She helps humanize the story and also keeps the viewer on edge. Taylor Russell gives a lot of humanity to Maren, a kind and loving young girl not knowing how to handle her desire for flesh. The Lucky Coupleīoth leads deliver powerful performances, especially with how uncomfortable the material can be. As a viewer you want to feel disgusted by their actions but also sympathize with them as well. The protagonists grapple with the fact that they essentially murder, steal and ruin people’s families yet it feels so euphoric and alive when they do. Cannibalism is treated almost like a curse the protagonists have, they need to feed and as a result, will never be able to live a normal life. It’d be easy to go for the slasher route and have the couple be campy villain protagonists but the film actually examines the condition with some nuance. Some of them live by certain codes like never feeding on another “feeder” or not killing, only eating the fresh corpses of those that died naturally. They can smell others like them and even smell people that are soon going to die. It’s shown that some people are just born with an innate need to eat other humans. The way Cannibalism is portrayed is pretty unique in the movie. It’s about the journey, not the destination, and seeing the couple grow and introspect about themselves and the world around them is enduring. It can feel a little aimless at times but that’s sort of the point of the movie. While the couple has a goal of meeting Maren’s mom, the bulk of the plot is the two simply meandering across the country meeting different people and enjoying each other’s company. Let’s start off by saying that this is a very slow-burn movie.
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