Monday, October 13, 2008

Bug (2007)


4 out of 5 Stars
It's unfortunate that this film was marketed wrong. I vaguely remember seeing posters for it in bus shelters and I assumed it was a horror movie about killer bugs. Come to find out, it's the same 'Bug', written by the talented Tracy Letts, that I saw a few years ago Off Broadway (with Michael Shannon reprising his role). The film version of the play was very well done, recapturing the effect of the black outs between scenes, the manic paranoia of cocaine use, and the fast descent into madness. Ashley Judd gives a very strong performance as Agnes.

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