Booksmart
Overview
Booksmart is a 2019 coming-of-age comedy film directed by Olivia Wilde, starring Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein as Molly and Amy, two academic superstars who are about to graduate from high school. They realize that they have spent too much time studying and not enough time having fun. They decide to go to a party and make up for lost time. The film is a hilarious, smart, and surprisingly heartfelt look at female friendship. It was a critical and commercial success, earning over $25 million on a $6 million budget. The film is often compared to Superbad, but with a female perspective. The film explores themes of friendship, identity, and the pressure to be perfect. The film features a memorable cameo by Billie Lourd as a bizarre, free-spirited classmate.
