Eighth Grade's reviews
Media reviews
Indiewire
At every turn, Fisher is honest and open, relatable to the point that you feel as if you?re actually watching her own life play out [...] 'Eighth Grade' isn?t a documentary, but it hews as close to the modern coming-of-age experience as currently seems possible.
Vulture
Eighth Grade is cognizant of all the new scary realities of growing up with an internet-connected camera on your person at all times, but it also finds hope in it, as, if nothing else, a tool for self-discovery.
Entertainment Weekly
'Eighth Grade' is an absolute delight that stings with truth. It?s heartbreaking, heartwarming, and a total charmer.
The Playlist
Fisher must be given immense credit for making it all work as her performance is pitch-perfect in every respect. Sometimes, it feels like you?re not even watching an actress perform but an actual person. The way Burnham shot some of the scenes make it feel like non-fiction rather than fiction.
Variety
'Eighth Grade' shines as, like, a totally spot-on, you know, portrait of Millennial angst and stuff. That may be how Kayla (and all her peers) talk [...] Burnham shows a sociolinguist?s ear for the cadence and flow of 21st-century girl-speak, and Fisher delivers his dialogue so naturally, you?d swear she?s making it up as she goes along.
The Hollywood Reporter
Newcomer Elsie Fisher offers a breakout performance [...] However much the film appears to be a scrappy-sweet, low-budget indie with few to no stars [...] it's a slicker work than it looks.
Roger Ebert
"Eighth Grade" is finally the movie we?ve been waiting for that validates our experience.
The New Yorker
In addition to its queasy verisimilitude, "Eighth Grade" offers acute observations on how social media and the language of self-care have warped teen life.