Booksmart

Though it really shouldn't be at this point in time, it's exhilarating to see a film centered on teenage girls... Yet to champion the film as a universal reflection of teenage girldom rather than a highly specific fantasy also does it a disservice.

With elegant clarity, Booksmart demonstrates how certain experiences can feel colossal and of walloping import even when we know we're waiting for something else-something we can't possibly fathom.

...witty, raucous, perfectly played and eventually packs an emotional wallop.

Booksmart is a loving and endearing piece of filmmaking - wickedly funny and adventurous - and a jaw dropping directorial debut from Wilde.

It's raunchy and kind of gross at times, but there is such heart, sweetness, and honesty about high school.

It sounds like such a cliche but you will literally laugh and cry, and flash back to your own teenage days with fondness, not horror.

"Booksmart is a movie about friendship, but it's also about how friendships grow and change as the people within them do as well."

A veritable grab-bag of high school movie conventions cranked up to 11.

Booksmart is a mostly sweet film that works hard to show the full depth of a female friendship. Showcasing two up-and-coming highly-talented actors, it's a movie that holds up well against other recent notable comedies.

It's certainly on the better end of the spectrum, but transcendent, it's not.