Eighth Grade

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Eighth Grade

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Released Aug 3, 2018

1h 33m

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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.

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Eighth Grade takes a look at its titular time period that offers a rare and resounding ring of truth while heralding breakthroughs for writer-director Bo Burnham and captivating star Elsie Fisher.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Not since Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995) has a comedy captured so vividly the agony and the ecstasy-well, OK, it's all agony-of being a... teenage girl. [Full review in Spanish]

Mar 17, 2020

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Charlotte O'Sullivan

London Evening Standard

Eighth Grade is a masterpiece.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 28, 2019

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

The real genius of Eighth Grade is its universality - an honesty and compassion that cut across generational boundaries.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 28, 2019

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JD Duran

InSession Film

Elsie Fisher and Josh Hamilton give remarkable performances of their own. One of the best coming-of-age films in recent years an it’s not even close.

Aug 7, 2024

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Calum Cooper

Source (Scotland)

Eighth Grade was everything I hoped it would be and more. It struck such an emotional chord with me that it was borderline unnerving. It’s not just one of the year’s best. It’s one of the decade’s best!

Rated: 5/5

Jul 14, 2024

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Tina Kakadelis

Beyond the Cinerama Dome

Eighth Grade is a carefully constructed love letter to the messy, confusing years of middle school, and a reassurance to those going through it that things will eventually be okay.

Jul 25, 2023

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Artin S

Beautifully crafted, however, I think there were a lot of missed opportunities to delve deeper into an early teen's mind.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/05/24

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AJ M

It’s an absolutely spectacular piece of film. Bo never seems to miss in his writing and directing. It does an amazing job at showing the true agony and pain of having to grow up as a teenage girl. True must watch. 10/10!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/27/24

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Sean M

Made me laugh out loud and also made me get angry and made me sob. So rare a film can ever do that. I found it beautiful and moving like only great art can.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/22/24

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Audience Member

Came out when I was in year eight, at the time I hated it but only because it was embarrassingly real. Cringe worthy but what else could it be at that age?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/03/24

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Mason M

Eighth Grade is mostly praised for being the most accurate representation of being a teenager in the modern age, but a more accurate description is that it's the most accurate representation of being a teenage girl in the modern age. It's a good film and is a Bo Burnham signature in how it somehow makes me feel embarrassed when watching, also done in his MTV miniseries, Zach Stone is Going to be Famous. But it's just not accurate to the teenage experience of a boy, and given that the realism is most of the merit in this film, I could only enjoy it so much. For an accurate representation of the teenage boy experience, watch Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/08/24

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Audience Member

Sloopooowwww and protagonist is just a little too (actually way too) annoying.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/05/24

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Kayla

Daniel Zolghadri

Riley

Fred Hechinger

Trevor

Imani Lewis

Aniyah

Luke Prael

Aiden

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Synopsis

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.

Director: Bo Burnham
Producer: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Lila Yacoub, Christopher Storer
Screenwriter: Bo Burnham
Distributor: A24
Production Co: A24
Rating: R (Some Sexual Material|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 3, 2018, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 25, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.5M
Runtime: 1h 33m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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