Apple Magazine - USA (2019-09-06)

byOliviaWilde

Genre:Comedy

Released: 2019

Price:$14.99

100 Ratings

Booksmart

Two high-school seniors on the brink of
graduating, the similarly studious Molly
Davidson (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy Antsler
(Kaitlyn Dever), are aghast when they realize
that their classmates, despite partying
more during high school, still got into good
colleges. This leads Molly and Amy to attempt
to squeeze four years’ worth of partying into
just one night.

FIVE FACTS:

1. This is the first feature-length film
   directed by actress Olivia Wilde.


2. As long ago as 2009, an early version of
   the film’s script featured on the Black List,
   a list of the “most liked” motion picture
   screenplays then yet to be produced.


3. Writer Susanna Fogel revised the
   screenplay in 2014, with her changes
   including rewriting one of the lead
   characters as a lesbian.


4. The film has been widely hailed by critics,
   with Variety’s Peter Debruge describing it
   as “the best high school buddy comedy
   since Superbad”.


5. Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times
   has called the film a “refreshingly original take
   on the raunchy coming-of-age comedy”.

Rotten Tomatoes

97 %