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Bug Reviews

2006

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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. Read more

Starring	Ashley Judd, Michael Shannon, Harry Connick Jr., Lynn Collins
Director	William Friedkin
Genres	Drama, Horror, Thriller

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- ...a committed cast and an experienced director make this a tense and effectively claustrophobic experience
- 258830
- - Empire
  - 28 Mar 2012 at 03:34
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- - 51
  - 13
  A waste of 89 mintes of my life
  
  First review I've written on here, doing it so no-one else has to suffer like me...a total waste of 89 mins of my life!!!!!!!!!!
  
  Should be'0... read more »
  
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- 532532
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Portsmouth
  - 28 Feb 2008 at 17:56
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- - 0
  - 0
  WHAT A WASTE OF TIME
  
  omg it was the worst film ever, how they can call that a horror i will never no. the film is about bugs that get inside u but u never see the bugs. the only ... read more »
  
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- 1119707
- - a customer
  - 16 May 2012 at 20:34
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  Showed promise in first half
  
  Very well played in first half as Judd plays a trailer trash frump who suffers a violent relation and is doomed to attract another weirdo. Strong performances ... read more »
  
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- 1076913
- - Dungbeetle
  - 503 reviews
  - London
  - 30 Dec 2011 at 12:16
- - 0
  - 3
  Film Of Two Halves
  
  This is a film of two halves-the first is a touching portrayal of two lost souls played superbly by Shannon and Judd. The second half is plain bonkers! ... read more »
  
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- 1076463
- - buffyrules
  - 202 reviews
  - southend on sea
  - 28 Dec 2011 at 15:46
- - 3
  - 0
  Welcome back Mr Friedkin, it's been a while...
  
  William Friedkin is the epitome of the saying, Victim of your own success. Ever since his Magnum Opus all those years ago with the ground-breaking and visceral ... read more »
  
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- 1014155
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - BigMikeyK
  - 3 reviews
  - Coulsdon
  - 07 Jul 2011 at 11:31
- - 1
  - 3
  crap
  
  what a load of crap v poor movie
  
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- 1005273
- - m. scorsese
  - N.Y.C
  - 15 Jun 2011 at 19:30
- - 1
  - 5
  Bugged Me
  
  What was the producer and director thinking this movie should have stayed in the theatre that was 98 mins of my life wasted in this crap, the storyline was weak... read more »
  
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- 951357
- - DJSess
  - 26 reviews
  - London
  - 06 Jan 2011 at 19:29
- - 1
  - 4
  Pointless
  
  total waste of time, don't believe the trailer reviews, totally boring
  
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- 917567
- - Bish
  - Edinburgh
  - 24 Aug 2010 at 10:41
- - 2
  - 4
  Truly Awful
  
  90 minutes of my life I'll never get back. Ending as with the rest of the film was a huge disappointment.
  
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- 910872
- - a customer
  - Manchester
  - 02 Aug 2010 at 22:12
- - 1
  - 1
  Could have been better
  
  This movie had the potential to be a lot better than it was. The acting is terrible and the ending is something of an anticlimax. The movie is slow without ... read more »
  
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- 894358
- - Neverstrayed
  - 3 reviews
  - Burnley
  - 27 May 2010 at 14:55
- - 0
  - 3
  complete waste of time
  
  Not only is the film full of UN-talented actors the camera men are useless too. The regularly go's out of focus and the story line is boring i managed about... read more »
  
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- - gavisaac
  - 4 reviews
  - melton mowbray
  - 10 May 2010 at 11:49
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- - 51
  - 13
  A waste of 89 mintes of my life
  
  First review I've written on here, doing it so no-one else has to suffer like me...a total waste of 89 mins of my life!!!!!!!!!!
  
  Should be'0... read more »
  
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- 532532
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - Portsmouth
  - 28 Feb 2008 at 17:56
- - 31
  - 5
  Friedkin vs Cronenberg
  
  A stunning return to form from Friedkin. Bug is a study of power, manipulation, control conspiracy and paranoia. Brilliant lead performances and a fantastic use... read more »
  
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- 493470
- - Andy Starke
  - SW UK
  - 11 Nov 2007 at 18:48
- - 25
  - 1
  The worst of 2007?
  
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  Bug is worthless and probably the worst film I have seen in 2007. The last 15-minute are pretty good and quite interesting, the acting is fine and the DIY ... read more »
  
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- - DJM666
  - 274 reviews
  - Walsall
  - 13 Nov 2007 at 21:55
- - 21
  - 0
  buggy awful
  
  well what can i say? Crap, a total waste of time, mine and the film makers.
  
  buggy awful. not worth switching on the dvd for. thank goodness I rented ... read more »
  
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- 533123
- - edina
  - 5 reviews
  - Bracknell
  - 29 Feb 2008 at 23:01
- - 10
  - 0
  I Don't Get It..................
  
  I absolutely LOVED 'The Exorcist' which the director of this film directed and i think it will be a cult horror classic. 'Bug' on the other hand... read more »
  
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- 602419
- - RossiF
  - 20 reviews
  - Redditch
  - 23 Jul 2008 at 16:22
- - 9
  - 0
  Absolute rubbish
  
  This must be a contender for the worst movie ever, you keep waiting for something to happen, but it never does. A waste of time!!!!!
  
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- 535491
- - Groundpounder
  - 4 reviews
  - Plymouth
  - 06 Mar 2008 at 10:00
- - 8
  - 0
  Bug
  
  William Friedkin is an amazing film maker . He freely admits that not all his films are great . in fact he is honest enough to admit that some just dont work. ... read more »
  
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- 537228
- - ValleyJohn
  - 96 reviews
  - Biggleswade
  - 10 Mar 2008 at 00:18
- - 7
  - 0
  Outrageously bad.
  
  Totally abysmal. Dont know how I managed to stay awake during this cheap, low budget pathetic film. Its a dreadful story line, full of annoying actors and the ... read more »
  
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- 558470
- - petejc21
  - 1 review
  - Maidstone
  - 25 Apr 2008 at 10:18
- - 6
  - 0
  bug
  
  you have to be seriously screwed up in the head to even begin to understand to this film, from start to end it had no meaning at all, the acting was terrible ... read more »
  
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- 560161
- - blacky
  - 2 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 29 Apr 2008 at 16:03
- - 6
  - 0
  bag of poo
  
  this was slower than a snail it was so boing that i actually fell to sleep and my wife had to wake me up to tell me it was done we both agreed that it was the ... read more »
  
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- 605954
- - bezzo
  - 7 reviews
  - Mansfield
  - 31 Jul 2008 at 00:46

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