Eighth Grade Movie Review with Rob Fee

Rob Fee gets an early look at the Bo Burnham film, Eighth Grade.

If this is your first time watching…what have you been doing with your life? It’s been a waste up until this point. What we do here is we take all the new movies, as soon as they come out. We watch them, tell you what we think you’ll enjoy. Not necessarily if it’ll be good or bad, but if

“it will be a nightmare to watch while you’re high,”

Which is something very handy to know! Last week I saw Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, so this week to keep the youthful theme, I watched Eighth Grade, the movie by Bo Burnham the comedian. And it’s so good it’s frustrating. His (Burnham’s) standup is hit or miss for me at times, I think he’s really intelligent, but it’s not always for me, which is fine.

“This movie is so poignant and good you’re annoyed by how good it is.”

What people don’t realize is: being funny isn’t just like, oh man, you’re good at jokes! It’s one of those movies where you’ll watch it and it reflects so much of your own experience. Then what it’s like now and you realize “oh my god,” it’s a different world then when I was this age.

It’s a brilliant, fantastic movie. It’s not a summer blockbuster. It’s not transformers 19…but its good.

Actual Eighth Grade Summary

Eighth Grade is a 2018 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Bo Burnham, in his feature-film directorial debut. The plot follows an eighth-grader, played by Elsie Fisher, who struggles to finish her last week of classes before embarking for high school. The film premiered on January 19, 2018, as part of the U.S. Dramatic Competition section of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival.^[2] It was released in the United States on July 13, 2018.^[3] The film received acclaim from critics, with praise for Burnham’s script and direction and Fisher’s performance.

Who is Rob Fee?

Rob Fee matching some brick walls.