Birdeater (2023)

From the start, there seems to be something unconventional about the relationship between Irene (Shabana Azeez) and Louie (Mackenzie Fearnley) and their impending nuptials, but just watching them in their day-to-day life doesn’t really fill in the blanks. It isn’t until Louis invites her to his bachelor weekend or “bucks party” at a house on a remote island to hang with his best friend Dylan (Ben Hunter), Murph (Alfie Gledhill), Irene’s friend Sam (Harley Wilson), and couple Charlie (Jack Bannister) and Grace (Clementine Anderson) that things unravel and the truth comes out, especially once the drugs and booze begin to flow. Louis and friends’ toxic and controlling nature comes to the forefront and the mood turns violent as things slowly devolve. Shabana (one of the stars of HBO Max’s The Pitt) makes her nudecomer debut when she’s briefly seen topless, while Caroline McQuade spends a lengthy amount of time outside completely in the buff for the first nude scene of her career. Oh-oh here she comes, she’s a Birdeater!