Movie review
August 5, 2022 · 94 min · R
Woke Score
Lower is better
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Bodies Bodies Bodies.
Woke representation / casting
Visible diversity with Black, Asian, and immigrant characters plus a central lesbian couple stands out to audiences.
Woke political dialogue
Characters throw around terms like gaslight, trigger, toxic, woke, and ally during fights, but the film uses them satirically to expose hypocrisy and pettiness.
Identity-driven story themes
The narrative examines how privilege and identity accusations destroy a friend group, but it critiques these patterns instead of promoting them.
Western institutional / cultural critique
Satirizes wealthy youth entitlement, social media addiction, and fragile egos; lacks activist-style attacks on patriarchy, capitalism, or core Western traditions.
Review
Bodies Bodies Bodies is a 2022 black comedy horror film about wealthy young adults at a remote mansion during a hurricane. Their party game of "Bodies Bodies Bodies" turns deadly when real deaths spark paranoia, accusations, and chaos among the group. The story visibly uses a diverse cast and a central lesbian couple while filling dialogue with terms like gaslight, trigger, toxic, and woke, though it deploys them to mock the characters' petty behavior and self-centeredness rather than endorse those ideas.
Woke character or canon changes
Not relevant. Original screenplay with no established characters or source material altered.
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Some online viewers complained the slang, casting, and dialogue felt pandering or "too woke," even as others called it effective satire of those same trends.
Creator track record context
Reijn shows feminist interest in sexuality and power; DeLappe and Roupenian have female-centered stories and consent themes; overall mild progressive lean with no strong identity-politics or DEI pattern.
Production
