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Rebecca31Dec 14, 2022

Maren (Taylor Russell) is a young woman living with her father who is desperately trying to keep her from acting on her urges to consume human flesh. After a shocking incident she is forced to live on the margins of society where she meetsMaren (Taylor Russell) is a young woman living with her father who is desperately trying to keep her from acting on her urges to consume human flesh. After a shocking incident she is forced to live on the margins of society where she meets Lee (Timothée Chalamet). She also encounters the terrifying Sully (Mark Rylance), who plays the character so well your skin will crawl every time he's onscreen. But it's Lee that Maren is ultimately drawn to and they embark on a journey of self-discovery together.

I guess cannibals need love too, but sorry Luca Guadagnino I just couldn't buy into the premise of the movie. Bones and All isn't quite what I was expecting. It's a mishmash of genres that never really blend together and perhaps there is a good drama/romance about cannibals out there but Bones and All isn't it. I feel this might have been a better idea to have this as a full-blown horror instead. Let's be honest, cannibalism is a horrifying topic in itself, it's right there and sure keep the romance as a subplot but condense that aspect, keep the suspense full on and shorten the runtime. Instead you're got two characters discovering themselves through their blossoming relationship but also they're both "eaters" and have the uncontrollable urge to eat people, and after a while the urge becomes so overpowering the only way to satisfy the craving is to find a suitable victim. One half of Bones and All is a very different movie and every now and again you're reminded that these two are living on the outskirts of society for a bloody good reason. There are scenes within Bones and All that are genuinely scary but overall I didn't find that the two genres worked well together. I found myself becoming constantly disengaged with the film as it dragged on and on. My idea of a good cannibal story involves Mads Mikkelsen as Hannibal Lector. Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet are great onscreen together and have strong chemistry. I feel I tried very hard to like Bones and All but I wasn't a fan and was relieved when it finally ended.

I love weird films and particularly stories that try something different but this just didn't work for me at all. It's hard to find an audience to recommend Bones and All to. I can't imagine many fans of Call Me By Your Name are going to like this. The trailer gives you a taste of what to expect but I still found it disappointing. Recommended for fans of Raw, there's a chance you'll enjoy Bones and All.… Expand

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hnestlyontheslyJan 10, 2023

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bones and All is the movie Armie Hammer would have made if he could have played himself in Call Me By Your Name. "Cannibal romance" as a phrase really hits all the pleasure centers of my damaged brain. I could not resist. So instead of being a good father, I abandoned my family late one night this week and assembled a group of similarly inclined deadbeat dads and friends.

This movie fits into a sort of five act structure, through pairing the main actress, Taylor Russell (from Vancouver! what a life where you have to constantly introduce yourself as "I'm 18 in case you're wondering" when you're really 28) with her costars: father, Sully, Lee, the hospital, and the final act. Russel was one of the very few shining stars of Escape Room, a movie (series!) that capitalized on the emergent (?!) escape room craze of the late 2010s. Her delicate voice belies a confidence and sense of self-assurance which lets her tactfully stand up to the Chief Creep of the film, Sully. Maren navigates Sully's halting talk with tact that contrasts with her comfort and ease when she finally meets Lee. Much of their roadtrip sequences are wordless tableaus of intimacy. Their chemistry is palpable, even though the film does its best to leave Maren un-sexualized except when she feeds, e.g. the way she smells the girl next to her at the sleepover, or the way she lingers voyeuristically out of sight watching Lee work his mark in the Kentucky cornfield.

