The father even mentions of a time she feasted on a babysitter and explains the aftermath of cleaning the chaotic mess up in vivid detail. Maren, as stated by her father (André Holland) through cassette recordings, has been feeding on humans since she was an infant. The film approaches the subject in the form of fantasy, much like vampires. In both viewings, the audience belted an audible gasp when the first introduction to Maren as a cannibal occurs. Since the days of Fantastic Fest, this reviewer has seen the film twice. The side that makes her crave human flesh for consumption. However, we are then introduced to the other side of Maren. A type of teenager that certainly displays more vulnerability than showcased. Maren has a soft loving demeanor about her. The film centers on an 18-year-old named Maren, played by the somewhat newcomer Taylor Russell ( Waves). RELATED: Bones And All: Everything We Know About The Upcoming Cannibal Romance

Sounds weird, right? Just wait until Mark Rylance appears.ĭirector Luca Guadagnino who previously brought us Call Me By Your Name and the Suspiriaremake, captures a vision that collides both of these genre styles into one brilliant coming-of-age horror drama.

These cannibals can smell each other and recognize one another from afar. Not the ones we know from Hannibal or the real-life cannibals such as Jeffrey Dahmer. The photography method nearly feels documentarian in its approach. The film has the aesthetic of a slice-of-life movie such as The Florida Project or American Honey. Love may come in many shapes and sizes, but for Maren, it always ends the same-with her hiding the evidence and her mother packing up the car.īut when her mother abandons her the day after her sixteenth birthday, Maren goes looking for the father she has never known, and finds much more than she bargained for along the way.įaced with a world of fellow eaters, potential enemies, and the prospect of love, Maren realizes she isn't only looking for her father, she's looking for herself.Bones and All is a story that takes place in a grounded reality, yet everything about the film feels otherworldly in its design. Ever since her mother found Penny Wilson's eardrum in her mouth when Maren was just two years old, she knew life would never be normal for either of them. She didn't choose to be this way.īecause Maren Yearly doesn't just break hearts, she devours them. She hates herself for the bad thing she does, for what it's done to her family and her sense of identity, for how it dictates her place in the world and how people see her-how they judge her.

But her secret, shameful needs have forced her into exile. She wants to be someone people admire and respect. Maren Yearly is a young woman who wants the same things we all do. Now a major motion picture from Luca Guadagnino starring Taylor Russell, Timothée Chalamet and Mark Rylance, screenplay by David Kajganich!

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