Booksmart
2019
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Director: Olivia Wilde
Cast: Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie Feldstein, Jessica Williams, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, Mason Gooding, Diana Silvers, Victoria Ruesga
Molly and Amy are best friends and studious high school seniors. The day before graduation, they realise that they should have stressed less and partied more. Olivia Wilde's feature debut is a likeable but frustratingly predictable high school comedy, which features two strong central performances. There is a long history of raunchy comedies about boys behaving badly. So, are the high school girls somehow different? Not really, Molly and Amy just want to take some drugs, watch porn, and have sex. Ultimately this is not much more than a female version of Superbad.
