"Yorgos Lanthimos's view of humanity only grows more dim as the world seems to wobble off its axis, and Bugonia might just be his sickest joke yet, a blackly comic horror of kidnap and psychosis adapted from the 2003 Korean film Save the Green Planet!. It plays like an edgelord cross between Misery and Of Mice and Men, with no one to root for."
"Jesse Plemons plays Teddy, a beekeeper who, believing that aliens from Andromeda are intent on destroying the Earth, enlists slow-witted brother Don (Aidan Delbis) in a plot to kidnap Michelle (Emma Stone), the smooth-talking CEO of a pharmaceutical company. Convinced she is not of this planet, Teddy locks Michelle in his basement and shaves off her hair, hoping to force her into a confession that will allow him to save the world from disaster (and maybe settle one or two other scores along the way)."
"Certainly, Stone has this kind of corporate narcissist down pat by now, her character essentially being a sociopathic riff on the part she played so well in The Curse. Nothing seems to cut through Michelle's complacency, right up until the moment she is forced to acknowledge it, and Plemons gets some great lines calling her out on her bullshit, with a critique of sundry modern ills that is equal parts stupid and inspired."
Bugonia presents a grim, blackly comic tale of kidnapping and psychosis adapted from a 2003 Korean film. A beekeeper named Teddy, convinced aliens from Andromeda plan to destroy Earth, recruits his slow-witted brother to kidnap Michelle, a charismatic pharmaceutical CEO he believes is not human. Teddy imprisons Michelle in his basement, shaves her hair, and seeks a confession to avert catastrophe while settling personal scores. Emma Stone portrays a complacent corporate narcissist, Jesse Plemons delivers sharp confrontations, and the film blends unnerving comedy with social critique, culminating in a striking, eerie closing montage. Anemone marks Ronan Day-Lewis’s debut opposite Daniel Day-Lewis as Ray, an ex-soldier who abandoned his family after serving in the Troubles; his teenage son Brian is shown at the end of his tether.
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