‘Bugonia’ Review – Lanthimos’ Delivers a Thematically Rich Film with a Knock-out Performance from Jesse Plemons

Audiences in the UK were lucky enough to receive two feature films from director Yorgos Lanthimos last year; Poor Things, which received wide critical acclaim and praise, and Kinds of Kindness, a much more divisive affair that didn’t live up to the recent hype. Suffice it to say that fans didn’t quite know what to expect from this years outing, though anticipation has been building quickly as the marketing and trailers looked promising. Starring recent collaborators Emma Stone (Poor Things) and Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness), Bugonia follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.