I have loved everything I've seen Bo Burnham in ever since I've discovered his stand-up comedy and Zach Stone. So, I went to watch Eighth Grade with a total trust in whatever was going to happen but I sure did not expect the movie to be like this. It's different from his previous work, but at the same time you can find the same endearing honesty. This movie touches on subjects like anxiety, social media, social expectations, teenage awkwardness, and more, with incredible accuracy. I never realised how much I don't miss these years of my life until I watched Eighth Grade. The pool party was particularly funny because of how much I could relate to the horror. The movie made me remember my own social awkwardness, my own difficulties to make friends, my uneasiness in front of the popular girls, my own hopes for the future, my refusal to communicate with my parents because "they just don't understand"...etc it really took me back and I was amazed that a movie could do that so well. It really is, for me, the best movie about adolescence and I would definitely recommend it. Cinematography is beautiful and the soundtrack was surprising but in the best way. I've heard Anna Meredith's work again recently in Living With Yourself on Netflix and that made me happy.
Review by DearflynnBlockedParent2019-10-20T02:13:39Z
I have loved everything I've seen Bo Burnham in ever since I've discovered his stand-up comedy and Zach Stone. So, I went to watch Eighth Grade with a total trust in whatever was going to happen but I sure did not expect the movie to be like this.
It's different from his previous work, but at the same time you can find the same endearing honesty. This movie touches on subjects like anxiety, social media, social expectations, teenage awkwardness, and more, with incredible accuracy.
I never realised how much I don't miss these years of my life until I watched Eighth Grade. The pool party was particularly funny because of how much I could relate to the horror.
The movie made me remember my own social awkwardness, my own difficulties to make friends, my uneasiness in front of the popular girls, my own hopes for the future, my refusal to communicate with my parents because "they just don't understand"...etc it really took me back and I was amazed that a movie could do that so well. It really is, for me, the best movie about adolescence and I would definitely recommend it.
Cinematography is beautiful and the soundtrack was surprising but in the best way. I've heard Anna Meredith's work again recently in Living With Yourself on Netflix and that made me happy.