Booksmart (2019) | Olivia Wilde

To the '90s and Beyond! Film Podcast

BFFs Molly (Beanie Feldstein) and Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) have busted their tails off academically all through high school to set themselves up for post-graduation excellence, with Molly accepted to Yale and Amy going on a mission to help the poor in Africa. Their world gets rocked when they realize that the kids around them that looked like they just lived for partying are also going to similarly great colleges, or have lucrative careers waiting for them. Upset that they sacrificed all their fun for the same rewards, Molly and Amy decide to go out and have a blast and finally “break some rules” at the biggest house party in town for their last night before graduation. However, they soon learn a few things about life, themselves, and one another, especially in how things don’t always go according to plan. Olivia Wilde directs this teen comedy.