Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

 


Genre: Horror/Comedy          Time: 1h 35mins          Director: Halina Reijn


Quick Summary: When a group of 20-somethings gets stuck at a remote mansion during a hurricane, a party game gone very, very wrong ends with a dead body on the ground and fake friends at every turn as they try to find the killer among them.



First of all, this film immediately shows you how unlikeable this cast is, but in a good way. None of these characters are meant to be good people, and it shows throughout this as they constantly turn on each other, and backstabs are thrown about wildly. As they throw a small party at one of their mansions during a hurricane, they throw around words they don’t properly understand – from misusing ‘gaslighting’ and ‘narcissism’ to repeating common internet phrases like “facts are facts.” They play at having a good time with their friends, but only ever have their own best interests at heart. They're all insufferable and arrogant, remind me of popular high school groups.

Even before the catty drama is brought out, it is very clear there is some unspoken tension already here as they all interact with each other in snippy comments and nasty jabs. Everything is uncomfortable and cringe, but I would like to stress it is done on purpose to really bring to light how much these people should not be left in a house alone together.


The whole film has an air of paranoia to it. From the feeling of being watched judgementally for every move made to the dreadfully unknowing of who is the murderer. The cinematography manages to capture this really well as the action escalates, we get multiple shots observing the mansions’ seemingly endless hallways as they menacingly unfurl into darkness. This tension is deepened when, in the thick of the indoor goose-chase, the girls light their ways with iPhones and glow-sticks, creating a hypnotic, dizzying laser tag-Esque war zone.

The main point of this group is that none of them like each other and nobody has cared enough to learn about anyone. Nobody Knows who would be capable of murdering someone else, they're all essentially strangers trapped in a house together which really heightens the tension.


The script is a bit bare if I'm honest and kinda boring. It was as if they were literally teenagers running around in a house, which is realistic yes, but for a Film, it isn't very entertaining. The humor was very dry too, I didn't really bode with it too well. Watching them all run around recklessly was very stressful to watch too, as they chose to not think before doing anything.

This film was very chaotic, and it stretched too far that the point becomes a bit muddled. It mocks the younger generation for being useless (and in my opinion does show that well) and provides a twist that I thought was incredibly clever.


6/10

"Really? Because it looks like you’re grabbing a meat cleaver to go look for my boyfriend."


"David’s dad can be a dick but his politics check out."





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