Good movie: Booksmart

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  • November 23, 2019 at 1:23 pm #108523
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    I get nostalgic every now and then for my high school years, and college, and the early post-college days. This can send me off to read a coming of age novel, or watch a coming of age movie. Last night I did the latter. Booksmart is streaming on Hulu, and I thought it was really good.

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1489887/

    Lotsa twists off the usual formula, and instead of having male writers, director, leads and focus, it’s women who step forward to tell their stories. Funny, warm-hearted, surprising at times, it struck me as far more open about topics important to young people than those old John Hughes movies which I also like. More direct, linguistically explicit. The writers and director didn’t pull their punches.

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