Bug
Ashley Judd, Brian F. O'Byrne, Harry Connick Jr.
An unhinged war veteran holes up with a lonely woman in a spooky Oklahoma motel room. The line between reality and delusion is blurred as they discover a bug infestation.
DVD Released: September 25, 2007
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December 23, 2008it's a good-ish film already but it gets an even better rating just for its pure originality. i've not seen anything like it before!
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July 5, 2008If this film had a simple, ambiguous story, it would've gotten three stars. Once you hear that William Friedkin's involved in a movie, though, you know that there's usually more to the story than meets the eye.
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June 27, 2008Interesting premise to look at paranoid delusions but I just didn't believe Judd's character would be taken in by the delusions of someone in a psychotic state, to the extent shown here.
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June 24, 2008Good lord, this is one of the most screwed-up movies I have ever beheld. It's coherent yet inconclusive, unified yet disorienting. It's scary because it looks so real: the characters are three dimensional, the sets are ugly and nothing special and the fantastic horror is set agai... ...( read more )
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July 4, 2009Bug, before i write further about this stupid little movie, if you think there is a "Bug" in this movie that attacks humans, well my friend you're wrong!
Bug started out good, it was captivating and you think things would be better and scarier, but it doesn't. I hate the tactic ... ...( read more )
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June 25, 2007
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
May 25, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
A film of excruciating intensity, a psychodrama that infects the imagination. full review
May 25, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Bug won't get under your skin as much as it will assault you with its ghastly claustrophobic drama and over-the-top performances. full review
May 25, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Bug goes exactly where it needs to go -- to a place most filmmakers don't dare go -- and gets there brilliantly. full review
May 25, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Riveting, repulsive and creepy, it takes paranoia to the outer limits in a film that crawls under your skin. full review
May 25, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Bug buzzes around in random menace for an hour until its third act, when -- zzzzzt! -- it flies straight into the zapper. full review
May 25, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
William Friedkin's latest film, Bug, begins as an ominous rumble of unease, and builds to a shriek. full review
May 24, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Supposed to be a serious psychological thriller, an unsettling little number designed to creep us out and make us think. But it's really just junk. full review
May 22, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Bug, directed by William Friedkin from Tracy Letts's play, has the feverish compression of live theater and the moody expansiveness of film. The mix is insanely powerful. full review
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January 25, 2009I was pleasantly surprised, I was expecting this movie to be a flop. I was drawn into the main characters and pleasantly horrified at some of the heightened dramatic parts, and also at the end I had some questions that also needed answered-but I love movies like that. I couldn't help finding myself itching either towards the end. lol
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February 19, 2008......I THINK I WILL WATCH THIS MOVIE NOW AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN WATCHING...... ... ...... YEAH..... .. .
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October 15, 2007the mother bug sucks! this movie shows just how far a director can fall i guess. 30 years ago he made the excorcist and it was nominated for best picture, now he makes b-movies that can't even turn a profit. oh yeah this movie sucks too!
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October 1, 2007FUCK YA'LL MUTHA FUCKERS i love this movie xD. i wanna watch it again & AGAIN ! I AM THE MOTHER BUG!!!!
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July 14, 2007I am SO happy I didn't pay full price to see this movie...what a flippin waste of time and money. NOT WORTH IT!! If you're planning on renting this one once it's out, I wouldn't bother. Can't believe this movie even made it to theaters. What a DUD!
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July 9, 2007OMG this movie sucked, and at the end, i clapped and yelled well this is the best movie i have ever seen..everyone was laughing becuz everyone knos it sucked!!
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July 6, 2007Man when I saw this movie I was like "what the fuck is this stupid ass shit they showing us !" I spent two damn hours watching a cracked out ass fool convince another dumbass that he saw some fucking aphits, what the hell is a damn aphit(shit i don't think i spelled it right but hell the movie didn't make no damn sense any damn way. the dumbass fools had the damn nerve to put aluminum foil all over the damn house, even the fucking lamps had foil on'em .Then to top off the stupid ass shit, the dumbass fools dosed they ignorant asses with fucking gasoline ,lit a match and just before the room blows Ashley Judd's stupid ass looks at the match like"oh shit maybe this wasn't a good idea!" yeah ya damn right it wasn't ya dumbass heffa, you and that crazy ass fool needed to fry just fa being stupid.
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