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Eighth Grade

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Eighth Grade

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Comedy drama starring Elsie Fisher and Josh Hamilton. Thirteen-year-old Kayla spends her spare time recording little-watched motivational videos for her YouTube channel, but is shy and awkward with her peers. While navigating her final week of middle school, Kayla encounters various situations and students that profoundly shape her as she enters the next phase of her life.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Stephen Carty

With its youthful cast and keen ear for dialogue, Eighth Grade is more convincing than most teen movies. Elsie Fisher plays Kayla Day, a 13-year-old girl who records self-help videos on subjects like "Being Yourself" or "How to Be Confident" in her spare time. In reality, though, Kayla is quiet, nervous and socially awkward, which leads to lots of embarrassing, cringe-worthy situations. In some ways, the story is relatively uneventful, but the feature debut of writer/director Bo Burnham brims with relatable situations that capture the teenage experience to a tee. Fisher's delightful, naturalistic performance in the lead makes it all the more endearing.

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Cast

rolenameKayla DayElsie FisherMark DayJosh HamiltonOliviaEmily RobinsonGabeJake RyanKennedyCatherine OliviereAidenLuke PraelRileyDaniel ZolghadriAniyahImani LewisTrevorFred HechingerStephNora Mullins

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Crew

rolenameDirectorBo Burnham

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Theatrical distributor

Sony

Released on

2019-04-26

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing

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