Bottoms
Unpopular best friends PJ and Josie start a high school fight club to meet girls and lose their virginity. They soon find themselves in over their heads when the most popular students start beating each other up in the name of self-defense.
- Released: 2023-03-11
- Runtime: 92 minutes
- Genre: Comedy
- Stars: Rachel Sennott, Havana Rose Liu, Nicholas Galitzine, Ruby Cruz, Kaia Gerber, Miles Fowler, Punkie Johnson, Dagmara Domińczyk, Marshawn Lynch, Ayo Edebiri, Alyssa Matthews, Zamani Wilder, Virginia Tucker, Wayne Pére, Toby Nichols, Liz Elkins Newcomer, Ted Ferguson, Cameron Stout, Bruno Rose
- Director: Emma Seligman
Comments
- rogerrand - 19 June 2024
Not that funny and violent
This show seems to make light of teenage violence. I didn't find this movie funny, I found it more disturbing.
The show is a standard formula teen romcom but it's full of bloody, violent scenes. The female students start a fight club, blow up someone's car and lie to each other. There aren't any adult role models. Teens are murdered by other teens in the last scene. I kept waiting for the film to redeem itself but it never really did. The show did not teach a lesson. The show was not something that I would recommend to any other viewers and I definitely would not recommend this movie for teenagers. - sherylchilders82 - 15 March 2024
Smart, timely, whimsical raunchy teen comedy
I love the premise of this movie. You rarely get a movie with gay leads that isn't just about being gay. Yes, the actors are pushing 30 playing teens - since when is that new? I didn't even notice because I'm over 40 and they all look young to me. Women are getting represented more and more in mainstream film - not just a certain "type". The casting and plot clearly aims to be LGBTQ diverse, which is a first that I can think of - you have blurred gender characters, gay, bi, feminine, straight, masculine, all represented (including different political spectrums). And none are straightforward stereotypes. If you care about these things (and smart people do), this alone makes it unique and worth the watch.
But, it is also very funny. So many jokes will go right over the head of someone not versed in all the current debates in feminism. It actually really impresses me that so many younger people get it from having grown up in 3rd wave feminism. Older people like myself had to be interested enough to learn, since no one was talking deeply about this stuff when we were younger. Besides this, though, the comedic writing, timing, directing, and delivery are perfect. Each joke lands as intended, better than, or at least as good as, any recent big screen comedy in memory. If you follow the finer satirical points, the jokes hit just right.
I can't actually compare this to anything recent, but it does have some capricious turns that seems rather familiar to other current films. While raunchy and romantic comedies 20 years ago were more predictable and grounded in reality, now they seem to be more abstract and willing to bend toward the less rational. There's nothing wrong with that - it's simply a purer expressive form. And the whimsy is probably reflective of the times. Much like Barbie, the larger message seems to get lost a bit in the art. It's great for any emotional release for those who are most stuck in the middle of these debates, specifically younger people. - dannyherb-288-83970 - 25 February 2024
Are you kidding me
I can't believe this is in the 6's. This was such a good movie and in one of the worst movie eras in history. The writing, directing and acting all get a 10. Even cindy crawford's kid wasnt terrible. This movie reminded me a lot of 90s gregg araki (doom generation and nowhere), but a lot more fun. And hopefully people will take note of how absurdity, subtlety and real satire are the only ways to get a message across while actually being entertaining. But it takes real talent, so its not surprising to see something this good come along so infrequently. I have passed over shiva baby a number of times. Ill move it to the top of my list after seeing this.
