Dutch director Halina Reijn's English-language debut, Bodies Bodies Bodies, is not a run-of-the-mill teen slasher feature with all of the predictability the genre delivers. In fact, this viewer found the picture astonishingly fresh.
The septet of bodies referred to in the title is a crew of wealthy scions and a few of their lesser plus-ones (Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Rachel Sennott, Chase Sui Wonders, Pete Davidson, Myha'la Herrold and Lee Pace) who have gathered at one of their remote palatial homes for no apparent reason, as a hurricane bears down on them. Immediately, we're exposed to this group's sharp edges, which only get sharper and bigger as the day progresses.
Yes, the group eventually ends up playing a murder game that, yes, gets real real quick, BUT, nothing, absolutely nothing is as it appears. Amazing sleight of hand at work here.
Screenwriter Sarah DeLappe crafted from a story by Kristen Roupenian an enormously witty narrative in which the most deadly instrument is resentment. Every performance is pitched perfectly, even as passive-aggressives turn aggressive-aggressive, the body count rises and the list of suspects gets reduced to two ... or maybe three.
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