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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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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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Wenlei Ma

The Nightly (AU)

Bugonia belongs to Jesse Plemons. The desperation, the righteousness and just the sweatiness makes Teddy both magnetic and repulsive.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 5, 2025

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Mark Kermode

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I think I like it.

Nov 4, 2025

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

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.

Rated: C

Nov 3, 2025

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Belen Prieto

Espinof

It's a beautifully constructed but overly calculated film, a dark comedy masquerading as a cosmic tragedy without quite becoming either. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Nov 5, 2025

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Margot Harrison

Seven Days (VT)

Bugonia is most interesting when it explores how a shared vocabulary can bond people, even — or especially — when that vocabulary bears no relationship to reality.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 5, 2025

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Janire Zurbano

Cinemanía (Spain)

Lanthimos and Stone deliver their most extreme film yet, a satirical romp that settles scores with a humanity hurtling toward Judgment Day. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 5, 2025

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Barbara

Fasten your seatbelts !!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/06/25

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sariyha

absolutely thrilling, cinema at it’s finest!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/06/25

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Tyrone

Thoroughly enjoyed the acting as well as the actors. Great choice of actors to portray the main two characters

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/06/25

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Daniel K

A movie that tosses red herrings left and right and all of them turn out not to be red herrings. Its a movie that tries to do too much and becomes exhausting towards the end. Good performances, though.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/06/25

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caramoon

completely weird. watch it on streaming

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/06/25

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Janet

Walked out! So boring!

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/05/25

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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, Yorgos Lanthimos, 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: Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 31, 2025, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $6.0M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital