Bodies Bodies Bodies

Bodies Bodies Bodies

In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a “killer” while the rest tries to “escape”. Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.

  • Released:
  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thrillers
  • Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott, Chase Sui Wonders, Myha'la Herrold, Pete Davidson, Lee Pace, Conner O'Malley
  • Director: Halina Reijn
 Comments
  • harrybosdaddy - 10 June 2024
    Is it making fun of gen z?
    Because the way things are these days, I'm still not sure if this was taking the mick out of gen-z or not. It is so on the nose that you think it must be but, then again, things are often beyond parody these days, so I'm not convinced. Compared to most modern films of this type it was very watchable and not too obvious what was about to happen next. I would recommend a watch if you have time.

    If it was taking the mick out of gen z, it was a good effort, but so much of this is included in modern films, without jest, that I'm really on the fence about it. Giving benefit of the doubt, I've gone 6/10.
  • elliottkemp-53971 - 20 April 2024
    Not the best but pretty good, great in some ways
    OH GOD THE OPENING WHYYYY. I skipped forward and they were STILL kissing for the love of god why get a room! I'm subtracting points for that alone. I kinda hate seeing characters making out, no matter if they're gay, straight or otherwise. Just not fun to watch. Also, this was my first A24 film believe it or not, though I hope to see Civil War soon. Anyway this movie. I'm semi mixed on it. The directing, acting, and affects are all nothing short of incredible. But there's so many moments of characters saying the dumbest stuff. Some of it feels realistic, like some of their arguing and reacting to death. But other times it just felt so stupid, like really you're bringing THIS up? Is that relevant? Sometimes it really got to the point of feeling unrealistic. The plot is fun but a little dumb, I'm a huge fan of slashers and whodunnits, but in each regard there's better options (Scream does most of what this movie does but better), but it's still well worth watching. I can see why so many people love it and say it's a modern classic in horror. And yeah I can see where they're coming from and agree with a lot of parts of it, but the whole thing is definitely imperfect. But still really good overall, I still recommend. It's super well made, and a lot of plot developments feel realistic and amazingly done, but some of it really isn't great. I still definitely recommend though, because man the good parts are so good! Also side note, they really on used one song for the score. And sometimes it fit the scene perfectly, but other times not so much, so that was also a mixed bag.
  • johnspringer-95440 - 25 March 2024
    Gen Z Slasher Whodunit
    A bunch of extremely unlikeable twentysomethings gather at a mansion for a hurricane party. They consume epic amounts of booze and drugs, have lots of gender fluid romantic entanglements and bicker passive-aggressively with stereotypical social media invective. Things seemingly take a turn for the better once the bodies start piling up. But it's only a temporary reprieve. In fact the apparent work of an unseen slasher ultimately only exacerbates the bickering and vapid self-absorbed recriminations. The fact that this is probably all supposed to be satirical doesn't make the characters any less insufferable or their melodrama any less repetitive and annoying. By the end I couldn't care who lived or died and who did it, which was for the best since the resolution is incredibly lame.
  • Neptune165 - 24 December 2022
    One of the worst A24 movies I've ever seen
    One of the worst movies seen. The humor falls flat, the opening scene was embarrassing and way over the top, so called satire of same sex relationships and mental health was cringeworthy. There was zero suspense or terror and made the scary movie series positively Oscar worthy. Gen Z might find it fun and relatable with dependence on social media in relationships a common pisstake. What a waste of money. Almost all the characters were so incredibly dumb that I immediately saw the ending coming immediately at the first kill. I couldn't stand the dialogue and the characters had zero redeeming qualities. This movie sucked, just wandering around a mansion with arguing in-between, all the characters are annoying & unlikeable, the movie didn't make me care whether they lived or died, all the deaths were accidental or a misunderstanding, there is no killer, this movie stunk. I went into it expecting a horror film and soon into it realized it wasn't. I thought at least, were beyond awful. I kept thinking the entire time, "I wonder if Pete Davidson said he'd do it, only if he didn't have to be in it for long?" The last 30 minutes, while nothing funny happened, I was laughing just thinking how horrible the scenes were.

    If it was your cup of tea, good for you. I'm entitled to my opinion on it, and I have the right to voice it.
  • eddie_baggins - 1 December 2022
    Unlikable characters make for a so-so genre hybrid
    Distributed by famed horror production company A24, there was a lot of hype and early good will surrounding Halina Reijn's hip and meta horror infused social commentary feature Bodies Bodies Bodies but despite some solid critical plaudits, Bodies has come and gone in the space of a few months with little too no surviving fanfare and despite a few nice moments of comedy and horror blending as one, Reijn's film is a hard film to fall in love with as we spend 90 brief minutes with a bunch of unlikable characters in an increasingly unengaging narrative.

