We haven't broken any rules. (Tape player starts.) Meanwhile, their fun-loving classmates managed to get into the same Ivy League schools they did … but had a blast in the process. Cast. Like. Your email address will not be published. 3. Compounding the fuckedupedness of the fact that Booksmart got stuck with the label was the fact that the Superbad creators released Good Boys last summer, which was just Superbad with even younger boys. Still, it could be the wokest film in modern screen history. Anything less is just plain irresponsible. Read critic reviews. There’s two unwritten rules when it comes to today’s Woke Police. Enter BuzzFeed, The far-left site slammed “Booksmart” for ignoring the raging class issues on display in the narrative. It's bizarre and surreal and that's just the way I like my comedy. Booksmart Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. It wouldn’t be a woke update without the word “feels,” so here you go. “Booksmart” Has a Blind Spot When It Comes to Class,” the article’s headline shouts. Fast-paced, funny, and fresh, Booksmart does the seemingly impossible by adding a smart new spin to the coming-of-age comedy. The screenplay is smart, consistently so, and features both wry comic asides and detours that mostly make sense. Amazing, the film itself is smart, funny and winning. It’s not just that it’s not very funny (though this is a problem for a comedy) or that no one in this movie feels like a real person (though this is a problem for a movie that is desperately seeking to place itself In Our Moment). That’s not to say it’s not a big deal that Booksmart earned just $8.6 million in its Fri-Mon debut this past Memorial Day weekend. The Felicity Huffman/Lori Loughlin college scandal made the class issue unavoidable, says BuzzFeed. Vera Farmiga didn't "opt out" of this movie,... God forgive me. And that still exists, which is sort of nuts to you and me…But there’s still a lot of work to be done to say, like, hey, this is not a male-dominated game.”. Booksmart Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Booksmart is a 2019 Coming of Age Buddy Picture directed by Olivia Wilde (in her directorial debut). Feldstein: It's such a beautiful moment where Triple A lays it out for Molly very specifically, but also is very vulnerable and also so funny. And it is up against Endgame, John Wick and Alladin. I will see it at some point and enjoy it but honestly I don’t care about loquacious white girls in high school. A female buddy film in the guise of a high-school partying movie, Booksmart is endlessly funny … There, we said it. 3. “Booksmart” plays out like a single voice is behind the scenes, though. 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