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High School Mayhem Abounds in Red Band Trailer for Olivia Wilde’s Directorial Debut ‘Booksmart’ (VIDEO)

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brian-mcgee - March 13, 2019

 

Ever since they started allowing women to direct movies a few years ago, many actresses have taken the plunge into directing, the latest being Olivia Wilde. Ms. Wilde's feature directorial debut, Booksmart, seems to live up to her last name, featuring two scholarly teens who decide to finally cut loose in the final days of high school.

No, that's not Jonah Hill in a wig, as I thought when I first saw Beanie Feldstein in Lady Bird, it's his sister. That looks just like him.  She's joined by Last Man Standing's Kaitlyn Dever in the lead roles of the aforementioned teens ready to cut loose. If anything at all, the flick resembles Hill's own breakout film Superbad, which is all the stranger considering his doppelgänger stars in it.

There are some legitimate laughs here, including Jason Sudeikis playing an asshole principal, and Lisa Kudrow and Will Forte as Dever's super understanding parents who are downright beside themselves to have a lesbian for a daughter. If this catches on like Superbad, don't be surprised if there's like a hundred more movies just like this over the next four years.

Booksmart opens in theaters across North America on May 24, the same day as that god awful looking live-action Aladdin directed by Guy Ritichie.


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