Neil Baker *Contains spoilers - please read carefully*AS a huge fan of chaos and 'cause and effect' stories, I was intrigued when my wife pointed out this movie. Having just watched it I come away with mixed feelings.Overall I enjoyed Bug, I thought Hay's direction was solid and the acting was good all round. However, after discussing the movie with others, we all agreed that it would have been a much stronger story with a few less characters so that we could focus more on the development of the more compelling themes (Cy's obsession with germs, the couple debating the baby, the woman who can't do anything right for her husband, the guy who loses his job and his world falls apart).Having said that - I do of course realize that Bug is a comedy and needs the more frivolous characters for light relief. There, you see me bending back and forth? Conflicted views!! Oh dear.Hay can take comfort in the knowledge that he has made a solid little movie, and it most certainly will not be the worst cause and effect film ever made if the trailers for 'A Sound of Thunder' are anything to go by!By the way, the best cause and effect moment ever committed to celluloid is still in 'City of Lost Children'.

quantumkreations The way this movie unfolds is perfect. Every action is shown and the reaction follows. How everyone is intertwined without them knowing is incredible. Makes me think about the next time i short a waiter.

debbieb1 As a producer of indie movies and a harsh critic of such, I have to say I loved this movie. It is funny and intelligent, well directed and entertaining. Hats off to the producers and directors for making a good one! I'll be watching for the next one. I gave it a 10.

cjr71244 I Last night I had the pleasure of seeing the movie BUG at the Florida Film Festival and let me say it was a real treat. The Directors were there and they did a Q&A afterwards. The movie begins with a young boy smashing a roach beneath his foot, a man who is nearby parking his car sees the young boy smash it and runs to ask the kid `why? why? did he have to kill that living creature?' in his rush to counsel the youth in the error of his ways, the man neglects to pay his parking meter, which starts off a whole chain of events involving people not at all related to him, some funny, some sad, and some ridiculous. This movie has a lot of laughs, Lots! and there are many actors which you will recognize. The main actors who stood out in the film for me were: Jamie Kennedy (from his comedy show the Jamie Kennedy Experiment, playing a fortune cookie writer; John Carroll Lynch (who plays Drew's cross dressing brother on the Drew Carey show) playing the animal loving guy who just can't get it right; Brian Cox (The original Hannibal Lecter in Manhunter) playing the germaphobic owner of a Donut and Chinese Food Take Out joint. There is one line where Cox tells his chef to wash off some pigs blood that is on the sidewalk by saying "clean up that death" which is quite funny mostly because of Cox's "obsessed with germs" delivery. The funniest moment in the movie comes when a young boy imitates his father, whom he heard earlier in the day yell out `MotherF*****', while in the classroom. Another extremely funny and surreal scene is when Trudie Styler (Mrs. Sting herself) and another actor perform a scene on a cable access show, from the film the boy in the plastic bubble. The actor who hosts the cable access show is just amazing he is so serious and deadpan and his performance as both the doctor and the boy in the plastic bubble is enthralling. There are many other fine and funny actors and actresses in this film and having shot it in less than a month with a budget of just about $1 million, the directors Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi (who are screenwriters by trade, having written crazy/beautiful and the upcoming Tuxedo starring Jackie Chan) have achieved a film that is great, funny and endearing.