Review of Booksmart (2019) by Compi24 — 04 Jun 2019

Similar to this year's "Fighting With My Family," Olivia Wilde's coming-of-age film "Booksmart" is a piece that was initially sold on the premise of being a comedy. And, though it is more comedically focused, with a lot of its oddball humor and side characters inspiring a couple of well deserved laughs, it was the story and central friendship in question that won me over in the end.

All of that success starts with the performances and chemistry between the two leads, Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever, who not only give tremendous performances in their own respective rights, but play off of one another so well that it would honestly shock me to learn that they were anything less than close in real life.

Some of the humor doesn't quite land all the time, but again, I was more or less in my seat for the commentary on friendship and high school than anything else. Overall, it's a solid debut and a worthy entry alongside the pantheon of similar high school party flicks.