Booksmart

With the exception of the leads being female, this film doesn't even try to disguise itself from being a blatant rip-off of Superbad. I liked it ok. The two leads had great on screen chemistry, but it's EXACTLY like Superbad. -2 non-popular kids are pals -Spend entire movie trying to get to a party -They're going to different colleges -1 is hiding something concerning their college choices because it might upset the other one -Have a fight... make up later -Both get the guy/girl in the end

Some movies can be carried by just bright characters , but not if they are so unrealistic, hateful, stupid and pointless like this one. not a single dissent guy? damn, i am not sure if there was a single believable or likable character in this movie. if you love a random pointless freak-show maybe this movie is for you. other will struggle to find anything in this infantile trash. extremely repulsive and cliche driven

I seem to be in the extreme minority for disliking Booksmart, but I really hated it personally. I found the lead female characters so annoying in it. Why make them so goddamn obnoxious and so in-your-face? Humour is subjective for sure, but I found barely anything that funny in it at all. All the other characters are mostly weak and don't offer anything memorable. Nothing to me made it stand out from your average teen girl Comedy movie. It's predictable, cliche, vulgar, and just plain dumb. The acting is fine, the production values are decent for what it is, but my god the use of music got irritating in places. It follows the typical Coming-Of-Age teenage girl friendship stuff and I just didn't care by the end of it because I did not like these characters at all. Maybe I'm just not the right type of person for this movie, but my god was it a huge disappointment after all the critical acclaim it had been receiving. Overall, a Comedy that did not click for me and I just could not get into it at all. 3/10

After watching Booksmart, I thought it would be a great idea to read the reviews on imdb, only to find out that quite literally everyone thought the exact opposite of this movie as I did. i love coming of age movies because they are always so relatable since we are always evolving, and coming of age is not a one time event. Take Rushmore, for example. It's not a movie you have to google afterwards because you didn't get it, it's a movie that makes you feel hopeful, thankful and just plain jolly, and makes you genuinely care about the characters (same goes for this film). Booksmart may be a little rough around the edges and has a couple of things that didn't quite pan out (NOT A SPOILER: when Amy and Molly are fighting at that party and everyone is recording with their phones, but where the heck do those videos go?) but it doesn't mean it's not worth watching. It honestly made me feel as if I could do anything and made me value my friendships, as if I could do anything BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IT IS MEANT TO DO, GIVE YOU HOPE. I get it, it's not an arthouse film blah blah blah, but, well, neither is fricking Avengers and you all still seem to enjoy it. Don't be so cynical and try to relate, and you might actually like this film as much as I did. And also, yes, I agree that some actors are a little too old to play high school kids but Billie Lourd did a fantastic job as usual, and Beanie is PERFECT for this part although she is 26. Remember not all movies have to make you lose faith in humanity, as this one does the exact opposite. Finally, all I have left to say is: it may not be a masterpiece, but it is enjoyable as hell if you let it.

I saw Booksmart more than a week ago and I still chuckle at its jokes whenever I remember them. During the showing, it kept me laughing for multiple minutes straight many times. I wasn't keeping count, but I did walk away from the movie feeling physically taxed from all the laughter, in a good way. The humor is a mix of smart kids doing dumb stuff, "dumb" kids doing dumb stuff, kids in general saying surprising insightful stuff, and characters reminding the audience of what it means to be human and how fun it is. Booksmart is script-heavy, which means listening to the movie and understanding the jokes is a major part of the viewing experience. This makes sense for a movie about two cerebral teens, and understanding how nerds banter makes the movie even funnier. Having been a teenage girl also helps, as Booksmart centers around the friendship of its two protagonists. This movie transported me back to a younger self from four years ago, but it also reminded me of the present and how to cherish the current people in my life. I left the theater happy and hopeful.