Emma Stone's science-fiction remake Bugonia has just landed on UK streaming, and it's well worth checking out if you like the actor, director Yorgos Lanthimos, or the actor's collaborations with director Yorgos Lanthimos.
A remake of the South Korean film Save the Green Planet!, Bugonia stars Stone as the head of a big corporation whom two men kidnap because they believe she's an alien with plans to take over and destroy the world.
Can she barter her way out, or are the men too deep into their conspiracy theory? And is it even just a theory?
Who stars in Bugonia?
- Emma Stone (Easy A, La La Land, The Favourite, The Amazing Spider-Man) as Michelle Fuller
- Jesse Plemons (Game Night, The Power of the Dog, Killers of the Flower Moon) as Teddy Gatz
- Aidan Delbis (his feature film debut) as Don
- Stavros Halkias (Tires) as Sheriff Casey Boyd
- Alicia Silverstone (Clueless, Batman & Robin, The Killing of a Sacred Deer) as Sandy Gatz
What did the critics say about Bugonia?
On Rotten Tomatoes, Bugonia has an 88% positive score from 336 critics' reviews.
"Bugonia isn't merely dark; it's a black hole," wrote The Wall Street Journal.
"But Mr. Lanthimos's vision is sternly compelling, and Bugonia is that exceptional movie that's extremely hard to forget."
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"Bugonia is a crueller, funnier, sharper proposition, more grounded and gritty than the wigged-out weirdness of the film on which it is based," The Observer wrote, referencing director Jang Joon-hwan's 2003 movie.
The Independent called Bugonia "one of the best films in recent memory to capture what it feels like to be alive right now," calling it "funny and deeply topical".
Where can I watch Bugonia?
UK viewers are in luck: Bugonia has just been added to Sky Cinema, which means that it's also available on NOW with a Cinema subscription.
Other Emma Stone movies to stream now
Easy A can be streamed on Sony Pictures Core if you're a PlayStation Plus Premium subscriber. Otherwise, it can be purchased and rented digitally.
Meanwhile, both The Amazing Spider-Man films can be streamed on Netflix or via Sky/NOW Cinema.
Stone and Lanthimos's previous collaborations — The Favourite (2018), Poor Things (2023), and Kinds of Kindness (2024) — are all available to stream on Disney+.
Bugonia is available now via Sky Cinema and NOW, with a Cinema subscription.
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