7.4
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Bones and All (2022)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.4
Overview
Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Race Swap: Yes
Overview
Abandoned by her father, a young woman embarks on a thousand-mile odyssey through the backroads of America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But despite their best efforts, all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether their love can survive their otherness.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film explores the struggles of marginalized individuals grappling with an innate, stigmatized condition, fostering empathy for the 'other' and critiquing societal intolerance through its focus on their search for belonging and love.
The movie demonstrates significant DEI primarily through its casting choices, featuring a Black actress in a lead role that could be considered a race-swap from traditional interpretations. However, the narrative itself does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center DEI themes.
Secondary
Directed by a queer filmmaker, 'Bones and All' explores themes of otherness, marginalization, and the search for belonging through an allegorical lens. While characters are not explicitly LGBTQ+, their journey of finding love and chosen family amidst societal rejection deeply resonates with and empathetically affirms queer experiences.
Maren Yearly, a character described as white in the source novel, is portrayed by a biracial actress (Taylor Russell) in the film adaptation. This constitutes a race swap.
Bones and All does not include any transsexual characters or explore related themes. The story centers on the struggles of Maren and Lee as they navigate their identities and relationship amidst their cannibalistic urges, without engaging with transgender identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Bones and All" is an adaptation of the novel by Camille DeAngelis. All major characters, including Maren, Lee, and Sully, retain the same gender as established in the source material. There are no instances where a character's canonical gender was altered for the screen adaptation.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.8
7.0
Critic Ratings
8.2
7.4
More Like This
Leans Progressive
8.7
Call Me by Your Name
(2017)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Positive
Leans Progressive
7.7
Challengers
(2024)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Leans Progressive
8.2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
Leans Progressive
9.0
Modern Times
(1936)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
Leans Progressive
6.5
The Cursed
(2021)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Leans Progressive
6.8
Babygirl
(2024)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Progressive
8.2
Brokeback Mountain
(2005)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Leans Progressive
6.7
Chocolat
(2000)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Progressive
6.7
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
(2002)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Leans Progressive
7.2
Coming Home
(1978)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: Low
Leans Progressive
7.0
Antwone Fisher
(2002)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Progressive
6.8
Your Monster
(2024)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
Leans Progressive
7.6
Love & Basketball
(2000)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Progressive
7.4
Saturday Church
(2018)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Leans Progressive
6.7
Yentl
(1983)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Leans Progressive
6.7
I Love You Phillip Morris
(2010)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Leans Progressive
7.3
Moulin Rouge!
(2001)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Positive
Progressive
7.5
Children of a Lesser God
(1986)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
Progressive
7.6
Torch Song Trilogy
(1988)
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Progressive
7.3
Monster's Ball
(2001)
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High