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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe enjoyably icky heart of Bug is still contained within the airless, increasingly ''bug-proofed'' room that becomes Agnes and Peter's whole world.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinHas the feverish compression of live theater and the moody expansiveness of film. The mix is insanely powerful.
- 75The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinFriedkin's latest rivals his Druid horror flick "The Guardian" for sheer lunacy--Bug remains disconcerting, real, and raw. It poignantly suggests that some lost souls would rather be crazy and doomed than alone.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonAshley Judd as Agnes White, and a relative newcomer, the remarkable Michael Shannon, as Peter Evans. They're both spellbinding.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterWith his (Friedkin) vigorous camera compositions and a talented cast, he manages to straddle a wickedly fine line between taught portrayal of paranoia and parody of paranoia.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceGenuinely freaky-deaky, not to mention more inventively unsettling than anything Friedkin has mustered in the quarter-century since twisting little Linda Blair into a satanic spewer of pea soup and F-bombs.
- 63ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliBug is creepy and hard to dismiss, but it's not a lot of fun and its weaknesses leave a bitter aftertaste.
- 42Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerIf you have claustrophobia and/or fear insects, the last film you should see is Bug. I'm not sure it's worth a trip even if you don't suffer from those maladies.
- 40VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyA ranting, claustrophobic drama that trades in shopworn paranoid notions, William Friedkin's overwrought screen version of Tracy Letts' play assaults the viewer with aggressive thesping and over-the-top notions of shocking incident, all to intensely alienating effect.
- 40L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorOur traumatized soldiers deserve better representation than this irretrievably ridiculous drama, which will do nothing to revive the flagging fortunes of the man whose career lay down and died after "The Exorcist" and "The French Connection."