Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for To the Bone (2017) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Lily Collins, Keanu Reeves, Carrie Preston, Lili Taylor, Alex Sharp, Liana Liberato DIRECTOR: Marti Noxon CINEMATOGRAPHY: Richard Wong MUSIC: Fil Eisler PRODUCTION: Sparkhouse Media, Mockingbird Pictures, AMBI Group

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for To the Bone (2017). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

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INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

In March 2016, Lily Collins was announced to have been cast in a leading role in an anorexia drama film titled To the Bone, written and directed by Marti Noxon, based on Noxon's experiences with the eating disorder. The film marks Noxon's feature directorial debut. Later that month, Keanu Reeves joined the cast, portraying the role of a doctor. On March 29, Carrie Preston was cast as Collins' character's stepmother. AMBI Group was later reported to be co-producing and financing the picture. In early April, Lili Taylor, Alex Sharp, Brooke Smith, and Liana Liberato were reported as joining the cast of the film in undisclosed roles. On April 11, Ciara Bravo was cast in the supporting role of Tracy, a young girl also suffering from an eating disorder.

Principal photography began in late March 2016 in Los Angeles.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

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CRITICAL RECEPTION

To the Bone holds a 70% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 66 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "To the Bone offers an insightful, empathetic look at a widespread issue, led by exemplary work from Lily Collins in the central role." Metacritic gives the film an average score of 64 out of 100 based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Justin Chang of Los Angeles Times wrote that the film was "part character study, part PSA" and that it "chronicles a brief but meaningful period in its protagonist’s healing journey." Chang said of Lily Collins' performance, "In a different film, Ellen’s sharp tongue might have made her an insufferable fount of wisecracking negativity, but Collins’ performance is subtler than that, and the script gives her ample opportunity to reveal the character's more complicated, vulnerable edges." Writing in The Guardian, Hadley Freeman was critical of the film, describing it as "shallow, sexist and sick".

Backlash to the film was expressed in a variety of UK media outlets. New Statesman published an article titled "Why Netflix’s To the Bone could be triggering", in which Anna Leszkiewicz wrote that "Within hours of its release, screenshots and quotes from the trailer had made their way to pro-ana thinspo blogs" and compared the imagery of the film to pre-existing online pro-ana imagery.

National British eating disorder charity Beat released a statement in response to the release of the film that read, "We would strongly urge anyone that might be at risk of an eating disorder to think very carefully before watching this film."

In response to criticisms, director Marti Noxon said, "My goal with the film was not to glamourise [eating disorders], but to serve as a conversation starter about an issue that is too often clouded by secrecy and misconceptions.