Bugonia
(Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone, et al / R / 1hr 58mins / Focus Features)
Overview: 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.
Verdict: The prominent Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos known for making memorable films like The Favourite, The Lobster, Kinds of Kindness, and Poor Things among others, has reunited with Emma Stone for the fourth time with Bugonia.
While the intriguing trailer created curiosity among the cinegoers, let’s find out whether it impresses the audience or not…
The plot of the movie starts with Michelle Fuller (Emma Stone), the successful and cunning CEO of Auxolith, who showcases herself as a person who wants to make world a better place, gets abducted by Teddy Gatz (Jesse Plemons) and his neurodivergent cousin Don (Aidan Delbis).
Teddy, a conspiracy theorist thinks Michelle is not a human being but a part of an invasive alien species, the ‘Andromedans’, who are impacting the human race. That is all you really need to know ... well, save for the fact that this is going to be in the Oscar hunt for sure next year. [G.A.]
Bugonia