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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 0031398218012
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 13038
Studio: Lionsgate Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: May 25, 2007
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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...
Amazon.com:
William (The Exorcist, The French Connection) Friedkin directed this harrowing portrait of slow-boiling paranoia about a lonely waitress (Ashley Judd) whose world spirals out of control after meeting a charismatic but damaged drifter (Michael Shannon). Said drifter fills the gulf of loneliness that has swallowed Agnes (Judd) whole as she struggles to stay afloat in a backwater desert town; gradually, Shannon reveals that his stint as a soldier in the Middle East has left him infested with microscopic bugs that he believes are part of a government conspiracy. The force of his conviction (combined with the horrific physical self-abuse he endures) slowly persuade Agnes that she, too, is infested, and the pair undergo a gruesome mental and physical meltdown. Based on the theatrical production by Tracey Letts (who also wrote the screenplay), Bug has a hard time escaping its stage origins (much of the action takes place in one dingy motel room), but Friedkin ramps up the intensity to near uncomfortable levels, and Judd and Shannon (recreating his performances in the New York and London productions) are more than up to the challenge. Their fearless turns are well-matched by Harry Connick, Jr., as Agnes' creepy ex-husband and Brian F. O'Byrne as a medic who may or may not be part of Shannon's shadowy government cabal. Viewers should be forewarned that the violence is intense and often bloody; those that find insects unsettling should avoid at all costs. -- Paul Gaita
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Just a bad bad movie
Although when this was over all I could say was, stupid, stupid, stupid, the acting wasn't too terrible. It always saddens me when I see terrific acting with a really bad storyline. It's been a while since I have seen it, but what happens to all of the talent in the world? It just reminds me that when a person has enough money, they can do anything they want to with it.
Rating:  - CALL ORKIN!
In this claustrophobic tale set in a low rent motel in nowheresville, Ashley Judd's character meets a whacked-out Gulf War vet. The latter is convinced that the government has implanted insects into his skin. The story unfolds with deepening levels of paranoia within the walls of the seedy motel until a self-immolating climax at the end.
I guess the multiple cans of Raid and flypaper strips didn't work.
The pacing is glacial. The plot is thin and unconvincing.
Other than that, it's a great movie!
This stinkeroo needs a can of Glade air freshener to dispel the stench.
Rating:  - DO NOT LISTEN TO THE BAD REVIEWS! This movie is INCREDIBLE!
*** NO spoilers***
Do not miss this great movie if you are a fan of David Lynch and David Cronenburg movies! It is very Kafkaesque. The people who gave this movie a bad review have no idea how good this movie is. Why do I say that? Because they just don't get it. They are simple minded generic viewers who want a movie to be predictable and think for them. Ok, so if you are like me, then you will definitely want to give this movie a chance. I almost didn't buy this because of the bad reviews here. What a mistake that would have been. I would have missed out on this INCREDIBLE masterpiece of a movie. For once, the REAL critics got this one right. It recieved a 70% rating from all the top critics as shown at the compilation review site: rotten tomatoes dot com, with both Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper giving it "thumbs up" and high praise. 70% on that site is actually considered really good.
Only to give you the background of my credentials, I say:
I am a huge movie fan who was buying Laserdiscs back in the day when everyone else was watching VHS tapes. I had a DVD player the first month they were released when they cost $1200 and movies on regular DVD were $30 a piece. My current home theater is incredible with a Pioneer Elite Kuro 60" Plasma and audiophile HDMI 1.3 / 7.1 surround setup. Watching movies at my place is almost better than going to an actual theater. My movie collection is the largest of anyone I have ever met and all my friends trust my recommendations for their ... Read More
Rating: - Sorry Ashley
This movie was complete garbage. This whole white trash redneck setting is uninteresting. This movie is very slow to develop. I found myself not caring about any of the characters. About 3/4 of the way through the DVD started to skip so I decided to remove the IV keeping this film on life support and not complete it. Sorry Ashley.
Rating: - ONE OF THE WORST " PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER EVER"
Fully aware, it's just a movie. I blame the director's and writers for creating such a lousy film. There were too many weak leaks in this movie. Psychological thriller is a specific sub-genre of the wide-ranging thriller genre.Generally; thrillers focus on plot over fictional characters, and thus emphasize intense physical action over the character's psyche. Psychological thrillers tend to reverse this formula to certain degree, emphasizing the characters just as much, if not more so, than the plot. This movie shows two characters preying upon one another minds, either by playing deceptive games with the other or by merely trying to demolish the other's mental state. This character had a severe disorder marked by degeneration of mental and social functioning and withdrawal form reality. The character Ashley played, was along venerable and physically abuse. How could anybody allow you to see something that doesn't t exist. Moral to the story is sometimes the suspense comes from within one solitary character where characters must resolve conflicts with their own minds,usually;this conflict is an effort to understand something that has happened to them. All what I mention in this review,didn't see any of this in the movie.
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