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Awix (3310 KP) rated Booksmart (2019) in Movies

May 20, 2019 (Updated May 20, 2019)

Booksmart (2019)

2019 | Comedy

7.8

(26 Ratings)

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Olivia Wilde's directorial debut is a frantic, absurd, very funny farce. Two diligent high-schoolers are appalled to discover their more-laid back peers have got into colleges just as good as theirs, and resolve to make up for years of focused hard work by having a wild night of partying before they graduate.

The relentless pace of the film and the hit-rate of its stream of gags is hugely impressive; the film manages to make jokes at the expense of many aspects of modern life without seeming cynical or negative. However, the depiction of friendship is affecting, the emotional beats of the film are genuinely moving, and it's genuinely refreshing to see a film with such an upbeat vibe to it and a cast of characters who are all likeable. Anyone who has been a teenager will be able to relate to this; one of the funniest films of the year so far.

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Sarah (126 KP) rated The Handmaid's Tale - Season 1 in TV

Jul 25, 2018

Scarily Good

I had absolutely no idea what this was about - from the trailers I'd glanced at on the TV, I just had it in my head that this was some "ye olde tale" of a life in service - and I couldn't have gotten it any more wrong.

From the first episode, I've been completely hooked. Each installment reveals a little more of how the climate has changed and the situation that the characters find themself in has arisen - and yet, they don't seem to take the usual form of viewer insulting flashback or "so, what you're saying is" exposition. Even more so is the sense of how (especially if you have any idea of how the Nazis came to power in Germany) this could, in fact, happen.

My biggest criticism - I *really* dislike "the husband", Luke. He cheats on his first wife, and in his courtship of his mistress/second wife he just comes across as an utter sleazebag.