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Booksmart
Sign in to saveBooksmart is a 2019 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Olivia Wilde (in her feature directorial debut) and written by Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, and Katie Silberman. It stars Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever as two graduating high school girls who set out to finally break the rules and party on their last day of classes. Jessica Williams, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, and Jason Sudeikis also star.
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7.0Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.
Cast
- Kaitlyn Dever as Amy
- Beanie Feldstein as Molly
- Jessica Williams as Miss Fine
- Jason Sudeikis as Principal Brown
- Lisa Kudrow as Charmaine
- Will Forte as Doug
Themes
- high school
- coming of age
- house party
- buddy
- high school student
- lgbt
- woman director
- sisterhood
- generation z
- teenager
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
138,867 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
84/100
- Year
- 2019
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award29 wins & 60 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Booksmart
- Film.image
- Booksmart (2019 film poster).png
- Film.alt
- Two young woman sitting side by side, dressed in blue boiler suits
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Olivia Wilde
- Film.music
- Dan the Automator
- Film.cinematography
- Jason McCormick
- Film.distributor
- United Artists Releasing
- Film.runtime
- 105 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $6 million
- Film.gross
- $25 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 102
- FilmAffinity ID
- 380627
- Official website
- www.booksmart.movie
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- publication date
- 2019-05-30
- title
- Booksmart
- social media followers
- 10770
- review score
- 84/100
- Commons category
- Booksmart (film)
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15 sectionsContents
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Booksmart is a 2019 American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Olivia Wilde (in her feature directorial debut) and written by Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, and Katie Silberman. It stars Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever as two graduating high school girls who set out to finally break the rules and party on their last day of classes. Jessica Williams, Lisa Kudrow, Will Forte, and Jason Sudeikis also star.
The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 10, 2019, and was theatrically released in the United States on May 24, by United Artists Releasing. It received critical acclaim and grossed $25 million against a $6 million budget. For her performance, Feldstein was nominated for Best Actress – Comedy or Musical at the 77th Golden Globe Awards.