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Eighth Grade
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Eighth Grade

Based on the most awkward year of your life.
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User Score1,674 ratings
TMDB 7.216+20181h 34mEnglish
ComedyDrama

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 — before she begins high school.

Director
Bo BurnhamFrom TMDB credits
Studio
A243 production companies
Release
January 19, 2018Released
Box Office
$14MBudget $2M

Top Cast

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Elsie Fisher
Elsie Fisher
Kayla Day
Josh Hamilton
Josh Hamilton
Mark Day
Emily Robinson
Emily Robinson
Olivia
Jake Ryan
Jake Ryan
Gabe
Daniel Zolghadri
Daniel Zolghadri
Riley
Fred Hechinger
Fred Hechinger
Trevor
Imani Lewis
Imani Lewis
Aniyah
Luke Prael
Luke Prael
Aiden

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Reviews

From TMDB users
Gimly
Jan 20, 2019

I can't elevate _Eighth Grade_ to the status that my peers have, it just wasn't all that to me. But it was still very good, and very real, that tangible sort of youth that comes with dedication to the format. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._

beyondthecineramadome
Jun 20, 2022

Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/its-brutal-out-here-eighth-gradenbspreview<a> Internet comedian and humorous songwriter Bo Burnham in the role of writer and director of a movie about an eighth-grade girl sounds, on the surface, like quite a mismatch. What could Burnham know about the very specific horrors of being a thirteen-year-old girl in the internet age? It turns out that Burnham was the perfect person for the job. _Eighth Grade_ is both a comedy and a horror film. It’s an honest exploration of the anxiety of middle school and the out-of-body experience that is puberty. Burnham based the main character, Kayla (Elsie Fisher), on his own experiences with panic attacks and anxiety. He has explained that those feelings of anxiety remind him of the terrors of his own middle school experience.

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