When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party in Bodies Bodies Bodies at a remote family mansion, a party game goes awry in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong.
OK, so when I first saw the trailer for this movie I wasn’t overly sure about checking it out, A24 has always been a bit of a hit or miss for me when it comes to movies, but with Lee Pace playing one of the characters in the movie and that it was being shown early to Cineworld Unlimited Card members I thought I would give it a go.
The movie is a bit of a strange one, it starts off with a couple heading to a friend’s house, well it’s more of a mansion really, to have a hurricane party and to have a great time, but when they arrive you get the feeling of tension between some of them upon their arrival.
As the hurricane starts to move over the mansion the group decides to play the game Bodies Bodies Bodies, but not all goes to plan and there seems to be a killer among them taking each of them out one by one, who could it be and how are these Gen-Zs going to cope with no WiFi, phone signal and the lack of Google and social media!
What we get with the movie is a sort of modern re-working of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, but this is a movie based upon the Gen-Zs of the world and the script certainly pokes fun at some of the terms that are used by this generation of 20 somethings such as “Don’t call her a psychopath. It’s so ableist.“, which certainly brings the humour to the movie among the bodies that are piling up.
You may think that you are getting your run-of-the-mill slasher movie with this one, but that’s not what it seems as the characters start dying and the remaining characters start questioning each other’s motives and their distrust grows to the point of pointing the finger at the slightest reason to not take the blame for being the killer.
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with the movie and glad I checked it out during the evening’s Cineworld Unlimited Screening, there are plenty of twists and turns to keep your interest throughout the 1h 34m runtime and I wasn’t expecting the ending and wasn’t disappointed, Pete Davidson certainly steals the screentime that he has with some of his witty remarks and one-liners.
BODIES BODIES BODIES is directed by Halina Reijn (Instinct) and written by acclaimed playwright Sarah DeLappe (The Wolves) from a story by Kriten Roupenian (Cat Person). The film stars Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm), Myha’la Herrold (Industry), Chase Sui Wonders (On the Rocks), Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby) with Lee Pace (Pushing Daisies) and Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island).
Bodies Bodies Bodies in cinemas on September 9 courtesy of Sony Pictures UK.
Let the Bodies Bodies Bodies hit the floor!
Movie title: Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Movie description: When a group of rich 20-somethings plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion, a party game turns deadly in this fresh and funny look at backstabbing, fake friends, and one party gone very, very wrong.
Date published: August 24, 2022
Country: UK
Duration: 1h 34m
Director(s): Halina Reijn
Actor(s): Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Karen Woodham is the founder and owner of the Blazing Minds. She is also a Cinema reviewer and works with RealD 3D reviewing the latest 3D releases and IMAX, she has also had several articles published in various publications including the first edition of SFW Magazine. In 2015 she became an Award Winning Blogger and also has her website listed as one of the UK’s Top 10 Film Blogs.
