Eighth Grade (2018)

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

An interesting study of how technology affects the social aspects of the transition to adulthood. My criticism is that it was a lottle too depressing right through 2/3 rds of the movie, then the uplifting end was not sufficiently restorative.

I just finished watching "Eighth Grade" and any parent with a teenager growing up right now needs to see this movie. It was intense and funny and the dad's speech to his sad daughter was unbelievable and I cried because he captured everything I have said or want to say to my teen son as he goes through this hard time in life. Plus, even though its been only a "few" years since I went through adolescence, boy does this movie bring it back! Go see this movie, it was amazing!

Holy hell this movie will dig deep into every insecurity you've ever had, and make you remember all of it. The movie makes you remember what it was like to attend middle school, with kids acting like cutthroats and trying in every way to be the most popular kid in school. Bo Burnham found something with this movie, something about the American psyche that is changing, how much we rely on others opinions to feel good about ourselves. The lead actress is someone that found a way to confidently show off awkwardness and anxiety with some simple facial expressions and even the way she breathes in a scene. So much emotion was shown in every second. Just completely blew writing out of the water.

This movie was absolutely stunning in all departments. Although the acting and writing were definitely the highlights, the cinematography was great as well as the soundtrack. I cannot explain how amazing the music was handled and composed, in fact, shortly after watching the movie I downloaded the entire movie soundtrack onto my phone. The cinematography also lent an extreme amount of realism towards the movie which I highly appreciated. Moving onto the acting, this movie had some of the absolutely best acting that I have seen in a movie all year. Elsie Fisher did an amazing job as Kayla, she stole the show and has honestly given the best performance from any actress I have seen all year. Everyone in the movie did an excellent job in the acting department, nobody in my opinion stood out as a "bad" actor or actress. The writing in this movie was outstanding, Bo Burnham knows how to write an extremely realistic movie filled with hilarious moments, heartfelt moments, and shocking moments. Watching this movie was like watching the main character's life play out, which I thought was amazing, every single line of the movie felt extremely realistic and exactly how a teenager or an adult would behave in modern society. The way I see it, even though this movie is by no means an original concept, it is so well directed, well written, and well acted that it blew me away regardless. This is going to end up being one of my favorite movies of the year I can already tell. I hope to see many more movies from Bo Burnham in the future, the man is a genius.