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Eighth Grade (15)

Drama

US drama in which a young teenage girl endures her final week at middle school before leaving to start high school.


The critical consensus

Elsie Fisher sparkles in Bo Burnham's striking, empathetic coming-of-ager.

*****Emma Simmonds, The List, 28/02/2019

Powerful, emotional, funny, smart and empowering, Eighth Grade scores a perfect A.

*****Jane Crowther, Total Film, 26/03/2019

The anxieties of a teenage girl weigh universally heavy. Burnham brings wisdom and immediacy to a generation raised online, his debut feature already cementing his presence as a remarkably sensitive filmmaker.

****(*)Ella Kemp, Empire Online, 23/04/2019

Elsie Fisher is magnificent as a vulnerable teenager facing trouble at school and at home in Bo Burnham’s gripping drama.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 24/04/2019

A simple story with the emotions of a cinematic epic.

*****Clarisse Loughrey, The Independent, 26/04/2019

Bo Burnham’s first feature film is a note-perfect tale of a shy teenager’s struggle with our internet-obsessed culture.

*****Mark Kermode, The Observer, 28/04/2019


Features about Eighth Grade (15)

How Hollywood is finally getting the female teenage experience right.

Alexandra Pollard, The Independent, 20/04/2019

What led Bo Burnham back to the eighth grade?

Emily Maskell, Little White Lies, 21/04/2019

Eighth Grade's Bo Burnham and Elsie Fisher on tackling teenage anxiety.

Hannah Woodhead, Little White Lies, 24/04/2019

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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