Friday, August 3, 2018

Eighth Grade
— This is an unusual coming of age film, and a very good one. Often there’s a dose of nostalgia, and sometimes of doom or anger, because most coming of age films are told in retrospect or as period pieces. “Eighth Grade” sometimes flashes back a year or two but there’s something very “in the moment” about it that gives it such a ring of truth. Well, that and video blogs, an isolation only fully evolved social media can bring, and a very talented star. Bo Burnham’s script and direction coupled with Elsie Fisher’s eighth-grade Kayla are a perfect combination. I felt like I was experiencing those awkward, anxious, awful days all over again—the situations are a lot different 50 years later, but the angst and terror aren’t much different!

[2018. 93 min. Written and directed by Bo Burnham. Starring Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, and Jake Ryan.]
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/movies/eighth-grade-review-bo-burnham.html

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