Bones and All [Blu-ray]

Overview

Maren Yearly (Taylor Russell) yearns for love and respect, both of which are lacking in her young life as a sinister secret forces her to live on the fringes of society. Maren struggles to reconcile the conflict between these wholesome wishes and an insatiable compulsion that has ruptured her family life and sense of self. When she falls fast and hard for Lee (Timoth?e Chalamet), an enigmatic young man, Maren is forced to confront the lifestyle thrust upon her head-on. Luca Guadagnino directs the horror-drama. Co-starring Chlo? Sevigny, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Mark Rylance.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/31/2023
UPC:	0883929805853
Original Release:	2022
Source:	ALLIED VAUGHN
Language:	English
Time:	2:10:00
Sales rank:	5,484

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Kendle Coffey	Sherry
Taylor Russell McKenzie	Maren
Andre Holland	Maren's Father
Ellie Parker	Jackie
Madeleine Hall	Kim
Christine Dye	Attendant (Corlis, MD)
Mark Rylance	Sully
Timothée Chalamet	Lee
Sean Bridgers	Barry Cook
Anna Cobb	Kayla
David Gordon Green	Brad
Madeleine G. Hall	Kim
Michael Stuhlbarg	Jake
Jake Horowitz	Booth Man
Marshall Jackson	Boy Playing Ball Toss
Marcia Dangerfield	Clerk
Jessica Harper	Barbara Kerns
Burgess Byrd	Gail the Nurse
Chloë Sevigny	Janelle
Max Soliz	Mechanic
Mark Angel	Business Owner
Hannah Aileen Barlow	Ticket Holder
John E. Brownlee	Gas Station Customer
Jill Coughlin	4th of July participant
Tyler Craig	Train Passenger
Laura Dejean	Restaurant Patron
Richard Doone	Bus Station Patron
Shawn P. Farrell	Bowler
Brady Gentry	Andy

Technical Credits

David Kajganich

Camille DeAngelis

David Kajganich	Screenwriter,Producer
Camille DeAngelis	Screenwriter
Luca Guadagnino	Director,Producer
Marco Colombo	Executive Producer
Giovanni Corrado	Executive Producer
Jonathan Montepare	Executive Producer
Raffaella Viscardi	Executive Producer
Moreno Zani	Executive Producer
Timothée Chalamet	Producer
Francesco Melzi d'Eril	Producer
Lorenzo Mieli	Producer
Marco Morabito	Producer
Theresa Park	Producer
Gabriele Moratti	Producer
Peter Spears	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Bones and All is a romantic horror movie directed by Luca Guadagnino with a screenplay by David Kajganich, based on a book by Camille DeAngelis. It stars Timothée Chalamet (Dune), Taylor Russell (Waves), Mark Rylance (The Outfit), Kendle Coffey (Freaky Profiling), Andre Holland (A Wrinkle in Time), Anna Cobb (We're All Going to the World's Fair), and Chloë Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry). Hannibal (the series) sought to change the way viewers looked at characters with a penchant for human flesh, and Bones and All appears to have the same intention. It is not for the faint of heart-or stomach-as it has plenty of gore, which is to be expected with a cannibal film. However, it carries romance and teenage angst in equal measure. Bones and All is set in the 1980s and finds Maren (Russell) lost and alone when her father can no longer handle her cravings. Looking for answers, she decides to travel across the country on her own to find them from her mother. After all, if her father doesn't have these cravings, perhaps she inherited this penchant from her? Along the way she finds that she's not, in fact, alone. There are other "eaters" out there, including a young man named Lee (Chalamet). They decide to travel together to find answers and to find themselves. This arthouse film might feel a little slow to some, but Bones and All is best savored like a four-course meal rather than scarfing it down like a fast-food cheeseburger. At its heart, it is about love, alienation, found families, and trusting one's instincts. All of those themes weave together like a braid. When moviegoers step back, they can see the layers of beauty knitted together amongst the viscera and angst. Timothée Chalamet has shown his versatility with romantic coming-of-age films like Call Me By Your Name, irreverent movies like The French Dispatch, and epics like Dune. In Bones and All, Chalamet delivers a heart wrenching and intense performance. Taylor Russell might be a fresh new face to some, but she has been on the big and small screens for a decade prior to this film's release. If viewers didn't know her before Bones and All, they will certainly remember her powerful performance as Maren. Lee and Maren are clumsy and quiet, preferring not to bring attention to themselves (for obvious reasons) and yet, it is hard to look away from Chalamet and Russell, even when faced with the gore of their cravings. If there is fault in Bones and All, it is that there aren't a lot of stakes. While this film isn't meant to be filled with pyrotechnics and action scenes, the tension could have been ramped up in many different ways. All of the scenes with Sully (Rylance) and the two seemingly random eaters, Jake and Brad (played by Michael Stuhlbarg and David Gordon Green) will have audiences on the edge of their seats because of the friction and conflict they bring to the screen. However, there were many other squandered opportunities