In some ways, Booksmart is a movie you’ve seen many, many times before.
You could call it a distaff Superbad, since it follows two teenage nerds on an epic night out, or a goofier Lady Bird, since it too centers on a close female friendship. (Also because both Booksmart and Lady Bird star Beanie Feldstein, younger sister of Superbad‘s Jonah Hill. It’s hard not to make those connections!)
It’s got some of Clueless‘ knack for world-building, and Eight Grade‘s emotional honesty, and The Breakfast Club‘s poignancy. It’s laugh-out-loud funny like American Pie was, and agreeably loose like Dazed and Confused was. Read more…
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