Bugonia

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Bugonia

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Oct 2025

1h 58m

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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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Critics Consensus

Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons are at the top of their game in Bugonia, a bonkers entertainment that applies director Yorgos Lanthimos' whip-smart method to modern society's madness.

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Audience Says

Wildly audacious, Bugonia may be the bleakest film yet in Yorgos’ filmography, sure to satiate fans of peculiar, deranged, and pessimistic satire.

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Ty Burr

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4d

3/4

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.

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Adam Kempenaar

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Nov 14

2.5/5

That point may be that human beings are intolerable, insignificant, and unnecessary. I guess I prefer my misanthropy more clever and less insincere.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (LAist)

Nov 10

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?"

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Chris McCoy

Memphis Flyer

10h

Bugonia is essentially a two-hander between Stone and Plemons, who are both at the top of their game.

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Kay-B

Nerd It Here First (Substack)

1d

“Jesse Plemons’ performance is so chaotic, that it is fantastic to me.”

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

1d

3.5/4

... a larger-than-life premise that is, for the most part, employed to entertaining and periodically spellbinding effect by Lanthimos...

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Dmitry Y

6d

Such a good movie. Jessie Plemons and Emma Stone are amazing. Everything is just so good about this. The story, the acting, the music, the cinematography, the direction.

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Juandi

Dec 11

I enjoyed this. It may be a little slow paced at times but it had me tuned in start to finish. The strong acting performances definitely carry the film.

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Matt

Dec 7

It's a departure from Lanthimos' other films as a major fan of his I was disappointed as it was very Americanized. The plot seemed topical and the acting was excellent. The ending was disappointing and felt out of cadence with the rest of the film.

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Charlie

Nov 30

Tha acting was amazing. It kept me on the edge of my seat!

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Aminreza

Nov 29

Worth a watch with a great Jesse Plemons

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jo

Nov 27

jaw dropping piece of film. emma stone is truly amazing on screen.

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Producer: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Miky Lee, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko
Screenwriter: Will Tracy
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Focus Features , Element Pictures, Square Peg, Fruit Tree, CJ ENM
Rating: R (Bloody Violent Content|Suicide|Grisly Images|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 31, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.7M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos

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