The Movie Like Wild Child That Teen Comedy Fans Need To See

Poppy Moore may have destroyed all of her dad's girlfriend's belongings, but Amy (Kaitlyn Dever) and Molly (Beanie Feldstein) end up taking hallucinogenic drugs and spinning out in a car in "Booksmart," so perhaps it's safer to say they're the real wild children. The 2019 comedy follows the "good" students who decide to engage in one last night of debauchery before they graduate from high school, getting into all kinds of zany mishaps. Of course, it's not all hijinks and vomit jokes as the two leads end up getting a better handle on their friendship and truly learn what they need out of life. 

No matter how you like your teen-centric films, "Booksmart" offers a little bit for everyone. As Max Weiss from Baltimore Magazine explains, "The film is peppered with jokes — some highly clever, some merely raunchy, as the genre demands — but it also has a beating heart." The movie may be packed to the brim with comedy, but there's also a sweet core there that will make you look back at your own high school experience and reconsider how much you cared about what clique you were in and what people thought of you. Whether that hindsight is met with nostalgia or horror is up to your own personal experience. 

"Booksmart" shows the teen comedy isn't going away any time soon, and this one also contains some stellar comedic performances from heavyweights like Will Forte, Lisa Kudrow, Jessica Williams, Jason Sudeikis, and Billie Lourd. "Booksmart" is available to watch on Hulu, so check it out now if you haven't already.