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She signs off with a brand name Gucci!
and then shuts down the camera, wilting, eaten up by loneliness.
Later, Kayla says that life is about putting yourself out there but where is there?
is the existential question both of her age and the age, andEighth Gradedoes it justice.
Those YouTube videos are pipelines to Kaylas soul.
But the slickness is dispelled whenever Elsie Fisher is onscreen, which is practically always.
Over a torturous dinner, he says, One more week of eighth grade.
Crazy, huh?Beat.Yeah.
You excited?Beat.Yes.
A dad must not take it personally while also taking it to heart.
It might be argued that Burnham cheats by stripping away every imaginable source of comfort for Kayla.
She doesnt have close friends.
She doesnt have siblings.
Her mothers non-presence isnt addressed until late in the film and even then is given short shrift.
Will mothers be upset that this is a father-daughter movie exclusively?
Id be, in their shoes.
(Is Olivia for real?
The beauty of it is that she is.)
What was once inconceivable is now a familiar part ofthese kids mental landscape.
They act as if its no biggie.
But adolescence with social media?
Thats a new level of anxiety.
