Gen Z Gets Its Knives Out in Bodies Bodies Bodies
01.08.2022 - 23:45
/ glamour.com
Bodies Bodies Bodies (in limited release August 5, nationwide on August 12). Directed by Halina Reijn and written by Sarah DeLappe, the film is firmly rooted in the vernacular of today’s post-adolescents, 20-somethings who yammer on about podcasts and dilettantish social justice concerns and Tumblr psychobabble. They also, in the film, start murdering one another as tensions and suspicions mount in a sprawling mansion during a hurricane.It’s a fun, classic setup for a film, all spooky hallways and howling wind.
As often happens in stories like these, an outsider finds herself tossed into a fraught social environment full of festering resentments. She’s Bee (), the new girlfriend of rich, newly sober Sophie (), a free spirit making something of a surprise appearance at a small gathering with old friends. (I think they’re high school chums? But maybe they met in college.) Sophie’s been estranged from the group, though she is still technically best friends with David (), whose parents own the isolated house where everyone’s gathered to party a weekend away. David’s girlfriend, Emma (Chase Sui Wonders), isn’t very happy to see Sophie; neither are friends Alice (Rachel Sennott) and Jordan (Myha’la Herrold).
Alice’s new boyfriend, elder hunk Greg (Lee Pace), doesn’t seem to care much either way. It’s an awkward situation, one Sophie should probably have warned Bee about. This early stretch of the film, as characters are introduced and the landscape is laid out and Bee tries to get her bearings, is sharply done, keenly observant of the particular vibrations of an uncomfortable moment.
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