Review of Eighth Grade (2018) by Mattyice — 05 Oct 2018
While lacking a true plot like many A24 films, Eighth Grade succeeds in fantastic ways with its fantastic characters and acting, engaging story, brutally realistic capture of middle school life, realistic writing, and solid cinematography.
The main character of Kayla hit me personally on so many notes and probably many others, which makes the film all the more special. Director Bo Burnham obviously understood exactly what modern middle school is like in a better way than most who try and succeeds where other modern coming-of-age stories/timepieces, like Boyhood, fail.
This review of Eighth Grade (2018) was written by Mattyice on 05 Oct 2018.
Eighth Grade has generally received very positive reviews.
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