Depending on your demographic, Bodies will probably either make you feel seen or utterly obsolete. But it’s also just straight-up fun: a blac...
I liked it, can’t say that I loved it.
The Age (Australia) September 15, 2022 The problematic phrase «guilty pleasure» will just about do for Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies, the kind of horror parody so edgy it prac...
Autostraddle August 16, 2022 The script is ultimately heavy-handed in its needling of ultra-rich young people, but a solid cast grounds the characters in specifics, breath...
Detroit News August 12, 2022 … Doesn’t pull any punches and doesn’t make any apologies. It’s cutting, mean, and sharp enough to draw blood.
metro.co.uk December 27, 2022 Burnished 1980s blockbuster nostalgia as Tom Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer prove they can still make ’em like they used to. Strap in f...
New Yorker August 5, 2022 In traditional murder mysteries, you don’t much care who croaks, but this was the first occasion on which I found myself actively willing the...
A fiery and very clever spin on the slasher genre featuring an A+ ensemble that well earns its electrifying mix of thrills and laughs.
The result is a raucous romp that balances suspense with savage humor, making Bodies Bodies Bodies a summer essential.
New York Times August 4, 2022 Bloated with pompous irony. This is a movie perfectly tailored to one of A24’s key demographics: bougie 25-year-olds who value branding over s...
ReelViews August 13, 2022 Ultimately, the movie is more interesting for the shifting power dynamics and relationships among the dwindling group of survivors than for the who...
RogerEbert.com March 16, 2022 The ramblings of Apollo 10 12 dont do much beyond wallow in nostalgia for Dark Shadows and drive-in theaters.
RogerEbert.com August 5, 2022 The kind of stuff fun summer entertainment should be made of.
It may alienate an older audience. But to those it does speak to, it’s a genuinely fun watch that plays on our expectations of the murder myst...
A fun, inverted single location thrill ride, director Halina Reijn creates one rainbow swirl of a good time.
Independent September 8, 2022 It’s peak nihilistic entertainment, watching these souls try, in vain, to keep their fragile reputations intact while they’re drenched head to toe...
The Reveal October 3, 2022 It’s not fatal that Leitch and company have no evident goal other than to amuse audiences with two hours of spiffy nonsense, but there’s a whi...
Little White Lies September 8, 2022 A little over-eager in hitting all of its slightly banal cultural touchstones.
Rolling Stone August 8, 2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies, directed Halina Reijn, takes a handful of familiar tropes and vampirically sucks the stupid fun out of almost all of them.
Each actor their own style that brings a varied flavor to the film, which makes the cast is a joy to watch, even if their characters are...
Times (UK) September 9, 2022 The fun, of course, is in the pillory, yet the (deliberately) loathsome nature of the characters soon becomes draining.
MovieFreak.com August 12, 2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies is a gnarly, uncouth, and suitably deceitful breath of fresh horror air.
Fox 10 Phoenix April 1, 2022 If «Bodies Bodies Bodies» doesn't reinvent the slasher genre, it gives it a refreshingly contemporary sense of bite – one that will...
Financial Times September 8, 2022 The title could hint at either sex or death, and both end up with roles to play in a movie carefully stuffed with rising stars du jour.
Bodies Bodies Bodies might just be the first great Gen Z thriller. In director Halina Reijn’s film is a razor-sharp satire of a very specific...
A fun, inverted single location thrill ride, director Halina Reijn creates one rainbow swirl of a good time.
New York Post August 5, 2022 «Bodies Bodies Bodies» is stolen by the extraordinarily talented Sennott as Alice. The 26-year-old actress was equally terrific in the subtler, lov...
Using a familiar social deduction game to implode an affluent group of fake friends in the most heinous way makes for a dementedly fun time th...
NOW Toronto August 12, 2022 Would have gone down easier had there been some chemistry between the two leads.
Inside Hook August 23, 2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies is the latest movie so eager to crack the pathology of the youths that it loses the texture of actual teenage behavior.
All this mayhem never really adds up to much, as if calling out Gen Z for the folly of their well-intentioned faults was enough. And yet, it i...
Its the uproarious image of rich kids without wifi, descending into frothing at the mouth, bloody madness, that makes Reijins Bodies Bodies Bodies...
It’s being billed as a Gen Z horror movie, but Helina Reijn’s movie could better be described as a murder comedy, and a sprightly an...
Still, for a screenplay that hates all these characters so much, it’s hard not to want a movie that is willing to go a little nastier wit...
It’s kind of funny and kind of scary, if ultimately neither funny nor scary enough to keep the two modes from canceling each other out.
Globe and Mail August 9, 2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies is the cinematic equivalent of a Twitter argument – but before you run screaming in the other direction, this is a r...
The Guardian August 2, 2022 Ultimately, the script isn’t as sleek as it needs to be with a board as ambitious as this. The game is a fun one, but you might feel a li...
Fox 10 Phoenix April 1, 2022 If «Bodies Bodies Bodies» doesn’t reinvent the slasher genre, it gives it a refreshingly contemporary sense of bite one that will appeal...
It’s easy to get swept up in the film’s vibe, so why bother resisting? Just sit back and relax, but make sure that your family’s novelty weapons ar...
Like «And Then There Were None» staged by John Cassavetes for the age of Instagram.
Boston Globe August 11, 2022 With its runtime of 95 minutes, «Bodies Bodies Bodies» has a cutthroat pace. By the time it’s over, you’ll want to see it play out a...
You may think you don’t need another Predator movie in your life, but you need this one – it is awesome.
The movie doesn’t feel like it’s satirizing the privilege of its characters, or the way that academic – and therapyspeak has crept into everyd...
Everyone in the cast, particularly Stenberg, Bakalova and Lee Pace make «Bodies» a total scream.
Slant Magazine July 31, 2022 Helina Reijn’s film is as hilarious as it is pointed, with its dialogue distinctly attuned to the Gen Z mindset.
Empire Magazine August 17, 2022 Tense when it needs to be and awfully good fun throughout. Stupidity reigns supreme for these rich kids, but the filmmakers are smart enough to mak...
TIME Magazine August 6, 2022 Bodies Bodies Bodies is one of those movies that wins you over scene by scene, before sealing the deal with its marvelous, ludicrous ending. See it...
