Story Line
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
“Based on the most awkward year of your life.”
Top Cast
Elsie Fisher
Kayla Day
Josh Hamilton
Mark Day
Emily Robinson
Olivia
Jake Ryan
Gabe
Daniel Zolghadri
Riley
Fred Hechinger
Trevor
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Rating
7.2/ 10
Release Date
2018-01-19
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
ComedyDrama
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User Reviews (3)
Gimly
6/10
•1/20/2019I can't elevate _Eighth Grade_ to the status that my peers have, it just wasn't all that to me. But it was still very good, and very real, that tangible sort of youth that comes with dedication to the format.
_Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would ...
beyondthecineramadome
10/10
•6/20/2022Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/its-brutal-out-here-eighth-gradenbspreview<a>
Internet comedian and humorous songwriter Bo Burnham in the role of writer and director of a movie about an eighth-grad...
CinemaSerf
7/10
•2/21/2025Elsie Fisher turns in a strong performance here as the teenage “Kayla” coming to terms with all of those uncertainties we all feel as puberty beckons. Coupled with her own personal issues, she’s in her last year of what could loosely be referred to a...