Eighth Grade
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
A central unfairness of life is that we need to accomplish so many important tasks at such an early age—reading, math, distinguishing good from bad, and right from wrong. The flip side of this essential truth is that if we live to a ripe old age having accomplished nothing else of universal importance during our lifetimes, most of us can console ourselves with the knowledge that we at least survived the eighth grade.It’s a measure of the effectiveness of the wonderful little movie “Eighth Grade” that so many viewers cringe so frequently throughout the picture, when they’re not covering their faces and groaning in embarrassment at the memories the movie provokes. “Eighth Grade” is a supremely accurate and resonant portrayal of an age when every day most kids are sure the world’s going to come to an end…and many of them hope that it does.Fifteen-year-old actress Elsie Fisher plays Kayla Day, suffering through her final week of middle school, and trying to prepare herself emotionally for the transition to high school. Voted “Most Quiet” by her classmates, Kayla is so riddled with insecurity, uncertainty, and self-doubt that she posts motivational videos on YouTube almost daily as a means of somehow persuading herself that life isn’t as miserable as she knows in her heart that it truly is.- Carl Schultz
I loved this film. It’s really not often you come accross gems of films like this one. And I watch a LOT of movies. I have John Hughes and Little Miss Sunshine on my mind, because they were an original take on the classic coming of age film. Ones that leave an impression because they have heart and originality. But really…it’s the unexpected love story that got me.. the love story that so frequently isn’t told. The one about really learning to love yourself. We all know, the world can be an awkward place sometimes. The film is wonderfully acted, with many moments of such cringe worthy honesty you can’t help but find youself falling in love with the characters and enjoy being swept along in the story. Just watch it already, it’s great. It’s just one of those films that stays with you.- Meme
The movie is heavily dependent on one having interest in a subset of the present generation where many live their lives in social media, which is steadily destroying their ability to interact on a human to human level. Social media can be a useful tool, but it is only that, a tool. Once it become a lifestyle as it is here, I have a hard time identifying anything of value other than this being perhaps a warning at to how it utterly destroys ones humanity when you are willingly reducing yourself and your friends to being emoticons. Entertainment this is not, a warning of technologies perils this might be. A coming of age movie that wanders into a narrow dark place and gets stuck there.- Techie
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Josh Hamilton
Format: Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Language: English
Subtitles: Spanish
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 1
Rated: R-Restricted
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Release Date: October 9, 2018
Run Time: 94 minutes
ASIN: B07G1C687D
