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Review of by Lajaleaa — 24 Aug 2019

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"Here comes the 1%.".

( 57/100 ) . La juventud que la actriz y directora Olivia Wilde presenta en "Booksmart" está llena de privilegios ignorantes y celebra los valores más incorrectos que justo la juventud necesita vencer y cambiar. La"Here comes the 1%.".

( 57/100 ).

La juventud que la actriz y directora Olivia Wilde presenta en "Booksmart" está llena de privilegios ignorantes y celebra los valores más incorrectos que justo la juventud necesita vencer y cambiar.

La cultura Pop ha producido films sobre la rebeldía, energía y desenfreno juvenil que, junto a films como "Superbad" (2007) y "Project X" (2012), solo fortalecen el estereotipo que la juventud americana se ha ganado: una sociedad de derroche y consumismo irresponsable e innutil.

Amy y Molly (Kaitlyn Dever y Beanie Feldstein), están a un día de graduarse de la preparatoria cuando se dan cuanta de lo tontas que fueron al estudiar y no salir de fiesta al mismo tiempo, por lo tanto deciden hacer de su última noche la más loca y aventurada de su preparatoria.

No es difícil identificarse con esa juventud, todos lo hemos sido y, al menos un poco, hemos sentido los privilegios de pertenecer y los miedos de ser minoría. El problema es que el guión asume que "pertenecer" es diversión, alegría y festejo, y lanza a sus actrices a una aventura que, en vez de disfrutar, las convierte en patéticos intentos de retroceder a una actitud primitiva. Asimismo promueve la actitud del exceso, el ceder a los impulsos sexuales y mentales, la desconfianza social y "soluciona" la idea de "comprar amigos" con romance. Aunque hay una secuencia de animación (que se puede quitar sin daño alguno), la escena que le da valor a la película (e, irónicamente, se enmudece) es un conflicto verbal que muestra el talento actoral de las protagonistas.

A pesar de que el film tiene la oportunidad de exponer un drama socio-cultural, prefiere optar por el camino cómico e inconsciente de su misma cultura. "Booksmart" es peligrosa y me causa pavor imaginar cuantos jóvenes pueden verla y querer crecer igualmente solo porque es "cool". No lo es, hay diferentes tipos de diversión, y entregarse a los impulsos es la forma más irresponsable de vivir.

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The youth that the actress and director Olivia Wilde shows in "Booksmart" is full of ignorant privileges and celebrates the most incorrect values that the youth needs to overcome and change. The Pop culture has produced films about young rebellion, energy, and wildness that, along with films like "Superbad" (2007) and "Project X" (2012), just reinforces the american stereotype that youthhood has won: a society of waste and useless, irresponsible consumerism. Amy and Molly (Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein), are about to graduate from high school when they realize how foolish they were by studying and not going out to parties at the same time, therefore they decide to make their last night of high school, the most adventurous and crazy. It is not that hard to identify yourself with this youth, we all have been young and, at least a little, have felt the privileges of belonging and the fears of being an outcast. The problem is that the script assumes that "belonging" is fun, joy, and celebration, and throws their cast to an adventure that, instead of enjoying, it makes of them pathetic attempts of behaving in a primitive way. Likewise, it promotes excess behavior, giving in to the sexual and mental impulses, the social distrust and "resolves" the idea of "buying friends" with romance. Even though there’s an animation sequence (that can be taken out with no harm), the scene that gives some value to the movie (and, ironically, is muted) is a verbal conflict that shows the acting talent of the main cast. Despite the film has the opportunity of exposing a social-cultural drama, it prefers to take the comical and unconscious path of the same culture. "Booksmart" is dangerous and it makes me dread to imagine how many young people can see this and would want to grow up just like that because it's "cool". It's not, there are different types of fun and giving in to the impulses is the most irresponsible way of living.

This review of Booksmart (2019) was written by on 24 Aug 2019.

Booksmart has generally received positive reviews.

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