A few reviews

[Moe_Syzlak]

We watched Booksmart last night. I liked it a bit and yes Gigi is the comic highlight. But it was a bit tonally uneven to me. I think that was its intent, to be a classic teen comedy but then actually imbuing those characters with more depth than is typical (a Rain Johnsonesque subversion of expectations). Yet, it often fell right back to Superbad style movie making and most characters remain pretty shallow. I mean so okay don’t judge a book by its cover because the “slut” and the “jock” could be going to Ivy League schools too (I mean this high school must have the best college admissions track record in history!). But ultimately we’re never given anything more to flesh this out other than being told they must (secretly) be smart too. I did like the two main characters a lot as they were much more deeply drawn. A better than average teen comedy, but still a teen comedy.