    Starting out in a promising fashion as we join Amandla Stenberg's Sophie and Borat 2 breakout star Maria Bakalova's Bee at a small-scale party at Pete Davidson's David's lavish abode in the midst of a storm cell moving across the area, Bodies appears to be the equivalent of a modern day Agatha Christie tale of sorts with filters, tags and mentions too spice things up but the central premise holding everything together as a simple party game turns deadly loses a lot of steam well before the half way mark of the film, leaving any hope the film had of being as cool as it thinks it is solely in the hands of its performers and their characters.

    Like we needed any more proof that its harder than ever to fall head over heels for this type of generation on camera, a generation that seems to create all their own problems without anyone else being involved and then expecting said problems to be fixed by anyone else other than themselves, Bodies tries to make us care for who lives and dies in this wild and over the top tale but despite solid attempts by Stenberg and Bakalova to spice things up, the only person that really walks away from this film as a winner is the always underrated Lee Pace who steals many of the films best moments as the illusive and mysterious Greg, who is far too old to be hanging around with this gang but is unquestionably the MVP of Reijn's ensemble.

    The other glaring issue for Bodies outside of its collection of unlikable characters and deteriorating narrative richness is the fact its genre combination of horror, comedy and thriller never pays off the way in which one would have hoped for with the film neither scary enough, funny enough or thrilling enough to be considered a successful melting pot of ideas that some seem to think is saying and doing something fresh but upon a deeper delving is nothing more than a familiar set-up and commentary piece that tackles similar themes and subjects that have been bought to life in far more memorable and exciting ways in the past and surely the future also.

    Final Say -

    A rare miss for the usually great A24 wheelhouse, Bodies Bodies Bodies tries its hardest to be the new cool kid in town but fails to make an impression that's worthy of mentions, tags or a viewing.

    2 swords out of 5

    Jordan and Eddie (The Movie Guys)
  • evanston_dad - 15 November 2022
    What a Hoot
    What a hoot this movie is! Take a group of utterly obnoxious twenty-somethings, put them together in a house during a hurricane, kill one of them off, and use the premise to create an eviscerating satire of the hypocritical virtue signaling running like wildfire through modern-day America.

    I recently saw "Please Baby Please" and posted in my review that I didn't think it was possible to be more aggravated by a movie performance this year than I was by Andrea Riseborough's in that film. But Pete Davidson gives her a run for her money. If she's still the victor, it's only because he gets killed off very early on (and I don't think it's a spoiler to reveal that). For the first 15-20 minutes, I wasn't sure I was going to be able to tolerate these people for an entire movie. But then I realized that this movie is a comedy, and we are meant to make fun of these characters. From that point forward, I was all in and had a blast.

    That I warmed up to the film's satirical vibe is thanks almost exclusively to the movie's ace in the hole, Rachel Sennott, who gives a little gem of a comedic performance that will surely go completely overlooked this year. I also really enjoyed Lee Pace and his laid back adult vibe, probably because he's the member of the cast who's closest to my age.

    And hats off to a clever ending that I did not see coming.

    Grade: A.
  • MJC_42 - 4 November 2022
    Rich, self-absorbed drug addicts that all hate each other break down during a storm when something bad happens
    Maybe the idea is that you're supposed to hate all of these characters that you spend 90+ minutes with, but that isn't something I consider fun. Maybe it would be entertaining if each of these execrable people succumbed to hilarious karmic judgement, but that's not what happens.

    The basic idea here is that Bee takes an trip with her girlfriend, Sophie, to visit Sophie's old friends who are spending time at the house of one of them, David (played by Pete Davidson), whose parents are super wealthy, though they mostly all come from money. These are your typical rich brats who spend a lot of time drinking and doing coke. There is nothing likeable about any of them.

    They decide to play a game called Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, which is a bit like Among Us in that someone is supposed to go around murdering the other people. However, if a body is found, they turn on the lights, and they vote someone out who they think is the murderer. Shortly after they voted out David, they get ready to play another round, but the power goes out, and then David turns up with a slashed throat.

    Everyone freaks out and assumes he's been murdered, and they all start pointing fingers, first at the easy target, Greg, and then eventually at each other. As they break down, everyone's secrets come out, and it turns out that all of these awful people actually really just hate each other and don't mind doing terrible things to each other. Bee, an outsider, is mostly an exception.

    Eventually, almost everyone ends up dead, though it's largely a self-fulfilling prophecy as the twist in the end reveals. Not that you can't see this twist coming a mile away.

    I really don't understand the good reviews for this movie. Who wants to spend 90+ minutes with a group of self-absorbed, drug-addicted, rich, entitled pieces of crap who are mean and awful and who don't even get what's coming to them in a satisfying way? Maybe I'm too old for this garbage. Maybe if you're a teen this will somehow speak to you. I can't imagine I'd want to spend any time with anyone who would actually enjoy this terrible waste of time.