Eighth Grade
2018, comedy, drama
94 minutes
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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10
Derrick Carter of Are You Not Entertained?
2018-08-08
Bo Burnham does an amazing first effort in the director’s chair and created one of my favorite movies of 2018, thus far.
10
2018-07-17
This dynamite film needs to be required viewing for the teens out there, especially girls, of these complicated and confusing present times. Read more
9.1
2018-07-31
This is such a simple concept, but Eighth Grade illustrates it with profoundly elegant precision. Read more
9.0
2018-08-02
Burnham’s as keen to the strangulating social anxieties of middle school as he is to the shape-shifting effects of technology. Read more
9.0
2018-07-17
Masterfully captures the emotional horror of being a Generation Z middle-schooler, yet tells a universally relatable coming of age story. Read more
8.0
2019-04-18
It truly captures and understands the reality for countless young people growing up today and tells their story in a hilarious, heartwarming and at times harrowing way. Read more
8.0
2019-02-16
Fisher is a real find, and her rawness sets her apart from the more conventionally trained young actors that surround her. Like every great comic performer, she can sell not just comedy but pathos, and though it takes a long time for Kayla's chipper facade to finally crack, Fisher lets us know from the off that we're watching someone suffering from serious social anxiety. Read more
8.0
2018-10-30
The script, smartly and carefully written by Burnham, carries all the sensibility to depict Millennials in a way that is simultaneously funny, unnerving, miserably heartbroken, and honest. It definitely rang true to me. Read more
7.0
2018-12-15
By the end, it doesn’t feel like a complete film, but it’s nonetheless effective, thought-provoking, and sweet. Read more
7.0
2018-08-15
The film is well written and directed while also having something to say. Read more
In other languages
9.0
2019-11-03
Echt, puur en je leeft constant met Kayla mee. Read more
9.0
2019-02-20
Een perfecte film voor deze tijd. Aanbevolen aan iedereen die dertien is of ooit geweest is. Read more
9.0
2019-02-20
Een mooie kleine film welke de wereld van jonge pubers perfect in beeld brengt met alle onzekerheden en herkenbare situaties die daarbij komen kijken. De mooie hoofdrol van Elsie Fisher maat de film practisch onweerstaanbaar. Read more
8.0
2019-02-22
Elsie Fisher zet een mooi naïef en onhandig personage neer, iemand die we zelf ooit ook zijn geweest, en waarvan we nu weten dat het allemaal wel goedkomt. Read more
7.0
2019-02-20
Een sterk coming-of-age verhaal, dat mikt op herkenbaarheid en daarbij een mooie maatschappelijke boodschap bevat. Read more
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