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Eighth Grade, 2018 ★★★★☆

Eighth Grade, 2018 ★★★★☆

Ah! The awkwardness and terror of being in that transition period. It even makes us, as movie watchers, cringe. Then the scene by the bonfire with her dad redeems it all.

Details

  • Release Date: January 19, 2018
  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Original Language: English
  • Budget: $2,000,000
  • Top 5 Billed Cast: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Jake Ryan, Daniel Zolghadri
  • Director: Bo Burnham
  • Producer: Scott Rudin, Lila Yacoub, Christopher Storer, Eli Bush, Jamin O'Brien
  • Writer: Bo Burnham

Summary

Based on the most awkward year of your life.

Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

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