Amandla Stenberg Defends the DM She Sent a Film Critic After Receiving Lots of Backlash

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. Amandla Stenberg has taken to Instagram to defend herself after sending an indignant message to New York Times film critic Lena Wilson after she Stenberg's film Bodies Bodies Bodies. After referring to the A24 film as “a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage” in her review, Wilson shared on Twitter that Sternberg direct messaged her on Instagram.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“Your review was great,” the message read.

disappointing review about her new on-screen venture, “Bodies Bodies Bodies.”New York Times writer Lena Wilson said that while the film — which boasts 89% on Rotten Tomatoes — is not “bad,” it’s certainly “not special.” (The Post’s review of the film gave four out of five stars.)“The only thing that really sets ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ apart is its place in the A24 hype machine, where it doubles as a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage and Charli XCX’s latest single,” Wilson wrote in her review.The review seemingly struck a chord for Stenberg, who hit back at the writer with a sternly-worded message via an Instagram DM.“Maybe if you had gotten ur eyes off my t-ts you could’ve watched the movie,” the DM read.On Thursday, Stenberg defended her decision to message the film critic as she shared a candid clip on social media about the exchange.“I’m receiving a lot of commentary on the internet for being a very naughty girl and for sending a DM that I thought was hilarious,” Stenberg said in the video. “There’s a film critic and her name is Lena Wilson.

Bodies Bodies Bodies review.Stenberg stars in A24’s newest horror comedy film about a group of rich friends in their twenties who host a party game that ends in a death.Wilson, a New York Times critic, wrote in her review that while the film is not “bad”, it’s “not special”.“The only thing that really sets Bodies Bodies Bodies apart is its place in the A24 hype machine, where it doubles as a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage and Charli XCX’s latest single,” Wilson wrote.Yesterday (August 18) the film critic shared a screenshot of an Instagram message that she received from Stenberg a few days following the review’s publication, which read: “Your review is great, maybe if you had gotten your eyes off my tits you could’ve watched the movie!”Below the photo, Wilson tweeted: “Always weird when the homophobia is coming from inside the house but this is something.”“Me: (spends one line of a 500-word review facetiously commenting on how A24 objectifies young women to sell content),” she added.

Amandla Stenberg has been stirring up controversy due to a DM she sent to a film critic who wrote that her new horror flick “doubles as a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage.”

Zack Sharf Amandla Stenberg posted a video to her Instagram stories explaining why she reached out to The New York Times film critic Lena Wilson with a controversial message. As revealed by Wilson in a viral tweet, Stenberg contacted the film critic on Instagram after Wilson wrote in her “Bodies Bodies Bodies” review that the A24 horror movie “doubles as a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage.”“Your review was great,” Stenberg wrote to Wilson. “Maybe if you had gotten your eyes off my tits you would’ve watched the movie!”Stenberg’s comment generated backlash after it was posted to Twitter by Wilson, but the “Bodies Bodies Bodies” actor said in her own Instagram video that she was just trying to be funny with her message.

Amandla Stenberg is calling out a critic.

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