Eighth Grade

Eighth Grade

Based on the most awkward year of your life.

R 2018 · 94 min · ★ 7.1 (2K) · Comedy, Drama

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.

Directed by Bo Burnham · Written by Bo Burnham

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