

Eighth Grade
Based on the most awkward year of your life.
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
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7.1/10
1,732 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $2M
- Box office
- $13.5M
- Language
- English
- adolescence
- identity crisis
- coming of age
- teenage girl
- middle school
- self identity
- social media
- generation z
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival19 Jan 2018
- PremiereSouth by Southwest Film Festival9 Mar 2018
- Theatrical (limited)R13 Jul 2018
- Physical9 Oct 2018
- Theatrical (limited)RA24 Presents: A Teenage Dream Series7 Aug 2024
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1526 Apr 2019
- Digital / OTT23 Sept 2019
- Physical23 Sept 2019
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM3 Jan 2019
BelgiumBE
- Digital / OTT1619 Jan 2018
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1619 Jan 2018
FinlandFI
- TVK-7Yle TV223 May 2021
FranceFR
- Digital / OTTUVOD14 Apr 2019
- Digital / OTT12Netflix15 Dec 2021
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTT125 Jul 2019
IrelandIE
- Theatrical15A26 Apr 2019
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG20 Sept 2019
NetherlandsNL
- PhysicalAL21 Feb 2019
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1619 Jan 2018
Frequently asked questions
Eighth Grade was released on 19 January 2018.
Audience reviews
3- G6/10
Gimly
1/20/2019
I can't elevate _Eighth Grade_ to the status that my peers have, it just wasn't all that to me. But it was still very good, and very real, that tangible sort of youth that comes with dedication to the format. _Final rating:★★★ - I liked it. Would personally recommend you give it a go._
- B10/10
beyondthecineramadome
6/20/2022
Full review: <a>https://www.tinakakadelis.com/beyond-the-cinerama-dome/2021/12/28/its-brutal-out-here-eighth-gradenbspreview<a> Internet comedian and humorous songwriter Bo Burnham in the role of writer and director of a movie about an eighth-grade girl sounds, on the surface, like quite a mismatch. What could Burnham know about the very specific horrors of being a thirteen-year-old girl in the internet age? It tu…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/21/2025
Elsie Fisher turns in a strong performance here as the teenage “Kayla” coming to terms with all of those uncertainties we all feel as puberty beckons. Coupled with her own personal issues, she’s in her last year of what could loosely be referred to a children’s school and is maybe just a little over-reliant on validation from social media to get her through her days. There’s no mum on the horizon, but her dad (Josh H…
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