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Eighth Grade

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Year:2018
Country:  USA
Language:English
Genre:Comedy
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Rating:7.0  Rate
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Community: 4 Have Seen, 1 Wishlist


DirectorBo Burnham
Selected CastJosh Hamilton as Mark
 Elsie Fisher as Kayla
 Emily Robinson as Olivia
 Daniel Zolghadri as Riley


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Blu-ray

Eighth Grade - Lionsgate - USA (2018)
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Eighth Grade - Lionsgate - USA (2018)


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alexlincs
15th Nov 2021
 Rated 7/10
I'm not sure what to make of this one. On one hand it is a very good movie with powerful performances and looks a lot more expensive than its paltry (by Hollywood standards) $2 million budget suggests. On the other I feel a bit disappointed and as though I've seen it all before.

A teenage girl, Kayla (Elsie Fisher) posts Self-help and motivation YouTube Videocasts\V-Logs; subjects like "self-esteem" and "making friends". In real life we learn she is socially anxious and a bit of an outcast. Meanwhile her Dad (Josh Hamilton) is a smothering and finds it difficult to bond with her, mainly because she is getting older.

I'm not sure how much of this film is based on comedian Bo Burnham's own life. Bo is absolutely massive in USA, but in the UK very few people have heard of him and would probably think he was mainly known as a film director; I don't know the British equivalent: David Baddiel maybe?

The acting is believable and it manages to be less annoying than most teen movies. Juno I found irritating due to clunky dialogue. Eighth Grade manages to just avoid "this is how teens talks". I've seen very similar plots in American Beauty with Mena Suvari's subplot, but this is less of a boot in the face in terms of impact. One can't help but be reminded slighted of John Hughes films as they are pretty much the prototype; Eighth Grade is less sugary and more open ended.

It's a solid film with solid performances, but for me it just lacks the magic touch.

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jaimeeduardo
2nd Jun 2018
 aka The Coolest Girl in the World.
 


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