Product Description
A lonely waitress with a tragic past, Agnes (Judd) rooms in a run-down motel,
living in fear of her abusive, recently paroled ex-husband (Connick Jr.). But
when Agnes begins a tentative romance with Peter (Shannon), an eccentric,
nervous drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again - until the first bugs
arrive...
Review
Having caught "Bug" during its short theatrical run, I found it
one of the strangest curiosities to have come from Hollywood in quite some time.
While you may loathe its lunacy or love its originality, there is no question
the film was poorly handled by the studios. Marketed as a horror film ("by the
director of `The Exorcist'"), the advertising campaign completely misrepresented
the film. In fact, it continues to do so--just look at the DVD artwork. At best,
you could call "Bug" a psychological horror movie--but it's really a studied
descent into madness....more
Bug Release
Date:
May 25, 2007 Studio: Lionsgate Director: William Friedkin
Screenwriter: Tracy Letts Starring: Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr., Lynn Collins, Brían
O'Byrne, Michael Shannon Genre: Psychological Thriller MPAA Rating: R (for some strong violence, sexuality, nudity, language and
drug use) Official Website:
Lionsgate.com/Bug
Plot Summary: A lonely waitress with a tragic
past, Agnes rooms in a run-down motel, living in fear of her abusive, recently
paroled ex-husband. But when Agnes begins a tentative romance with Peter, an
eccentric, nervous drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again - until the first
bugs arrive...
Probing the blurry lines between paranoia and nightmarish reality, Liongate's
"Bug" is an intense, mind-bending psychological thriller in which nothing is
quite as it seems. Directed by Academy Award® winner William Friedkin ("The
French Connection," "The Exorcist") and adapted by Tracy Letts from his hit
off-Broadway play, "Bug" stars Golden Globe nominee Ashley Judd, Harry Connick,
Jr., Lynn Collins, Brían O'Byrne and Michael Shannon
EN 5 Second Review:
This looks like our kind of movie, but we are going to
see Pirates 3 this weekend. We will definitely be getting it on video.
A
nerve-rending, extremely unpleasant experience but also a
compelling one Michael Wilmington: Chicago
Tribune
"Bug," most of which is set in Agnes' lonely motel rooms,
plays like a mixture of Sam Shepard's chamber dramas ("True West," "Fool
for Love") and David Cronenberg's anatomical horror movies, such as
"Shivers" and "Rabid," those shockers about malign forces growing inside
people, erupting out of their skins...more
Bug
buzzes around in random menace for an hour until its third
act, when -- zzzzzt! -- it flies
straight into the zapper Kyle Smith: NY Post
To reveal what this creepy movie is about would be to reveal
too much. It opens with trashy waitress Aggie (Ashley Judd)
alone in a yellowy motel-ish apartment that might have been
featured in Better Homes and Dungeons...more
Release
Date:
May 25, 2007
EN 5 Second Review:
This looks like our kind of movie, but we are going to
see Pirates 3 this weekend. We will definitely be getting it on video.
Bug
buzzes around in random menace for an hour until its third
act, when -