Buried way down in the end credits is an acknowledgment that Yorgos Lanthimos ’ Bugonia is based on the film Save the Green Planet! Audiences familiar with that 2003 Korean sci-fi comedy, written and directed by Jang Joon Hwan, will be at a distinct disadvantage in terms of surprises. But for anyone coming fresh to the American remake, there are plenty of weird twists, explosive violence, bursts of slapstick physical comedy and satirical jabs. Either way, the pleasure of watching Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons go at it as a Big Pharma executive and a crunchy-granola conspiracy theorist is reward enough.

Buried way down in the end credits is an acknowledgment that Yorgos Lanthimos ’ Bugonia is based on the film Save the Green Planet! Audiences familiar with that 2003 Korean s

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