"Booksmart"

Anyone else see it yet?

Why is there an obsession here with this movie? Even more dykes on screen, like we don't see enough on tv already?! LOL! Call me when they make a movie about gay MEN. As for this movie: HARD PASS.

The trailer looks a bit 'try hard'. They seem to be going for an SJW version of Superbad.

Its better and more clever than most. New generation has their film. Didn’t pander or condescend to any one particular group. You might be surprised R 2

I can't stand the idea of looking at that potato-faced costar for 90 minutes.

Overhyped. It was just okay

I had high hopes but have to agree with R6. The first quarter or so was clever and fun, but then it devolved into routine high school farce.

I saw it yesterday and go along with R6 and R7. It was disappointing and derivative.The gratuitous f-bombs and crass/crude humor is actually pretty distracting, and I came away hating Kaitlyn whatever her name is, still more distracted by her Ellen Page impression. I thought Beanie was good in it, though, and did get some laughs here and there throughout - just not enough. A very mixed bag and nothing close to a must-see film.

To me it falls squarely in the Fat Loser Chick Fantasy Genera.

Beanie Feldstein, joins the ranks of Melissa McCarthy, Amy Schumer, Rebel Wilson and Aidy Bryant.

Like The Hustle goes to High School.

It was slightly better than last years Cock Blocker.

meh

Beanie Feldstein is the sister of Jonah Hill.

Does Lisa Kudrow have a very big role? I think she said she's playing one of their moms. I love Lisa enough I'd see this just for her, but only if the role's reasonably substantial.

It hasn't been a big hit at the BO but the reviews have been exceptional. That said, I don't have a desire to see it.

Also, while the two main pathetic chicks were....pathetic, the supporting cast may turn out to be like American Graffiti.

Jessica Williams was ion the Crimes of Grindewald and did a fine job as Eulalie Hicks. Prior she was in Hot Tub Time Machine. She needs more exposure.

Diana Silvers as the sexy teen lezbo hope is a combo of AnnE and Julia Roberts. She has the ass to carry off a Pretty Woman 2.

Molly Gordon as AAA, is a fresh combo of Natalie Dormer sexy and Mira Sorvino sweetness. Small part, really liked her. The Rizzo in the cast.

Billy Lourd just about walked away with this movie. She has genetic comedy chops. Time for her to open a movie.

And now knowing that Beanie Feldstein is the sister of Jonah Hill makes me simply never want to see another movie of hers.

Loved it. Beastie Feldstein is the new Lena Dunham. Full of wit and charm.

Wow, some of you sound very cranky and ancient.

Saw it this past weekend... Great energy and lots of laugh out loud moments. The queer representation is good (Male and female), and the supporting characters were well fleshed-out and amusing. Main characters are not losers, and it's the rare High School comedy that has no paper cut-out villains with people stuffing kids into lockers etc.

Not Citizen Kane, but pretty smart, and the leads are great. Billed Lourd steals her scenes.

Get bent R2.

r14, She is the new Nikki Blonski, the new Marissa Jaret Winokur, the new Ricki Lake.

She was meant to play Tracy Turnblad.

And then fade away...

The villains, it turns out, are not villains but the cool students who didn't work so hard to get into Harvard, Yale, Stanford or Georgetown, or get "mid six figure coding jobs with Google" (which if it were a really hip script, would have said Alphabet). The cool kids turn them into losers by comparisson.

BUT when they show up at the KOOL party, UNLIKE as in every other CoA HS melodrama like this, They are not reviled but welcomed. THAT was different.

Oh, and gay little shit stain Noah Galvin lived way down to expectations.

Oooh, ah, a movie about really rich kids and the poor adjacent renter who triumphs.

On 90210 who were the renter kids?

I'm really glad Olivia Wilde ended up becoming a film director. For whatever reason I've always liked her.

Eh...

Not believable? Oh you mean like believable John Wick?

Is the queer representation really GOOD, R15?

Uh, the main girls are dykes.

[quote]Not believable? Oh you mean like believable John Wick?

Never even seen that John Dick garbage. I was comparing it to Aladdin.

Male nudity quotient?

[quote] Never even seen that John Dick garbage. I was comparing it to Aladdin

Oh. I get it. Believable like Aladdin believable.

The scene where they watch the lesbian porn movie in the Lyft driven by the principal is the funniest scene in any movie in a very long time.

r27, boy do we have a different sense of funny.

Is R27 Olivia Wilde? That scene was beyond predictable. However, I will concede that Billie Lourd was good.

The fans of this retarded movie must be retarded themselves. Next time fucking hire the actors at the age their characters are supposed to have ! Feldestein with the weight of a whale who swallowed the wardrobe, face of a rat and teeth of a hamster makes anyone want to puke. And don;t get me started on that fucking cunt Olivia Wilde. You are nobody who played a third-rate character on House 10 years ago. How many dicks did you have to suck and how many throats did you have to slit to get to where you are, you cunt ! I wish you the disease your pathetic character got on House or at least Michael J. 'Shaky Hands' Fox's disease.

Some social media pals were annoying, begging, and shaming others into seeing it. "Support women directors!!"

I don't like their faces and just because it's directed by a woman doesn't make it better.

The future is female.

I know she only directed the film and is not in it, but I actively avoid anything with Olivia Wilde, possibly one of the worst actresses around.

It was only okay. Didn’t realise it would take them half the film to find the party. Didn’t quite understand how everyone got into Ivy League schools without trying or whatever. A bit contrived but the leads were good.

How do you know they didn’t try?

because, r35, it was a plot device.

But they said they did try hard and study and get 1540 on their SATs. It’s just that it wasn’t the ONLY thing they cared about. They also played sports and had other hobbies and extra curriculars, which made getting into Ivy Leagues even easier.

Susanna Fogel was the original director on this movie and worked on it for years. Adam McKay took it out from under her weeks before shooting began and gave it to his celebrity friend to direct.

Like most people, I thought the script devolved as the story progressed, but there are things to like about it. One thing that surprised me about this movie: Olivia Wilde is not half bad, as first-time directors go.

What a dick move r38.

R39 here and I didn't know the story behind R38. That really is a dick move. I now wonder how much of Wilde's success behind the camera can be attributed to Fogel's prior preparatory work.

This movie was a prequel to the Poehler/Fey "Sisters".

It's like Superbad but with girls. The same low brow, toilet humor. If that movie is really a success it could become a totally new chick flick genre on its own.

I actually really liked it. Beanie is far more talented than her more famous brother. I thought it was great that the film sort of lampooned the SJW existence, while still admitting it's a part of youth culture, like it or not. It's no Heathers, Breakfast Club or Mean Girls, but it came closer than most coming of age movies in the attempt to reach that apex.

"Support women directors!!" Apart from the ones I steal jobs from

Female-centric and no cute boys?

Next.

[quote]Susanna Fogel was the original director on this movie and worked on it for years. Adam McKay took it out from under her weeks before shooting began and gave it to his celebrity friend to direct.

Why? Did they have a disagreement? Aren’t there contracts involved? And who is Adam McKay?

Already out of UK cinemas. Only played 11 days.

[quote] Susanna Fogel was the original director on this movie and worked on it for years. Adam McKay took it out from under her weeks before shooting began and gave it to his celebrity friend to direct.

That makes sense. What does someone like Olivia Wilde know about being a female outcast?

There are some great lines it in but it suffers from the same problem practically every teen comedy suffers from - everyone is too old to be in high school and they look it. Also, it ticks off SJW tropes and diversity quotas like crazy in a really obvious way. And that high school must be the most socially accepting school in the universe.