TL;DR – While it follows a lot of the plot beats of similar films, it stands out on its own by focusing on the characters that are the heart of the movie.
Score – 4 out of 5 stars
Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene
Review –
There are some scenarios that you see get plaid out in cinema over and over
again. Indeed, one of the most popular scenarios is looking at that last few
days before you graduate high school. I think it is so popular because it is
something that nearly every person in the target audience has or will go
through. So it becomes a nexus of past nostalgia and future promise. Either
way, it is a scenario that I have seen put to film over and over again,
especially in the R-rated comedy genre. However, in all the scenarios, I have
never seen a film quite like this.
So to set the scene, high school is drawing to a close and class valedictorian Molly
Davidson (Beanie Feldstein) and her best friend Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) are getting
ready to survive the final day of classes. Molly is going to Yale and spent all
her time at school making that happen, and Amy is getting ready to spend a
summer in Botswana as an aid worker. However, Molly’s certainty about her past
is shaken when she discovers that all the kids that partied throughout high
school also got into top universities. Well, there is only one night left
before graduation and Molly know just what to do, she needs to go to Nick’s (Mason
Gooding) party so she can have the full high school experience and she is
dragging Amy along with her.
