By Kavita Mistry 
~ Bugonia Movie Review ~
On First Viewing:
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Loved A Film After A Long Time … Whacky, Queer, Eccentric, Gripping … Brilliantly Absurd … And Equally Entertaining … Yorgos And His entire Team Are Adorable … And No One Is Supposed To Look This Good Without Hair!
On Second Viewing:
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What Worked Well? … Almost Everything! … The Darkly Comic Story … The Adapted Screenplay … The Cinematography … The Sound … Brilliantly Absurd Direction … The Edits … And The Acting … Jesse Infuses Steely Calmness … Into His Dialogue Delivery … In Spite Of Talking A Lot!
As For Emma … She Is Quite Unique … I Don’t Believe That Any Director … Alive Or Dead … Can Make Her Play A Dumb Character … (Maybe Apparently Innocent) … Yet, No One Can Tell … Whether She Is Being Honest … Or Intelligently Bullshitting Her Way … Out Of Tricky Situations!
On Third Viewing:
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On my third viewing of Bugonia, I found quite a few new takeaways. I never share my lessons publicly, so I’ll refrain from doing so here — but a few shoutouts are in order. Will Tracy’s adapted screenplay is exceptionally strong, both in dialogue and narrative structure. The filmmaking team’s work harmonizes beautifully — from cinematography and background score to acting and editing — all of it fitting together under Yorgos’s deft direction. As I’ve mentioned before, Jesse and Emma are both outstanding.
And then there’s Aiden, making an endearing debut in a supporting role. His character perhaps embodies the best of humanity amid the absurdity. He’s uncertain about the conspiracy theory, yet hopes it’s true — driven by a desperate wish to leave Earth. His yearning for escape lingers hauntingly amidst the surrounding madness. Still, he cannot bring himself to abandon Teddy. His decision to blow himself up is, in many ways, more tragic than the film’s climax itself.