Overview
A haunting journey of love and survival through the darkest corners of America.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- melancholic
- romantic
- disturbing
- late night horror viewing
- arthouse movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Luca Guadagnino’s direction, the cinematography, and the emotionally affecting chemistry between Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet, while finding the film’s grisly romantic premise divisive.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Maren and Lee seek tenderness while sharing a cannibalistic condition that isolates them from conventional society.
Maren travels roughly one thousand miles across America while pursuing her mother and encountering Lee.
The film places cannibal characters and threatening encounters within ordinary American towns, homes, roads, and rural spaces.
The film presents love and tenderness alongside shocking cannibalism, grisly violence, and disturbing appetites.
Films like Bones and All, and why
Badlands
shared road movie structure, outsider protagonists, romantic intimacy, and heightened Americana
Thelma & Louise
shared coming-of-age road journey, transgressive romance, and bleakly lyrical atmosphere
Raw
shared cannibal horror premise, alienation, tactile gore, and unconventional romance
Let the Right One In
shared melancholic romance, gothic horror, and emotionally intense outsider characters
Movie Details
- Director
- Luca Guadagnino
- Release Date
- 2022-11-18
- Runtime
- 131 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (1709)
Cast
- Taylor Russell
- Timothée Chalamet
- Mark Rylance
- Anna Cobb
- André Holland
- David Gordon Green
- Michael Stuhlbarg
- Jessica Harper
- Chloë Sevigny
- Kendle Coffey
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Bones and All about?
- Two young cannibals find fragile love while crossing an unforgiving America haunted by hunger, abandonment, and the past.
- What is Bones and All like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Bones and All as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Bones and All violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Bones and All as graphic.
- What did critics think of Bones and All?
- Critics broadly praised Luca Guadagnino’s direction, the cinematography, and the emotionally affecting chemistry between Taylor Russell and Timothée Chalamet, while finding the film’s grisly romantic premise divisive.
- Which films are like Bones and All?
- Films with a similar feel include Badlands, Thelma & Louise, Raw, and Let the Right One In.
- How long is Bones and All?
- Bones and All runs 131 minutes.
- Where can I watch Bones and All?
- In United States, Bones and All is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex.
