Wilde's direction and script oozes with the confidence and mastery of someone that has been directing for ten-plus years.

| Apr 4, 2024

Something just clicks about Booksmart. It’s startlingly funny, maybe a tad over the top, but I struggle to find something that’s a genuine issue.

| Original Score: A | Mar 21, 2024

Booksmart is hilarious without ever making fun of someone for the sake of a joke. It is earnest and sweet, a pure delight.

| Jul 25, 2023

Booksmart is a wonderful addition to the coming-of-age genre, one that possesses two astonishing protagonists. Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever might become superstars in the future if they continue to display such remarkable performances.

| Original Score: B+ | Jul 24, 2023

To me, Booksmart is the definitive coming-of-age movie. It's hilarious, charming and real.

| Mar 31, 2023

With this being Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut, I can say with full confidence that she managed to create a unique film that’s both a love letter to the coming-of-age story and to anyone who spent their Friday nights at home doing schoolwork.

| Jan 22, 2023

Olivia Wilde’s funny and sensitive story about two high school best friends...

| Dec 7, 2022

A breakout moment for stars Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever, as well as for first-time director Olivia Wilde, Booksmart is utterly hilarious.

| Oct 12, 2022

The screenplay was put together by a team of four writers whose apparent aspirations to be “Superbad 2.0” overtakes the meaningful story at the film’s core.

| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

Although Booksmart doesn't break new ground or redefine the genre of teen comedies, its treatment of the material resonates enough that Generation Z will undoubtedly cling to the movie for years to come.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 3, 2022

Along with great directorial choices, the films two great performances provide tons of chemistry and a lot of laughs and should be the start of cinephiles gaining anticipation for any film directed by Olivia Wilde.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 18, 2022

Wilde's taken a classic coming-of-age chassis, updated it, chucked on a few mod-cons, and given it a very fresh paint job, and the resulting ride is fast and fun.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 1, 2022

It's a lot more meaty and soulful than you'd anticipate.

| Sep 29, 2021

While being an excellent example of the power of friendship, Booksmart is also a warning to viewers that labels are dangerous.

| Sep 5, 2021

There's something innately hilarious about watching the "good kids" losing themselves in bad behaviour.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 1, 2021

It's at the top of the class.

| Original Score: A- | Aug 15, 2021

Blending negatives with the swagger, insecurities, and skyrocketing emotions of teenagers, Book Smart ends up creating a positive concoction and an ode to friendship.

| Jul 23, 2021

"Booksmart is a movie about friendship, but it's also about how friendships grow and change as the people within them do as well."

| Mar 19, 2021

Though it really shouldn't be at this point in time, it's exhilarating to see a film centered on teenage girls... Yet to champion the film as a universal reflection of teenage girldom rather than a highly specific fantasy also does it a disservice.

| Mar 13, 2021

With elegant clarity, Booksmart demonstrates how certain experiences can feel colossal and of walloping import even when we know we're waiting for something else-something we can't possibly fathom.

| Mar 12, 2021