, the acting was unbelievable from the three main characters. Emma Stone was amazing, and Jesse Plemons and the actor who plays his cousin are just outstanding. The hair and makeup were very creative - from bald on Emma, to HELP - PLEASE GET THIS MAN SOME SHAMPOO! The story was the fun part - who doesn't like twists, turns, ups, downs and inside outs??? This was just a fun movie that made me want to see it a couple more times, just like Poor Things. BRAVO!