Cannibalism slots nicely into a metaphor for shameful sexuality and the forbidden, care of Julia Ducournau's Raw. Some extended comparison with Raw feels fruitful. Camille DeAngelis's YA fiction horror romance was published in 2015 and Ducournau's film came out the following year in 2016, which really makes you wonder what was in the water that year that had eating humans top of mind. Raw uses cannibalism in part as a kind of vehicle for taboo sexuality, destructive, anti-social behavior, and unhealthy addiction. Until we learn about (and here are some spoilers) the past history of our protagonist's older sister, we think her obsession must be entirely her own, a horrific but unfortunate quirk. It's only when we learn that her older sister has been coping with and designing ways to live her truth comfortably that the film really takes off. In some ways, Bones and All seems to provide a counterbalance to the loneliness and isolation of Raw, asks the question how could meeting a co-dependent addict change your outlook? Raw feels like it has legs to bear the metaphorical weight of discovery of one's queer identity while also getting a lot of mileage out of the cis-het experience for young women learning how to fit in in college. Bones and All echoes some of the notes of HBO's Euphoria, the exploration of self-loathing and the joys of finding someone who encourages your base instincts rather than counseling you to be better. While we're adding television similarities, look at VE Schwab's short-lived but excellent First Kill found ways to put a spin on the vampire hunt by critiquing the violence inherent in feeding by considering and flipping power differentials of traditional gender roles. First Kill features a sister trying to teach her sibling to cope with her violent cravings.

First Kill, Raw, and Bones are all concerned with the collateral damage of one's violent and secret compulsions. First Kill and Bones consider the erotic elements of those desires, whereas Raw and Bones concern themselves internal struggle. First Kill and Bones consider genetics and family history as a means of explaining urges, whereas Raw, until we are further along, focalizes the experience of recognizing oneself as different and aberrant. Maren expresses a number of times early in the movie her disbelief that there were so many like herself, and that one could smell out others. The concept of "passing" for normal is something that the characters of each of the films and television shows plays with a lot. Luca Guadagnino, director of A Bigger Splash, has made a film that is almost perfect in every way, the perfect date movie, the perfect horror romance, something messy and hot but not unseemly for an audience coming out of a sterile and lonely time.… Expand

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OlivierPielDec 19, 2022

When Hollywood -motherfecking MGM- copies a foreign film, in this case the overall core of the French film "RAW", it eschews the cerebral aspect of art (its basic level metaphores, its musings on our relationship to our bodies, on flesh) toWhen Hollywood -motherfecking MGM- copies a foreign film, in this case the overall core of the French film "RAW", it eschews the cerebral aspect of art (its basic level metaphores, its musings on our relationship to our bodies, on flesh) to focus on sensual effects (whoa! argh! cannibals! Blood! Sex! love! So exciting!) or tries to "tell a story" or worse "explain" an imagined parallel reality. And boring "realism" is the only thing Hollywood has to offer. Another perfect example here: What if there were cannibals among us, how would they survive, love etc...Pure realistic onanism. In other words, it's superficial and dumb Kleenex cinema. Besides, didn't they do that with vampires, zombies, aliens and whatnot before?… Expand

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bertobellamyDec 2, 2022

'Bones and All' is disturbing and weird, but all the themes it tries to cover make it feel a little unfocused. The acting is good, and the screenplay does a fine job exploring the dark corners of humanity, but I wish the ending wasn't that'Bones and All' is disturbing and weird, but all the themes it tries to cover make it feel a little unfocused. The acting is good, and the screenplay does a fine job exploring the dark corners of humanity, but I wish the ending wasn't that corny. Still, another solid work from Luca Guadagnino, but he has to give up on coming-of-age stories now. It's time to move on!… Expand

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alejandro970Dec 7, 2022

Can a movie about cannibalism be disgusting and tender at the same time? Why not? Not only do they cleverly add details of a road movie, they also get the most out of a cast that thrills in more ways than one. Just in case, watch it on anCan a movie about cannibalism be disgusting and tender at the same time? Why not? Not only do they cleverly add details of a road movie, they also get the most out of a cast that thrills in more ways than one. Just in case, watch it on an empty stomach.… Expand

