Reviews

Eighth Grade is about a girl named Kayla who is at the end of her time in middle school and is getting ready to start high school.

The B Story in this film feels like a side quest in a video game, not an integral or even necessary part of the film.

And I know there have been other films that have tackled the subject of alcoholism and trying to overcome it, but I thought that this film portrayed the process exceptionally well while also telling us everything we need to know about John Callahan's life.

Script: This film won best screenplay at the Sundance Film Festival, so it's no surprise that the script is fantastic.

Characters: The real reason why this film succeeds so well in what its trying to do is because of the characters and the actors playing them.

Clearly the team behind this film knows that, too, as one of the posters they put out while marketing the film had a 90s theme to it.

I do think that the final act of the film wrapped up well, though, and I was on board with the message this film is trying to get across.

I can respect that this film does seem fairly self-contained apart from the after-credits scene that ties it in to Avengers: Infinity War, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's just an okay story.

If you don't like when a film leads the story in a certain direction for most of the film before pivoting to a completely unexpected direction, this film ain't for you.

When the first details of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom's story were published long before the film came out, it didn't exactly give me hope for the quality of the film.