Bugonia

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Bugonia

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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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Dec 15

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

Filmspotting

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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Lexi Amorello

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2d

manages to honor Save the Green Planet! while creating something that stands entirely on its own. Bugonia is funny, daring, and deeply unnerving, driven by sharp writing, intricate direction, stellar production design, and outstanding performances.

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Andrew Kendall

Stabroek News

Jun 21

Tracy’s work here is his finest on film, finding a necessarily thoughtfulness to limn the film even when its plot might strain credulity, and finding paths of empathy where a Lanthimos film might not typically subscribe to it.

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Jazzmin Crawley

Girl, That's Scary (Podcast)

Apr 24

A wild ride all the way to the end!

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Cannon

Jun 22

This is why i come to the cinema!

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Mark

Jun 13

Weird movie man. Ending felt like a troll. Emma and plemons act their freak balls offf. I loved how detailed the sets were

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Alex R

Jun 4

Jesse plemons is just great in this and Emma Stone is Emma Stone. unpredictable at times with a sobering ending.

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WsDonofPops

May 29

This movie was a trip, I really enjoyed it.

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raw B

May 23

This movie was just pure entertainment.

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John

Mar 29

Oh this was simply great and not what I expected!

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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