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moviemitch96Nov 22, 2022

A young girl (Taylor Russell) who discovers cannibalistic urges emerging from within her embarks cross country where she meets and falls in love with a young drifter (Timothee Chalamet), who happens to be just like her. Based on theA young girl (Taylor Russell) who discovers cannibalistic urges emerging from within her embarks cross country where she meets and falls in love with a young drifter (Timothee Chalamet), who happens to be just like her. Based on the little-read YA novel of the same name, I went into this one not expecting much, and that's exactly what I got out of it. The previews and marketing made it look like yet another sappy and cliche-riddled YA romance, and that's pretty much what it was, but it was hard to expect anything more or better knowing it was based off a YA romantic novel. It also very obviously borrows influence from road/crime dramas and films of old, such as 'Badlands' and maybe even a little 'Bonnie and Clyde' mixed in while also heavily sticking to the YA romance formula to try and attract the younger demographic. While we do get a kinda cool musical score from the always reliable Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, along with some great performances from Russell and Chalamet (and even Mark Rylance in a genuinely creepy and sinister role), not even them or their chemistry is enough to overcome the predictable cliches and tropes that far too often accompany YA romance. Furthermore, much like the characters, the film simply seems to just wander with no true purpose or end destination in sight, which felt all the more apparent by the film's end. By the time it ended, I was just rolling my eyes at it all. Overall, it's certainly an interesting (and rather bloody and gross) ride while it lasts, and Russell, Chalamet, and Rylance are great, but none of that offsets the bloody sappiness of the whole ordeal. In short, they could've just as easily called this 'Twilight with Cannibals' and it would've been completely fitting.… Expand

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IndyGoNov 18, 2022

Beautiful, scary, emotional, disturbing. Stays with you once you've seen it. Phenomenal acting from all the cast. Great soundtrack.

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MattyIce34Nov 23, 2022

Luca Guadagnino and Timothèe Chalamet teaming up to make a movie that a cannibal would love? Interesting. Unrelated but anyone know what Armie Hammer thought of this?

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NickTheCritickNov 29, 2022

Perhaps Guadagnino's most experimental film, a strange, imperfect, disharmonious work that hybridizes different genres - melò, horror, road movie - with abrupt leaps of tone, as if they were pieces of different films stitched together.
ThePerhaps Guadagnino's most experimental film, a strange, imperfect, disharmonious work that hybridizes different genres - melò, horror, road movie - with abrupt leaps of tone, as if they were pieces of different films stitched together.
The first 3/4 of the films in their imperfection are something astounding: a rough road movie, a horror, a coming of age a love story, but, above all, a very citationist film that pays homage to the best of some of my favorite directors ever and therefore takes me by the throat. We find Van Saant (the film oozes "My Private Own Idaho" from every pore), we find blatant quotes from Kathryn Bigelow's masterpiece "Near Dark": cannibals, like Bigelow's vampires, have no alternatives, they live in a world who does not accept them and therefore they meet and form a community. The cinematography is spot on and very reminiscent of Terrence Malick's "Badlands". The director makes good use of Von Trier-like shaky camera movements (especially in the side tracking shots which are short and very fast).
The editing is truly hyper-experimental at times: it interrupts a scene in mid-suddenly only to come back to it a few seconds later. Everything often happens very (perhaps too much?) quickly and with a fleeting glance. Going back to the point, for the first 3/4 the film is breathtakingly beautiful: magnetic and imperfect like a Joy Division song.The genres are mixed without ever getting bored, the apparent sweetness given by the combination road movie + romantic coming of age drama is well balanced and dampened by truly ferocious horror moments: the meeting of the protagonist with her mother is chilling (there Guadagnino mentions himself bringing to mind a scene from his Suspiria).
It is the last act instead that which convinced me a little less: I found it too fast and hasty, for me it would have taken 20-30 minutes more to explore the figure of Sully and show us how he gets there to the two youngsters. It would have been a necessary choice to remove the handbrake in the finale and push this last act to the end: right down to the bone, as the title says.
I understand who might think that it is not Guadagnino's best film but it is a courageous (not at all pimping), romantic and dark work based on a difficult subject and which remains etched in the mind long after viewing.… Expand

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zaninandreNov 28, 2022

I found this movie disturbing and that's a good thing I think. Surely this film will be divisive among critics and everyone can see their metaphor in it.

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cheppsNov 23, 2022

Along with Everything, Everywhere All at Once, Decision to leave, Elvis and Tar, Bones and All is easily one of 2022's most enjoyable films. A must see.

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amariohNov 30, 2022

The incredible thing about this movie is that it creates its world and convinces the audience that the world is real.

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vhsteenNov 23, 2022

Timothee chalamet produces a Oscar winning performance in Luca guidiginos bones and all he carries the entire move with grace passion and pure talent very rarely seen in Hollywood today. Timothee chalamet seems to be the future of acting.

