Booksmart queers the high school comedy but sells its teen heroines short

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This feel-good comedy about bookish best friends who break loose queers the high school comedy — but ultimately, and ironically, plays it pretty safe.

There's a particularly snide undertone in the scene where the school principal reappears as a Lyft driver during the night. He explains with a slightly nervous but good-natured smile that he has been forced to moonlight because his day job pays so poorly, but heaven forbid the film should show him some empathy. The encounter ends with a particularly snobby cherry on top when he reveals he's writing a novel and then, by way of a hackneyed turn of phrase, clearly shows he lacks the talent.

If the film had the wisdom and generosity to show these girls catching a glimpse of adulthood's inevitable disappointments, it might have been less condescending. Booksmart, instead, wraps its main characters in cotton wool. And despite one romantic awakening that's handled well but is best experienced without any forewarning, the script's curve balls lack impact.

 

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