Eighth Grade Movie Review: No Spoilers

I watched this movie with my friend not too long ago and i didn't know what my expectations were for the movie but i just went with it and i'm really glad i did because this was such an amazing movie. First off i'm familiar with the director Bo Burnham, i've loved both of his comedy specials that he's had on netflix and i still till this day every so often go back and want to watch them over again. I like his sense of humor, it's daunting and hilarious and that's what i felt about this movie. Eighth grade in real life i would say would be close to what Kayla has to deal with, in terms of self discovery and confidence. Eighth grade for me was not a great time, i wanted to fit into a lot of crowds even though really i was an outsider at heart, i was never cool in any of grades of school, i hung out mostly with boys because girls would often make fun of me and just not want to hang out with me at all so i had to make new friends and the boys just really didn't care who hung out with them. Self discovery for me wasn't even something on my mind at that point, i think i had to realize who i was becoming in high school. So to see someone like kayla experience these trials and errors in life and at school really resonated with me. This movie was emotional at parts and did make me cry, especially one scene which was very uncomfortable to watch and the whole movie actually could be considered quite uncomfortable or cringey to watch but in the perfect way set for this type of atmosphere, because really eighth grade or really any grade in middle school was quite cringey. All in all i really enjoyed this movie and it's message, the ending was a nice touch and i would love to see more of what Bo has in store in terms of movies or even tv, i think this was a big hit for him and it really worked out well, the concept was great and it's something refreshing that not a lot of movies actually go in depth with. The characters were likable as much as they were relatable, so everything really felt like it fell in place.

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