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JLuis_001Dec 1, 2022

I was hoping it would pick up more steam towards its final act, but it didn't. A real shame because up to that point I had found it quite competent, but when the story loses its plot compass, which was the search for Maren's mother, theI was hoping it would pick up more steam towards its final act, but it didn't. A real shame because up to that point I had found it quite competent, but when the story loses its plot compass, which was the search for Maren's mother, the conclusion feels extremely anticlimactic, as for some strange reason the story introduced Rylance's character as a villain and promises a showdown in his first two appearances, but the third and final one feels like it was pulled out of nowhere and it seems like Guadagnino just made up an ending for the sake of it.

Bones and All is a movie I really liked, but I hated its ending. It lost a lot of points because of it.… Expand

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jeffw38Dec 13, 2022

Walking out of the theater an hour ago, reflecting on what we had just witnessed. No spoiler alerts here and try to go in with as little knowledge about it as you can. This was a great movie with strong performances all the way around.

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All_ButTrU4Dec 21, 2022

Bones and all:
I didn't think I would love this as much as I did but it has clearly proven itself amongst the best of this year. A movie adaptation of a young MA novel sees Luca Guadagnino reunit with Call Me by Your Name's Timothèe ChalametBones and all:
I didn't think I would love this as much as I did but it has clearly proven itself amongst the best of this year. A movie adaptation of a young MA novel sees Luca Guadagnino reunit with Call Me by Your Name's Timothèe Chalamet to deliver an earnest exploration of love and it's burdens. Taylor Russell the quietly compelling lead first seen on studio A24's Waves is spectacular alongside the Golden globe nominee. This story of a girl with an unlikely predisposition who after harming a friend is forced to try find out why she is the way she is,by finding her mother first. It's a strangely optimistic tale of kinship, self discovery and human nature that leaves you emphasizing with cannibals. Along with the performances I was enthralled by the direction:smooth shots being disrupted into chaos, aged vast southern landscapes and rustic setting. It's truly captivating cinematography just add to its power. The ending however abrupt and tragic feels fitting for a film about letting go and moving on as it is done in the most tragically beautiful way possible… Expand

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UncleWillardDec 16, 2022

It's a modern, American folktale and I love it. It's so out there and original, creating it's own, little world to operate in there I was swept up. Mark Rylance really shines as Sully. Super creepy. You expect something like a new take onIt's a modern, American folktale and I love it. It's so out there and original, creating it's own, little world to operate in there I was swept up. Mark Rylance really shines as Sully. Super creepy. You expect something like a new take on zombies, vampires or cannibalism, but it's its own thing entirely. It's got a depth that belies its classification as horror.… Expand

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alanpotter17Dec 13, 2022

Letárgico e poético em alguns momentos, Timothee está perfeito mais uma vez, em um romance canibal com tons dramáticos e sombrios.
Aqui o grande trunfo é a bela fotografia, cada paisagem linda! Fica meio road movie e se extende e se perde umLetárgico e poético em alguns momentos, Timothee está perfeito mais uma vez, em um romance canibal com tons dramáticos e sombrios.
Aqui o grande trunfo é a bela fotografia, cada paisagem linda! Fica meio road movie e se extende e se perde um pouco lá pelas tantas, mas mesmo com a previsibilidade do roteiro, tudo é muito bem filmado e atuado (as atuações de Taylor russel e principalmente de Mark Rylance, também estão ótimas).
Como diria uma famosa cantora brasileira: "O seu amor é canibal, comeu meu coração mas agora eu sou feliz"...… Expand

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Badgerryan27Dec 14, 2022

Good movie. Good performances and kept you guessing what would happen next. The romance was decent and there was a lot of gore and blood if you are into stuff like that.

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CarlElmoreDec 7, 2022

Starts off pretty good but gets so much better as the film goes along. Performances are top notch.

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swimmswim1226Jan 9, 2023

很感動浪漫的電影。兩個孤獨的邊緣人互相理解, 支持, 相愛

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TyyroneMuggaJan 22, 2023

Interest 7/10
Characters 6/10
Cinematography/Set 6.5/10
Story 6/10
Acting 5/10