The French sci-fi comedy, Bigbug, from director Jean Pierre Jeunet, is a high concept garish sitcom that reminds you too much of Spy Kids. After a long break, Jean, popularly known for directing Amélie, returns with a Netflix film that taps into the human anxieties about their growing dependency on robots. Should you watch this show? Let’s find out what critics and fans have to say.

Bigbug on Netflix: The plot

Jean takes us to a retro-futuristic France in 2045, where humans have become lazy and rely entirely on their robots. Alice, divorced from her husband Victor, lives alone with her robots Monique, Einstein, Tom, and Nestor. After her divorce from her husband, she finds a romantic interest in a horny pretentious suitor, Max. 

One day while Alice was enjoying quality time with Max and his son, her ex-husband arrives with their daughter, his fiance, and her gymbot. While the humans were busy bickering among themselves, there was an android uprising in the city. The news revealed that Les Yonyx was behind the revolt. The domestic robots decide to lock their humans, determining it would be unsafe outside. 

The robots want to be considered as humans while the humans want to step out and away from each other. This movie will have us reconsider our dependency on electronics and gadgets so that we don’t become a slave to them. 

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Bigbug on Netflix: Cast 

Bigbug has an elite casting that includes:

• Elsa Zylverstein
• Claire Chust
• Claude Perron
• François Levantal
• Isabella Nanty
• Alban Lenoir
• Dominique Pinon
• Stéphane De Groodt
• Youssef Hajdi
• Manu Payet

Check out what fans are saying

With a 5.2 rating on IMDb, Polygon calls Bigbug “a strange sci-fi story that turns a robot uprising into a French farce” while it is a “dreadful sex farce” according to Indie Wire. Now let’s look at what fans have to say about the Netflix film.

Will there be a Bigbug part 2?

We don’t know whether there will be a part 2 of Bigbug. Neither Netflix nor Jean has announced anything regarding a sequel. With the goody comedy getting mixed reviews, Netflix might make a surprise announcement in the future!

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