The read
A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 99%, Metacritic 85/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 97% of the 4,196 2010s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Netflix and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes99%
Metacritic85/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
1,708 audience votes
Key crew
- Bo BurnhamDirector
- Anna MeredithOriginal Music Composer
- Bo BurnhamWriter
Cast
- Elsie FisherKayla Day
- Josh HamiltonMark Day
- Emily RobinsonOlivia
- Jake RyanGabe
- Daniel ZolghadriRiley
- Fred HechingerTrevor
- Imani LewisAniyah
- Luke PraelAiden
- Catherine OliviereKennedy
- Nora MullinsSteph
- Gerald JonesTyler
- Missy YagerMrs. Graves
Stills
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Themes
adolescenceidentity crisiscoming of ageteenage girlmiddle schoolself identitysocial mediageneration z
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Eighth Grade is #15 of 60
