Bug

Name: Bug
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: May 25, 2007
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 62
Cast: Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Shannon

2007

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Release Date: May 25, 2007 | R

Starring: Ashley Judd, Harry Connick Jr., Michael Shannon

Summary: Probing the blurry lines between paranoia and nightmarish reality, Bug is an intense, mind-bending psychological thriller in which nothing is quite as it seems. (Lionsgate)

Director: William Friedkin

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 102 min

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Mick LaSalle

A triumph for Judd and the director. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

The enjoyably icky heart of Bug is still contained within the airless, increasingly ''bug-proofed'' room that becomes Agnes and Peter's whole world. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Friedkin's latest rivals his Druid horror flick "The Guardian" for sheer lunacy--Bug remains disconcerting, real, and raw. It poignantly suggests that some lost souls would rather be crazy and doomed than alone. Read full review

Desson Thomson

We find ourselves in the fascinating no man's land between horror and comedy -- right where this movie wants us to be. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Bug is creepy and hard to dismiss, but it's not a lot of fun and its weaknesses leave a bitter aftertaste. Read full review

Carina Chocano

Creepy and unsettling, to say nothing of gory, but overall it's a little claustrophobic and uneven. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

A humorless picture, a somber, arty exercise in deep denial of its exploitation roots. The dialogue is stiff and mechanical and the performances are too. Read full review

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RevRon

Dec 12, 2013

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Thanks to great direction, interesting characters and powerhouse performances from Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon, “Bug” is just a flat out amazing and an incredibly disturbing film about two people slowly losing their hold on reality. Unlike most movies about the paranoid or conspiracy theorists, this one felt realistic and the psychosis that the characters of Agnes and Peter go through comes off in such a way that I started to wonder if their reality isn’t the true reality of the film. Of course, it’s not but the characters are played so believably that it’s easy to engage yourself with the troubled twosome. This movie is also one of those films that actually gets better for me with each viewing as each time I am able to appreciate the subtext, editing and overall direction from William Friedkin more and more.… Expand

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RichardB.

May 30, 2007

Its not the gory gross out torture movie that the current horror fans seem to want, but its a movie with great acting, very original, and really "gets under your skin."