Written by Sarah DeLappe And Kristen Roupenian
Directed by Helena Reign
Alice: "Don't call her a psychopath, that's so ableist."
Anyone up for a hurricane party? Well, this might be the movie for you. Or not. Nah, kidding, it's pretty good but given the genre it's in, you can tell exactly where this would be going.
You've got a lesbian couple, comprising of working class Eastern European Bee (Maria Bakalova) and rich girlfriend, Sophie (Amandla Stenberg). Together the two of them go to a fancy house, owned by Sophie's friend, David (Pete Davidson) for the hurricane party and they're not the only ones in attendance.
There's David's aspiring actress girlfriend, Emma (Chase Sui Wonders), podcaster Alice (Rachel Sennot) and her older boyfriend, Greg (Lee Pace), the mysterious Jordan (Myha'la Herrold) and Max (Conner O'Malley) but there's barely any focus on him as a character.
Instead the rest of them during the hurricane party decided to play a "murder in the dark" style game (you will guess the title) for fun. Instead, it devolved into arguments among the group and when David ended up dead, it didn't take too long for this splintered group of people to assume the worst in each other.
In fact they were way too quick to fling accusations at each, assuming the worst of poor Greg before the girls all turned on each other. Between talks of addiction, mental health, fake college attendances and hate listening, none of these girls came across that well. Not to mention more deaths as things got more and more heated with everyone.
Yeah, this movie definitely proved that it was all fun and games until someone lost their life. Trying to figure out the actual killer was amusing (I really did think it was Sophie) though. The actual reveal of the real catalyst of the disastrous evening was more of a mixed bag for me. I got why it was done but I'm not sure I liked it.
- That story about Amandla Stenberg's response to a reviewer's thoughts on this movie was wilder than the movie itself.
- There's definitely a Gen Z whiff off And Then There Were None with this movie.
- Standout music: Azaelia Banks 212, Catherine Slater's Daddy AF and Charlie XCX's Hot Girl.
- Chronology: Present day for Gen Z.
I think Bodies Bodies Bodies had it's moments but as a satire of Gen Z, I'm not entirely sure if it really landed as well as it could've done. Most of the characters grated at times and even without the hurricane and choice of party game, you wouldn't want to spend a great deal of time with these people.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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