Title: Booksmart
Original Title: Booksmart
Year: 2019
Info
- Country: USA
- Language: English Mandarin
- Length: 102 Minutes (1 hour 42 min)
- Budget: $6,000,000
- Genre: Comedy
- Studios: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Gloria Sanchez Productions
- Distributor: eOne Films Spain
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: May 27 2019
- United States: May 24 2019
Plot
Molly (Beanie Feldstein, 'Ladybird') and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever, 'Beautiful Boy'), high-school overachievers in the final weeks of their senior year, have worked tirelessly to perfect their GPAs and gain admission to good colleges. They sacrificed partying and any hope of an extensive social life to do so, figuring that it was the only way to come out on top. When Molly finds out that her classmates have studied less, partied more and still got into these reputable institutions, she feels as though she's been cheated of having fun in high school. On graduation night, she convinces Amy to go out and let loose for one wild night before they part ways, Molly to Yale and Amy to volunteer in Botswana, by attending a party housed by the senior class' vice president, Nick (Mason Gooding, 'Ballers'). It will be a night full of crashing parties, getting into antics with rich kids Gigi (Billie Lourd, 'American Horror Story') and Jared (Skyler Gisondo, 'Vacation'), pursuing their crushes and some ill-advised experimentation with hallucinogenics.
'Booksmart' is directed by actress-director Olivia Wilde ('House') and was written by Emily Halpern ('Carol's Second Act'), Sarah Haskins ('Trophy Wife', Susanna Fogel ('Chasing Life') and Katie Silberman ('Set it Up').
Awards
- 2020 Golden Globes: 1 0
- 2020 BAFTA Awards: 1 0
Cast
Director:
Molly
Amy's Mom
Principal Brown
Ms. Fine
Ryan
Nick
Videos
Exclusive featurette 'Booksmart'
July 23 2019
'Booksmart' featurette: Meet the cast
June 30 2019
'Booksmart' featurette: High School Fashion
June 30 2019
June 9 2019
Photos
Trivia
Billie Lourd
The screenwriter Katie Silberman said that Billie Lourd's interpretation was so good the writers had to write some extra scenes for her to shine better
Dan the Automator
The well-known DJ Dan the Automator, who has worked with bands as Gorillaz made some of the tracks of the film score and ambiental music for it.
Malala
Director Olivia Wilde explained that the protection code between friends that Amy and Molly have is 'Malala' because the pakistani activist Malala is an icon for them, and also for the director, so she wanted to pay tribute to her.
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