Bones & All (2022)

Bones and All is a dark, tender road‑movie about first love and monstrous appetites. You follow Maren, a young woman learning to survive on society’s margins, and Lee, an intense drifter, as they set off on a thousand‑mile odyssey through Reagan‑era America. The film blends drama, romance and horror: moments of genuine intimacy and yearning sit side‑by‑side with shocking, visceral violence, so the romance feels both fiercely human and disturbingly transgressive. Watching the movie you’ll experience sweeping, lonely landscapes and close, intimate close‑ups that emphasize the characters’ isolation and longing. The pacing alternates between quiet, character‑driven scenes where Maren and Lee try to build a life together, and tense, unsettling sequences that force them (and you) to confront their terrifying pasts. The result is emotionally raw: empathetic performances make the protagonists’ vulnerability and otherness understandable even as their actions horrify. Expect a haunting atmosphere, evocative period detail, and a score and cinematography that underline both melancholy and menace. The film asks difficult questions about identity, survival, desire and whether love can endure something that society calls monstrous. If you see it, be prepared for a movie that is as beautiful and aching as it is disturbing — a romance and a horror story rolled into a melancholic, unforgettable journey.

Actors: Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance

Director: Luca Guadagnino

Genres: Drama, Horror, Romance

74 /100 6.8 /10 7.1 /10