If this girl is actually an alien, then this is one of the best of the genre.

I seem to recall Richard Roeper’s review of “The Killing of a Scared Deer,” in which he said that the family in that talked like they were aliens at the dinner table. And now that I look at it, they probably do. And now that I’m seeing Yorgos Lanthimos’ latest entry “Bugonia,” I can acknowledge that there are people trying to find aliens, and there might be one amongst us. But I’m no conspiracy theorist, so what the Hell do I know?

There are good reasons why there would be an alien amongst us. It might have to do with the bees, who contribute to our food supply, and might be dying. It might also have to do with humanity, and what comes out of it. Or it might be something else. The concept of “Bugonia” suggests that either there is an alien amongst us or maybe the conspiracy theorist here is out of his ****ing mind.

I saw this movie at the Chicago International Film Festival last week, and I was guessing at the results, given my observation on society and the very nature of insanity. That is if there is really insanity. And the results are dark, zany, hilarious, and wickedly delightful, all the adjectives that make “Bugonia” another worthy addition to Lanthimos’ filmography.

In her fourth collaboration with the director, Emma Stone plays Michelle Fuller, the CEO of a pharmaceutical company, whose experiments might indicate that she is otherworldly. That’s in the observations of two conspiracy theorists-the beekeeper Teddy (Jesse Plemons, another Lanthimos alumni) and his autistic cousin Donnie (Aidan Delbis, a real autistic actor)-who both kidnap her and take her to his house.

To prevent her from making contact with her mothership (that is if she has a mothership), they shave her hair and put antihistamine cream all over her face and body. And she’s cuffed in the basement, where electroshock therapy is set to the tune of Green Day’s “Basket Case,” and you can easily tell Michelle is lying about being an alien so she can be free. We might even hint that Teddy is a Basket Case here, or maybe Donnie might be manipulated.

In “Memento” like black and white sequences, we get Alicia Silverstone (another Lanthimos alumni) playing Teddy’s mother, who might have something to do with either Michelle’s company or her alleged species. Even if we don’t completely understand these segments, we’re still exhilarated by the look of them. And I like the way the film uses Stavros Halkias as a local, fat cop, who reunites with Teddy, whom he used to babysit. That’s right, it’s another one of those movies with the one cop in the area.

I should also mention that “Bugonia” is a remake of the 2003 South Korean black comedy “Save the Green Planet.” And in Lanthimos’ vision, he represents both formulas which confirm whether anyone is crazy or not for believing that there is an alien amongst us. It also handles the subject matter with a hilarious and complex narrative, and uses Stone, Plemons, and Delbis with the right material. They’re all beautifully photographed by Robbie Ryan with a claustrophobic feel, representing the problems of the characters. And credit must also go to editor Yorgos Mavropsaridis, who specializes in Lanthomos’ movies.

“Bugonia” is an alien movie that takes a lot of chances and questions the sanity of people. Is this girl an actual alien or just a human being. And are the conspiracy theorists here right or wrong? That’s for me and the movie to know, and you to find out. And the results are haunting, funny, and electrifying at the same time. All the qualities of a Lanthimos entry.

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