The Tag Line "One Of The Most Disturbing Horror Movies Imaginable" ... OMG They Got That Right ... I Was Stunned At How Clearly We Are Able To Watch These 2 People's Descent Into Madness ... Trust Me If You Go Around In The Delusion That You Are In Charge Of Yourself, That You Can't "Lose It" You Are Not Going To Like This Movie ... This Movie Is A Real Reminder Of How Slippery A Grasp We All Have On Our Realities .... Brilliantly Written ... Horrifying To Watch ... Both Ashley And Micheal Are Amazing In Their Portrayal Of The Proverbial Screw Having Come Loose ... Harry's Part As The Ever Present (Even When Not There) Match Stick Was (Common To All Of Us) On Point .... How This Movie With 27,908 Ratings On IMDb Only Gets A 6.1 Is Beyond Me .... There Are Few Movies That Venture Into This Topic And Of The Ones I Have Seen This Is The "Best" By Far .....

This film starts off at a relatively slow pace, making it hard to stay focused for its majority of an hour. However, things do get more exciting as the film progresses, though the overall quality doesn't. Michael Shannon plays a realistic role, which proves to be fantastic, but the remaining character squander in this horrible limbo not worth mentioning. It turns out by the end that this film had some entertainment value in it but by that time it is too late.Bug is tediously on the line of good and shocking. However, it tends to lean on the shocking side of things. Mainly due to its overly boring start, the film doesn't lift to a reasonable height, which is a shame, because the final third of this film is quite something and unfortunate to have its first two acts in the way.

I usually like all things creepy, and it gives me the warm fuzzies inside when a movie as a non-typical ending. I like when the bad guys win or when the protagonist is actually crazy because it's a break in the mold from happy sappy endings Hollywood typically shits out. But when the main characters doused themselves in gasoline and lit themselves on fire, I couldn't help but feel scammed. I was hoping for a grand conspiracy or something...not everyone in the story dying, whom we were suppose to sympathize with.If anything this movie taught me a lesson; don't sit through a lackluster movie hoping for an ending to leave you satisfied. Hence the extra star.

There's not many films out there like Bug. The film, based on Tracy Lett's play, is so unrelenting in its own vision and ideas that it will probably turn most people off because it refuses to pander. This isn't necessarily a good thing for most people; it's hard going, but in the end it's pretty unforgettable whether you liked it or not.The plot is fairly simple: Lonely single woman, Agnes, takes a paranoid young man into her house, and together they both go slightly (completely) nuts. That's a compressed version but it's still a very simple story, the perfect jumping point into the madness that follows. Special mention must go to the performances. Shannon is fantastic as the completely insane Peter, but Judd is pretty much flawless and is a total revelation. Who knew she had it in her to do this kind of work? I certainly didn't. Her performance is terrifying, sad, and enthralling, and that it didn't get more recognition is beyond me.The final third or so of the film follow the characters into total madness, and it's scary, gripping stuff. Very few films commit to what they're doing the way this one does, and even fewer follow the plot to it's inevitable conclusion in such ballsy fashion. It's bound to ruffle a few feathers but in my opinion it's a masterpiece.