I felt such a complicated array of feelings while watching this. I was wracked with guilt about my relationship with my parents. I was ashamed of times I didn’t stand up for myself growing up. I was embarrassed with her and for her and for myself. This movie is a true achievement in capturing the mood of being that age, I related to it completely to my core. I was instantly transported back 20 years and it felt so much like my experience regardless of the cultural touchstones and how new the Internet was when I was in 8th grade. It should be required viewing for every parent of a tween.

Wow.

I'm not a teenage girl, and I never have been, but somehow I felt connected. While this is a comedy, you feel the emotions Kayla are going through throughout the whole movie. The soundtrack and the pacing are done exceptionally well, leading to a truly real feel.

The dialog of this movie is done in such an amazing fashion that you really get the sense of reality while watching. I can't think of a scene in the movie that didn't feel like it could actually happen.

Highly recommend this movie.

Genuine and endearing, uncomfortably awkward, humorous, and honest. Expertly acted. And while I was never a teenage girl, there are parts that are so very universally relatable Quite easily the best coming-of-age slice of life film I've seen in a good decade or two. Furthermore Whomever it is that acquires the films for that A24 chooses to release deserve a raise. I wouldn't be surprised if, nay when, this wins an Oscar or two

This movie seriously resonated with me, I related to Kayla so much and I'm sure many young girls and women will feel the same way.

Your school years can be the hardest, loneliest times of your life - but no one ever tells you that.

It always feels like everyone else is having the time of their life and you're on the outside looking in. Kayla's social anxiety and desire to fit in was so real and the way they incorporated the role of social media was super important. There are increasing pressures for young girls in our society. It is so difficult being a young girl who feels like she doesn't look right, doesn't act right, doesn't have many friends... i'm so appreciative of this movie for shining a light on this experience.

Easily one of the best coming of age movies I've ever seen, blows the likes of _Ladybird_ right out of the water. Please let it get as much recognition!

How did Bo Burnham make this movie? He was never a teenage girl. I was never a teenage girl either but it feels so real and relatable. Everything that happened to Kayla I felt like that was something that could of happened in eighth grade. It was so awkward, like real life. Elsie Fisher is great and she has a bright future. Josh Hamilton is really good at playing the annoying and loving dad. The cinematography is fantastic. Really focusing on characters faces and emotions brings us closer to Kayla. The music is amazing. Really great soundtrack and the way it is mixed throughout the movie is cool. I enjoyed this movie a lot and look forward to see what Bo Burnham directs next.

Lovely and extremely relatable. Great performance by Elsie Fisher. Killer soundtrack.

The bildungsroman/coming-of-age movie of the year.

Such a relatable movie for introverts.

Thanks, I hate it.

It was a good movie, if you're okay with the fact that you will want to tear your skin off the entire time you watch it.

Also, if your middle school life resembled this movie (and I say this as someone who was not one of the cool kids), I feel so very sorry for you, because even an hour and a half of that made me die a little inside.

And yet, I recommend the movie! There are some nice messages in there, and it's makes for a good example of so many things you should never do.

The good:  The film has heart.  Tons of heart.  The movie is at different turns heartbreaking and touching.  The awkward scenes of youth and trying to figure it all out are some of the best that I've seen in coming-of-age films.  The video interludes acted as a nice way to show the mind of the lead character.  

The bad:  there really isn't anything bad about the film.  It just isn't in my upper-echelon in the genre.  In the last third of the film I found myself looking around the room.

What an excellent job from Burnham. It's a hauntingly real portrait of this time period in life for a certain type of person. You don't have to be a girl or even this age to see just how authentic it is. It paints a isolating, sad image of life, but offers a glimmer of hope by the end.

There’s not too much plot to this movie, but I really enjoyed it because its a painfully accurate look at how awkward the middle school years are. It felt nostalgic in that way, because you cringe so hard for her knowing that you either were or know people just like this.

Crazy how I watched this 5 months ago for the first time and how I couldn't remember it even one bit before rewatching it now. That's not a bad thing per se.. I think I just completely repressed it because how close it hit to home. This has to be the most relatable and realistic teen movie I've ever seen.

The best character in this movie is the dad.