Oscar Flix: Bugonia (2025)

 Does this Film have the right amount of buzz to be an Oscar Winner?

Is that the last Bee Pun?

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Michele Fuller (Emma Stone) is the CEO of a major Company.

They have a history of experiments with chemicals and bioengineering.

She draws the ire of a crazy man (Jesse Plemmons) and his Cousin.

He's convinced that she's an Alien and kidnaps her.

They take her back to their home- hiding her car and destroying her phone.

They also shave her head, since he explains that she needs it to communicate with her ship.

She is also covered in lotion, because...it made sense in Korean.

The man wants her to send a communication to her Leader and to help him negotiate a deal to save the Earth.

He's clearly motivated by the fact that Stone's CEO is also responsible for his Mom- a random Alicia Silverstone- being in a coma after he drug issues.

He's...not well.

There's a local Cop who has a vague backstory with Plemmons' Character.

It's implied that he did something terrible to him, but there's also no payoff to this, so...

Lots of weird stuff happens.

It gets pretty freaky.
It gets pretty messy.

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This sure was...something.

Is this Yorgos' most twisted and bleak Movie?
Well, no.

The Killing of a Sacred Deer's 3rd Act is hard to beat and the lady stomping a dog in The Lobster, so...

The Film walks an interesting line as it comes to Plemmons' Character and whether he's right or not.  He's crazy...but wait...maybe not...okay, he is...but now he's right...maybe?

Plemmons is great, by the way.  Where is his nomination?
Stone is, as always, great.  A justified nomination.

I will say that I do like this Remake a bit better than the Original.  That one leaned more into the weird contrast between 'People act weird' and 'Guy tortures Captive' than this one (mercifully) does.

Bugonia is a Remake that does good things with a strange premise.  Just know that the Plot is not all that different, so, if you've seen one, you don't also necessarily need to see this...

A Film that has good ideas, a good Cast and a twisted sense of morality.  Fans of Yorgos' previous works will be pleased, and it sure hooks you.