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By Johnny Oleksinski (478) for New York Post (6,650) on 23 May 2019

It’s one of the funniest movies of the year…

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By Chandler Levack (49) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 23 May 2019

Wilde’s smart directing choices and the bravery of her two fearless leads transform a series of comic set-pieces, usually seen in fare such…

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By Monica Castillo (380) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 23 May 2019

A stellar high school comedy with an A+ cast, a brilliant script loaded with witty dialogue, eye-catching cinematography, swift editing, and…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 23 May 2019

Booksmart registers as an instant classic that doesn’t reinvent the genre so much as refurbish it from within, and it matters very much that…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 23 May 2019

The film is simply intent on capturing the energy of that special “us against the world” connection that can exist only in high school…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 23 May 2019

It’s a teen sex romp well suited for the summer of 2019: feminist but not preachy, raunchy but not nasty, emotionally intelligent but not…

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By Vince Mancini (256) for Uproxx (697) on 23 May 2019

Booksmart’s version of specificity mostly feels like old tropes sporting new stickers…

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By Olivierpiel (101) on 23 May 2019

Trivial. Self-absorbed. Verbose. Superficial. And yet, this waste of film gets 84% critic score with a must seelabel. How presumptuous…

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By Levistring (3) on 23 May 2019

A really funny movie in the vein of Superbad. The women in this are hilarious and some great cameos from 2000s SNL…

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By Amheretojudge (1,029) on 23 May 2019

Yes, it is a typical coming of age film, but the kids aren't just told to have fun, the supervisor is a smart cookie…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 May 2019

Nothing funnier, smarter, quicker or more joyous has graced the big screen in a long time…

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By Kim Hughes (164) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 22 May 2019

The high school rite-of-passage film canon may have been raided here but its thieves — screenwriters Susanna Fogel, Emily Halpern, Sarah…

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By Justin Chang (1,535) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 May 2019

Booksmart leaves you feeling unaccountably hopeful for the state of humanity — and the state of American screen comedy too…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 22 May 2019

The rapid-fire, note-perfect dialogue is punctuated with moments of brilliant conceptual whimsy: animated and underwater sequences; horror-movie…

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By Jake Coyle (526) for The Associated Press (882) on 22 May 2019

The insanely winning Booksmart boasts too many breakthroughs to count…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 22 May 2019

In virtually every scenario, director Wilde and the team of screenwriters serve up the material in a fresh and original manner…

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By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 22 May 2019

The movie clicks, and given the sorry state of movie comedy, its ability to be consistently funny stands out…

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By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 22 May 2019

As Booksmart takes its shape, albeit haphazardly, Wilde’s filmmaking skills become more and more evident, bursting forth in a third act that…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 22 May 2019

Luckily, Wilde has brought together a pair of stars whose joy in each other’s company is impossible not to relish, and their chemistry just…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for The Verge (432) on 22 May 2019

Wilde’s film gets a lot of comic mileage from its lead actors’ ability to create a funny, believable relationship…

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