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Rating of
2/4
This Film Bugs Me
SIngli6 - wrote on 09/25/2022
To be reductionist, writing a psychological thriller boils down to 'pick an obsession (especially one that would thrive in a domestic environment) and gradually crank it up until your protagonist draws blood, either their own or another's'. Within that recipe lies vast potential for character study, mystery, scares, histrionic performances, and visuals of a most macabre nature. Bug is what happens when you follow the recipe and for no discernable reason it tastes awful. Looking back, perhaps you skimped on one ingredient (in this case, charting a plausible journey from loneliness to folie à deux in a timespan of week) and overcompensated with another (helicopter sounds), but fundamentally you just didn't know what you were trying to accomplish from the beginning and now what's left you …
Rating of
2/4
Franz Patrick - wrote on 12/23/2007
It is not exactly a horror film. It's more like a psychological thriller. I did enjoy the over-the-top performances because it's the only thing it has going for it. The story is very mysterious to the point of excess, which made me not care what happened to the characters in the end; the tone of it, though very versatile, felt forced at times; and none of the characters are relatable. Don't even get me started with the political implications. Still, I like the film a bit because, most of the time, we are in one room observing three people or less interact. The film does not offer easy answers to our questions. I personally think it would have elevated the film if they did. Still, this is not a bad movie. It's just very in-your-face and unintentionally comedic.
Rating of
3/4
Great psychological horror, creepy not scary
Josh C - wrote on 11/11/2007
This movie was not at all what I expected. I came in thinking it was a flat our horror filled with cheap scares and lots of gore. But that is not at all what Bug is like. It is more of a psychological horror. It doesn't really have any "true scares" but the whole movie is creepy to watch and by the end I felt weirded out which is always a good sign with any horror.
The acting and dialog of Ashley Judd and Michael Shannon's characters was suburb (some thing I am not used to saying about a horror movie). I felt the plot was good but mostly predictable in terms of the overall picture but it was still executed well and there were lots of little surprises along the way. Most of the movie resembled a thriller/drama and it wasn't until a couple of key scenes like Michael Shannon ripping out …
