Bottoms

Now here's a high school, that you'd love to go to, as anything goes - nothing's taboo, where two single girls, who aren't looking for pearls, start a club to find love, that gets quite misconstrued. There is punching and kicking, a shove with a push, the dialogues quite racy and might make you blush (if you're of a certain age and demographic), a battle of sexes, as pairs become exes, the romance is there, but it just isn't mush. Growing up can be tough if you're different from others, once being a woman kept you under the covers, now the rules of engagement, don't lead to enragement, and a progressive world - just will not be smothered.

Bottoms

This teen comedy sees two high schoolers begin a fight club to be in close proximity with the cheerleaders they're interested in, and ultimately date them.

Bottoms is different from most teen comedies, this flick is raunchy, bloody, violent and dripping in satire. But for how over-the-top Bottoms becomes, it isn't funny, or not as funny as it should be, which is especially sad because the trailer promised a swell time. The zany jokes that a movie like this should have are missing; the comical moments here can't provide more than a smile.

The cast brought the best they could to this project, and most of the characters are distinct.

Themes of sexuality, friendship, women empowerment and identity are employed here.

Bottoms is a fresh idea, and would have worked with a funnier script.

6/10.

Let me start off by saying that I absolutely love this movie. I really adore all of the characters because they don't feel forced. Most of the time when I see Gen Z being portrayed on TV it is physically painful to watch, but with this writing it was so unserious and fun that I actually caught myself laughing multiple times. The humor is definitely not for everyone but it was exactly my cup of tea so it was absolutely delightful to watch. And seeing loser lesbians as main characters is something straight out of my dreams... This is going to become a classic in my house and a nostalgic pick when i want to get reminded of my youth!

I really recommend it!

(Ruby Cruz absolutely stole my heart as Hazel and this movie made me a fan of hers lmao)

When 'Bottoms' started I thought to myself, okay this is 'Superbad' but with women. And it kind of was for a time. Then it somehow became 'Fight Club' with women, and finished up as a film I had never seen before. This was a journey.

The film is done in quite a bizarre way. It's set in the present but everyone dresses like the 70s and there are no smart phones. Also there are almost no adults in the film and the few that there are are absolute monsters. If there's a school assembly the students are just running it, for example. You get used to it after a while but I can't remember another film like it in that sense.

The film is at its best when it is just trying to be wacky and funny. There's a period in the middle where some conflict arrises and the film gets bogged down briefly. Which is a shame because when the film is trying to be funny it is genuinely funny. There is some great dialogue in this film. I had a good time. 8/10.

This movie is an acquired taste. At first, I thought it was just silly. Then I thought it was extremely silly. Eventually I laughed my butt off. There is no scene that they don't take over the top. Whether they are mocking teen movies or parodying David Fincher or using Marshawn Lynch to comment on feminism, the entire cast completely goes for it. The humor and raunchiness are extreme, but my family laughed so much that I think we missed 25% of the punchlines. Ayo Edebiri and Rachel Sennott absolutely kill this one (no pun intended).

PSA - Just be careful watching this one with your parents or children. It is rated R for a reason.