Starring a popular actor, Timothee Chalamet, “Bones and All” takes an interesting dive into the cannibalistic nature of love.
This horror-romance movie shows two teens bonding through their struggles, heartfelt moments, and a good amount of gore. If you’re easily triggered by blood and flesh, I’d recommended skipping some scenes because they can be pretty disturbing. Also, beware of vague spoilers ahead.
“Bones and All” is about a young girl named Maren Yearly, who was born with the urge to eat humans. Throughout most of her life, she believed she was the only one until she met an older man, Sully, who informs her of “eaters” which is what she is. As she continues her journey, she stumbles upon Lee, played by Timothee Chalamet, another eater and the love interest.
Personally, this may become my favorite movie just because of the many ways one can interpret it, and I am a pretty big fan of horror and romance movies. I enjoy how it can be seen as more psychological than just simply people eating each other to survive.
Love can be fulfilling, enlightening, and also intoxicating. “Bones and All” portrays this by showing the carnal nature people have toward each other when they are in love. You can be addicted to them in a way, but sometimes you have to restrict yourself because it can be too damaging.
When it comes to love, you’ll want to be as close to the person as possible –this can be to the point where you would want to become one. Which is also similar to soulmates and how they are the other half of you, so when uniting, you become one. Cannibalism is similar but the more gory and hardcore version of that. It’s the side of love most people don’t talk about. The all-consuming nature of love.
This is the kind of movie that can leave you with that empty feeling, not because it wasn’t good, but because it just leaves you speechless –in the best way possible. After finishing the movie, I had tears and just thought, wow.
I never really thought about love in this way until watching this movie. It really opened my eyes to how love is intriguing in many ways and not just something that’s surface level like joy or sadness.
“Bones and All” is a tearjerker, heartfelt, and yet uneasy type of movie. With its ability to capture the feelings of hardships, loneliness, and craving for one another, it is able to convey lots of feelings toward the audience that could be relatable or just something easy to empathize with.
So, as you watch this movie, your experiences and perspective on the cannibalistic nature of emotions will most likely play a role in how you interpret it. If you’re into movies in which you can view them in various ways and want to take a step deeper into the disturbing nature of love, I would definitely recommend this movie.
