Booksmart, written by Katie Silberman - 8.6 out of 10

Booksmart, written by Katie Silberman
8.6 out of 10


The first film directed by the reputable comedian Olivia Wilde is a success.

From Variety to The Guardian, through other newspapers and magazines, the reviews and ratings have been exhilarating...

'In this year's class of first time feature directors, Wilde handily earns the title of Most Likely to Succeed'
Variety

Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein contribute decisively to the triumph of the comedy, in the main roles of Amy and Molly respectively.
They are helped by the seasoned Jason Sudeikis as Principal Brown, Lisa Kudrow and Will Forte.

Amy and Molly are best friends and they have been spending their time in high school studying and preparing for future outstanding careered.
Furthermore, Amy would travel to Botswana, Africa, providing with this project that she is an accomplished, generous, brave, gritty and dedicated young woman.

Their school mates do not seem to bother too much about learning and they seem to regard the two stars with a - high? - degree of superiority, perhaps contempt in some cases.
The feeling may be mutual.

For the two protagonists think that while they have placed duty above all else, to the exclusion of amusement it appears, the rest of the crowd will just fail in their endeavors.
However, when they ask around, the party animals are all going to prestigious universities.

The only case where this is not true is yet another tremendous story, for this nerd is so good that Google has decided to recruit him before anyone else poaches him.
Molly thought that Yale is only for her, since she is the one who had worked hard, while the others had fun.

Only it isn't.

Hence the conclusion:
We need to have a glorious time, presto!

Pack it all in, compressing time and jubilation.
There are plenty of laughs for they don't manage to attend The Party, the place where, like in the ominous comedy with Peter Sellers, everyone is reaching Nirvana, with elephant, bubbles and all.

Indeed, in one stage, they are diverted to the 'gig' hosted by Jared.
But they are the only couple of guests, with the exception of another, weird presence, a girl that decides to jump off the big yacht.

Jared is extremely wealthy, it seems, but not very popular...
He would be, in so many other places though.

On their way to various false leads, they meet Principal Brown, who has to top his small salary.
Amy may have a lesbian affair, after she has a fight with Molly.

Or it may all end in a comical, somewhat awkward scene.
Almost all the narrative is scintillating and wonderfully pleasing.