Film review: Bones and All is a gripping drama with unique star-crossed lovers (they're cannibals)

Adapted from the novel by Camilla DeAngelis, and directed by Luca Guadagnino, Bones and All is a gripping drama in a minor key
Taylor Russell (left) as Maren and Timothee Chalamet (right) as Lee 

Taylor Russell (left) as Maren and Timothee Chalamet (right) as Lee 

★★★★☆

Bones and All (18s) isn’t your typical boy-meets-girl teen romance, largely because the girl, Maren (Taylor Russell), is a cannibal abandoned by her long-suffering father, while the boy, Lee (Timothée Chalamet) is – actually, he’s also a cannibal. 

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