Report Card---"Booksmart".

"Booksmart" is my idea of a very bad movie.
It stars Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein as teenage female "buddies" about to graduate
high school.
They are both tremendously unpleasant as actresses.
And you're supposed to be crazy about them.
But that's me.
This is a movie that was not designed for me to like.
I am way too old to appreciate it.
If anyone can.
It is also a movie that performs relentlessly at the top of its lungs.
It is a loud movie.
A loud soundtrack and loud dialogue.
It is monstrously boring.

On to the scoring.

Is it interesting?

Lisa Kudrow is in the cast, and I held out hope that I'd like her in this.
It turns that she was in two little scenes as the mother of one of the teenagers.
C-.

Compelling even?

Never.
F.

Is it good storytelling?

It's not a good story.
F.

Is. it well written?

No.
D.

Is it well cast? Well played?

I will not become a Beanie Feldstein fan.
F.

Did the director put such a personal stamp on it so that no one else could have made it?

I don't know who's to blame.
D.

How long does it take to establish the film's locale and time period?

Immediately.  The present.
A.

Is it too long? Too short?

For a film under 2 hours, it seemed way too long.
F. 

Is it believable? Do you care about the characters?.

Boy, I hope nobody is really like this.
D.

Is it predictable?

I gave up trying to predict early on.
C.

Do you think about it after you've seen it?

Not really.

C.

  

Is it funny?

Here and there.  Not often enough.
C+.

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Would it have been worth the thirteen bucks it would have cost to see it in the movies?

Not a nickel.
D.

Is it impressive?

Not at all.  Unremittingly boring.
F.

Overall grade: D.

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