6. ‘Bones and All’ (2022)
Guadagnino’s ‘Bones and All’ isn’t a complete failure by any means. If nothing else, Taylor Russell’s brilliant performance as the enigmatic and romantic young cannibal at the center is enough to make it worth watching. On the whole, though, the adaptation of Camille DeAngelis’ novel feels surprisingly cold and distant for a film from Guandagnino, lacking the swoony romanticism needed to make the love story between the two young cannibals traveling the United States worth investing in. Part of the problem may be how shallow the world the film builds out — where cannibals roam the late ’80s landscape and their thirst is something of a code that bonds them together — feels, with little dimension beyond the surface-level shock. There’s much to admire technically, but ‘Bones and All’ feels curiously bloodless for a movie with this much blood in it.