Eighth Grade (Bo Burnham, July 13, 2018) Movie • Page 2

It's really starting to look like Bo might be this year's Jordan Peele. I would love nothing more

 

had the pleasure of seeing this last night, and it was absolutely incredible. I expected a fantastic film based on the trailer and it being Bo Burnham, but I was still blown away - still exceeded every expectation. he does a wonderful job of having the audience feel every emotion with so much weight. y'all need to see this movie.

my only complaint is that I wish Kayla's friendship with Olivia still kept going, but there was no hint that it did. it sucks because Olivia was great for Kayla at that moment, and I feel like Kayla needed a big sister like that. completely understandable why their friendship faded though.

 

yeah this is my favorite of the year so far.

its a very important film.

Funny, smart, engaging and real.

The preformances are off the charts, the writing is super sharp and the score is a cherry on top.

i would love to see what directors influenced Burnham's style.

Deserves Oscar talk.

 

Seeing this Wednesday

 

Looking forward to this and Lady Bird was my favorite movie of last year. I still get acne but it’s been greatly reduced since taking medication. I don’t remember it being too bad in my teens but around when I hit 30, it was like every week a new breakout.

 

Holy hell I'm a half hour away

 

Can’t wait to see this whenever the hell it comes here

 

All the praise is well-earned. I loved this to its core

 

This was, bar none, the best movie I have seen this year. I felt every single emotion Kayla was feeling. This was well directed, the characters progression and changes were well earned (if a bit rushed towards the end) and it’s one of the most honest screenplays of the year. I think this should be nominated for best original screenplay. The scene with the Dad and Kayla (you all know what I’m talking about) is the most emotionally impacting scene since Michelle Williams scene in Manchester by the Sea

 

That's Michelle Williams

 

I really hope that this expands soon, I'm dying to see it again. Definitely glad we got to see it at our summer film festival, because I would be so sad right now if we'd missed it then.

 

thanks! Brain fart

 

This was very good

 

it is your movie Kayla

 

IT REALLY IS. It was really disconcerting to watch because of the name and general similarities between how my life was in 8th grade. This, Lady Bird, and Frances Ha are my weirdthese movies are my life” trilogy.

 

Also I really enjoyed this way more than Lady Bird, as much as I did enjoy Lady Bird

 

Ultimately, they’re pretty different stories about girls at different points of life, so they don’t really have to be compared in terms of enjoyability. I would love to see Greta and Bo work together though, I think it would be so interesting.

 

Didn’t even know about this until today but just saw it and it may be my favorite movie of the year so far. Got a really strong Linklater vibe with how natural it all felt. I know Bo said a lot of the kids were just students but does anyone know if any of the more prominent characters were as well? Like the kid who played Gabe was fantastic, so perfect.

Only part that felt kinda off was that car scene (if you’ve seen it you know the one). Like, the other sadder/more embarrassing interactions Kayla had with people had to do with stuff that’s only really embarrassing and “the end of the world”-feeling-inducing when you’re in the moment: anxiety about a party, getting the wrong kind of gift, trying and failing to talk to a crush. Stuff that, looking back at an adult, couldn’t have been more inconsequential, but in the moment is horrifying to deal with. But that scene crossed the line into “potentially a legitimately life-ruining, traumatic moment” territory. Felt out of place and I went from cringing sympathy to genuine fear for her

Also, can anyone think of a movie that utilized social media/internet culture as well as this one? I feel like there’s a couple that use it well for a scene or two at least, but can’t think of them at the moment. A show like Atlanta definitely “gets” the Internet the same way, but I don’t feel it tries to feature it as prominently

 

Ya, the car scene definitely felt like it was from a different movie

 

Dying to see this. Was supposed to see it at a film festival back in May but the screening was at double capacity. One more week and it'll be playing it here. Can't wait.

 

Really enjoyed this.

 

Just sat down in the theater to see this, so antsy for it to start!!

 

This is so, so great. It felt so realistic and genuine, more so than even other films that are sort of cut from the same cloth.

The roller coaster line made me cry