‘Bugonia’

What to Watch

If you didn’t get a chance to watch Bugonia in theaters last year, good news: This thoroughly bizarre, and thoroughly entertaining dark comedy is now streaming on Netflix. Bugonia is the fourth feature film collaboration between director Yorgos Lanthimos and star Emma Stone, and these two weirdos never disappoint. Stone stars as a high-powered pharma CEO named Michelle, who is abducted by a crazy conspiracy theorist named Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and his neurodivergent cousin Don (Adian Delbis). The two cousins are convinced Michelle is a secret alien. And honestly? They might be right. Anchored by two powerhouse performances—Stone and Plemons—Bugonia will have you shrieking with laughter, horror, embarrassment, shock, and everything in between.

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