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May 24, 2019
At the Movies: ‘Booksmart,' a teen comedy revolution
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
AP Film Writer
"Booksmart," starring Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein, blows the teen comedy genre wide open.
The insanely winning “Booksmart” boasts too many breakthroughs to count. There are the two leads, Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein, both of whom we've seen before but not like this. There is the director, Olivia Wilde, whose debut behind the camera is remarkably assured. And then there is the teen comedy genre, itself, which “Booksmart” has blown wide open.
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