Bodies Bodies Bodies

A group of seven young friends have a house party at a remote mansion during a hurricane, hosted by childhood best friends Sophie, who is recently sober, and David, who is excessively wealthy. Bee is the working-class girlfriend of Sophie, and new to their group of friends; she is naive to the kind of party they host and eats a large amount of cake without realizing it is an edible. One of the guests, Jordan, also warns Bee that Sophie is not who she seems. Sophie, having been in rehab, has not spoken to the others in the group for some time, and social dynamics are awkward between them. The group decides to play party games, choosing "bodies bodies bodies", a murder in the dark-style game. The game goes poorly and fractures the friendships even more, with David arguing with everyone from his boring girlfriend Emma to another outsider in the group, the much-older Greg, who is vacuous Alice's new boyfriend. They end the game but soon find a real murder has taken place, and have to again search for the murderer among them.[1]

• Amandla Stenberg as Sophie
• Maria Bakalova as Bee
• Rachel Sennott as Alice
• Chase Sui Wonders as Emma
• Pete Davidson as David
• Lee Pace as Greg
• Myha'la Herrold as Jordan
• Conner O'Malley

In March 2018, A24 acquired Bodies Bodies Bodies, a spec script written by Kristen Roupenian.[2] In September 2019, it was announced Chloe Okuno would direct and re-write the film.[3] In April 2021, it was announced Amandla Stenberg and Maria Bakalova had joined the cast of the film, with Pete Davidson and Myha'la Herrold in talks to join.[4] Bakalova said she was scared to be in a horror movie, being scared watching them, but knew A24 films went deeper; she said that the film was "more like an R-rated comedy".[5] In May 2021, Lee Pace, Rachel Sennott, Chase Sui Wonders and Conner O'Malley joined the cast of the film, with Davidson and Herrold confirmed to star.[6]

Principal photography began in May 2021.[6]

The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 14, 2022.[7] It is scheduled to be released on August 5, 2022.[8] Stage 6 Films will distribute the film internationally.[9]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 95% of 21 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.6/10.[10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 82 out of 100 based on six critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[11]

Abby Olcese for RogerEbert.com praised the use of music and cinematography to enhance the single-location setting.[12] Bloody Disgusting found the social satire of the movie, and its use of setting to highlight this, to be strong.[13] Lovia Gyarkye for The Hollywood Reporter found the film to be a psychological study of the friendship archetypes and the digital age, while also showing an understanding of the anxieties of twenty-somethings, praising the story.[14] IndieWire's Robert Daniels wrote that Reijn's direction was the strongest part of the film, while also praising the script for its social interrogation.[15] Erin Brady of Little White Lies instead thought that the film fell apart towards the end because it is "a movie that claims to understand how Gen-Z treats societal topics ... portraying some of those topics so stereotypically."[16] However, she said that the film was well-paced and it was hard to resist the fun of it.[16] IGN's Rafael Motomayor wrote that "it does falter somewhat when it comes to Gen Z talk ... like someone had a bunch of placeholders they swapped in with whatever term a teenager told them kids use these days", though also felt it was good overall.[17]

Valerie Complex at Deadline Hollywood praised the cast, saying "each actor [has] their own style that brings a varied flavor to the film, which makes the cast ... a joy to watch, even if their characters are insufferable",[18] Owen Glieberman for Variety praised the directing for giving the characters and actors room to explore.[19] Complex and Daniels said that the characters as written are weak, but the performances all elevate them.[18][15] Sennott was consistently named the standout performance of the film,[20][18][12][1][14][15][17] while Brady said this was Herrold.[16] Gyarkye wrote that nobody could deny the acting talent, noting Herrold as well as Stenberg.[14] Daniels highlighted Sennott and Davidson,[15] and Marya E. Gates of The Playlist commended the ensemble while noting Davidson and Bakalova.[1] Paste's Aurora Amidon felt that the cast were all successful, but that Bakalova's comedic talents were wasted by playing a serious character.[21]

Glieberman described the film as "And Then There Were None staged by John Cassavetes for the age of Instagram."[19] Gates felt that there were some scenes that ran too long, but said that it is "destined to [take] its place on the mantle with seminal horror-comedy faves like Jennifer's Body and Scream";[1] Gyarkye instead said that the film may not appeal to slasher genre fans.[14]

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