“Based on the most awkward year of your life”
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Bo Burnham
Scott Rudin
Lila Yacoub
Christopher Storer
Bo Burnham
Andrew Wehde
Anna Meredith
Elsie Fisher
Kayla Day
Josh Hamilton
Mark Day
Emily Robinson
Olivia
Jake Ryan
Gabe
Daniel Zolghadri
Riley
Fred Hechinger
Trevor
Imani Lewis
Aniyah
Luke Prael
Aiden
Catherine Oliviere
Kennedy
Nora Mullins
Steph
Gerald Jones
Tyler
Missy Yager
Mrs. Graves
... and 34 more
Gimly
I can't elevate _Eighth Grade_ to the status that my peers have, it just wasn't all that to me. But it was still very good, and very real, that tangible sort of youth that comes with dedication to the format. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
beyondthecineramadome
Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/its-brutal-out-here-eighth-gradenbspreview<a> Internet comedian and humorous songwriter Bo Burnham in the role of writer and director of a movie about an eighth-grade girl sounds, on the surface, like quite a mismat...
CinemaSerf
Elsie Fisher turns in a strong performance here as the teenage “Kayla” coming to terms with all of those uncertainties we all feel as puberty beckons. Coupled with her own personal issues, she’s in her last year of what could loosely be referred to a children’s school and is maybe just a little over...
Bo Burnham & Elsie Fisher on EIGHTH GRADE
Featurette • YouTube
Inside Picturehouse 'In Focus'
Featurette • YouTube
Car Ride Movie Clip
Clip • YouTube
Friend Hangout Movie Clip
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You're So Cool Movie Clip
Clip • YouTube
This is Eighth Grade
Featurette • YouTube
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