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Eighth Grade
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who appreciate painfully honest coming-of-age stories about social anxiety, awkwardness, and the small victories of growing into oneself.
- Tone
- melancholic, warm, bittersweet
- Payoff
- catharsis, comfort
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- adolescence, self-identity, social anxiety, belonging, parental love
- Setting
- contemporary, suburban middle school and online social spaces
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