Eighth Grade Movie Review - Unlucky Number Eight
A girl tries to survive her last week of middle school which would finally end her not-so-good eighth-grade year.
Cast - Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Catherine Oliviere, Jake Ryan, Luke Prael
Directed By - Bo Burnham
Genre - Comedy, Drama
Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher) is about to finish her eighth grade. She uploads motivational videos on YouTube where she tries to encourage others to be brave or be confident and other related motivating things. Her eyes are mostly locked with her phone screen which refuses to look away from it even for her caring kind-hearted father (Josh Hamilton) who tries his best to cheer her up but ends up being embarrassing for her. For a teenage Kayla, her phone is like a religion to her whom she dearly worships, texting and browsing photos of those happy social media faces who seem to be living a better life than her.
For the most of the movie, I was like "Yes, I feel you girl" as this is a very relatable film with which many people will connect especially if you were an introvert during your early blooming years of school life. Spanning around social media with Facebook, Snapchat but mostly Instagram, Eighth Grade feels grounded and real in its approach of depicting the modern techno life of a child who in his affection towards the virtual world loses touch with the reality. Everybody must have experienced a hangout with your friends in a cafe or anywhere else where after a few minutes of exchanging pleasantries, everyone finally takes out their mobile phones and start talking to someone miles away from them instead of someone sitting next to you, or simply you check out memes on Facebook or Instagram.
Basically, the point is we are high on texting and low on talking. Its commentary on the current social life is on-point showing us that maybe the people online telling you about how to live your life may probably be facing troubles in there real life. The film also ventures into the anxiety caused by glueing yourself into this world.
This is Bo Burnham's directorial debut, and he strikes gold with both his direction and writing. The film's use of steady cam and close-ups made up for some uncomfortable and tensed viewing. A scene, in particular, involving "truth or dare" in a car was very uneasy to watch, and even the viewers shouted and twisted in there seats when this movie was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. It was well-handled and well-shot by the director who managed to make you restless during this disturbing sequence.
Elsie Fisher gives a mature performance and she is definitely the superstar here. She had voice acted as Agnes in the first two Despicable Me films, and this is probably the first time I had seen her perform in a movie. She was absolutely fantastic, and we deserve to see more of her in the future. Josh Hamilton as a "too good to be true" father gave an incredible performance. Of course, I had never seen anyone like him but that doesn't mean there does not exist a character like him but he was just too good to be real. In a film so grounded, he probably was more like a fairy tale to me. There is a character named Aiden (Luke Prael) on whom apparently Kayla has a massive crush on, and his entry in some scenes was followed by rock music in the background which was hilarious.
Eighth Grade is the perfect coming-of-age film out there and is probably my another favourite in this coming-of-age genre after Lady Bird. A24 does have an eye for picking out some of the good movies. Well, now I think I will put my laptop aside and go to sleep. Thank you for reading my review, until next time - "Gucci".
Rating - 4.5/5
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Cast - Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson, Catherine Oliviere, Jake Ryan, Luke Prael
Directed By - Bo Burnham
Genre - Comedy, Drama
Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher) is about to finish her eighth grade. She uploads motivational videos on YouTube where she tries to encourage others to be brave or be confident and other related motivating things. Her eyes are mostly locked with her phone screen which refuses to look away from it even for her caring kind-hearted father (Josh Hamilton) who tries his best to cheer her up but ends up being embarrassing for her. For a teenage Kayla, her phone is like a religion to her whom she dearly worships, texting and browsing photos of those happy social media faces who seem to be living a better life than her.
For the most of the movie, I was like "Yes, I feel you girl" as this is a very relatable film with which many people will connect especially if you were an introvert during your early blooming years of school life. Spanning around social media with Facebook, Snapchat but mostly Instagram, Eighth Grade feels grounded and real in its approach of depicting the modern techno life of a child who in his affection towards the virtual world loses touch with the reality. Everybody must have experienced a hangout with your friends in a cafe or anywhere else where after a few minutes of exchanging pleasantries, everyone finally takes out their mobile phones and start talking to someone miles away from them instead of someone sitting next to you, or simply you check out memes on Facebook or Instagram.
Basically, the point is we are high on texting and low on talking. Its commentary on the current social life is on-point showing us that maybe the people online telling you about how to live your life may probably be facing troubles in there real life. The film also ventures into the anxiety caused by glueing yourself into this world.
This is Bo Burnham's directorial debut, and he strikes gold with both his direction and writing. The film's use of steady cam and close-ups made up for some uncomfortable and tensed viewing. A scene, in particular, involving "truth or dare" in a car was very uneasy to watch, and even the viewers shouted and twisted in there seats when this movie was screened at the Sundance Film Festival. It was well-handled and well-shot by the director who managed to make you restless during this disturbing sequence.
Elsie Fisher gives a mature performance and she is definitely the superstar here. She had voice acted as Agnes in the first two Despicable Me films, and this is probably the first time I had seen her perform in a movie. She was absolutely fantastic, and we deserve to see more of her in the future. Josh Hamilton as a "too good to be true" father gave an incredible performance. Of course, I had never seen anyone like him but that doesn't mean there does not exist a character like him but he was just too good to be real. In a film so grounded, he probably was more like a fairy tale to me. There is a character named Aiden (Luke Prael) on whom apparently Kayla has a massive crush on, and his entry in some scenes was followed by rock music in the background which was hilarious.
Eighth Grade is the perfect coming-of-age film out there and is probably my another favourite in this coming-of-age genre after Lady Bird. A24 does have an eye for picking out some of the good movies. Well, now I think I will put my laptop aside and go to sleep. Thank you for reading my review, until next time - "Gucci".
Rating - 4.5/5
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