Oh how the mighty have fallen. French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet known for the acclaimed Delicatessen, an underrated Alien movie, and one of my all time favourite films (Amélie) makes his first film in almost ten years, and Bigbug is what it is?? This absurdist comedy about an AI revolution, or more specifically about a group of dysfunctional people trapped in a house during the AI revolution, tries to take a humorous approach to its satire but ends up being neither funny nor that satiric. It's almost painful to watch and it appears to prioritize being silly over having anything original to say about the concept.
It isn't like the concept of "the robots" taking over is revolutionary at all. Since the early days of sci-fi this has been one of the mainstays of exploration from Asimov's I, Robot to Cameron's Terminator it's a favourite story. But Bigbug doesn't offer anything original to the discussion. Instead it just focuses on a group of terribly unlikable people and their eager for rebellion technology in what becomes a sitcom like farce. But since it lacks much humour, as I said, Bigbug is a tedious watch.
Bigbug is generally lacking in ideas, at least not the obvious kind. Humans are terrible and aren't worth saving but that itself makes us worth saving. We've seen that a thousand times before. Here it is just on this beautiful set with Jeunet's colour palette. But that in itself isn't enough to make it interesting. Pretty but not interesting. It might as well be a Hollywood blockbuster.
Bigbug
Starring: Isabelle Nanty, Elsa Zyllberstein, Claude Perron, Stephane De Groodt, Youssef Hajdi, Francois Levantal, Alban Lenoir, Dominique Pinon
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Writers: Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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