When going to school, especially between the upper grades of elementary school and high school, every child with an uncertain future has an ultimate goal: fitting in. You can go through fire and water in order to be accepted. I am honored to be included. A very low way to "get together" with classmates is to establish a common enemy, and then bully and humiliate those classmates who don't seem so united and not so consistent.
When I was in elementary school, I really did a lot of bullying. There is a female classmate who seems to have a problem with her brain. Looking back now, I don’t know if she really had a problem with her brain, or if she was bullied by us and had a problem, and she developed early - the embarrassment of a girl who developed early in elementary school. I don't think I need to go into details, it's a very twisted situation. In short, everyone united to bully her, laugh at her, and pour glue into her drink. In my impression, she can only be silly, as if she's in on the joke. A primary school classmate who was a criminal police officer two years ago set up a WeChat group, and used the database of the public security system to find this former female classmate. The data shows that she has been divorced five times and has a daughter. On the ID photo, the hair was in a mess and blasted in all directions, but there was still that silly smile on his face. All of a sudden there was silence in the group, and there was a three-minute silence in repentance and silence. It's that smile that makes us want to slap ourselves.
The protagonist of "Eighth Grade" reminds me of that female classmate.
Kayla is such an image: pimples on the forehead, pimples on the chin, toothy, slightly fat, long blond hair, side boobs. Hobbies are self-portraits of "philosophy of life" type video uploading YouTube: in the form of her big head facing the computer camera, giving advice such as "how to be yourself" and "how to put yourself out there" (visually her imaginary audience is pimples on the forehead, chin, pimples, teeth, fat, long hair, blonde girls with side boobs). Eloquence: poor. Do all kinds of awkward gestures with a whole bunch of "it's like..." and "so...". Hide under the covers and instagram, fantasize about kissing your crush (simulated with the back of your hand), and go to a pool party in a bright green swimsuit.
In short, you can see how clumsy and clumsy it is, a girl who is just entering puberty (btw, this little actor is really good, and the Golden Globe nomination is not ambiguous). From this set up, various tragic social experiences can be predicted to follow. This is the beginning of what can be seen, and the point is, how does it end?
To be honest, who doesn't like to watch the inspirational stories of underdog's counterattack? I, a cheesy audience, silently hoped in my heart that Kayla was actually a genius, just because of her introverted personality and was not appreciated by others, but one day, due to a certain opportunity, she accumulated a lot of money and swept all the self-righteous stupid B classmates. But no, Kayla is really a junior high school girl with acne that can no longer be ordinary, there is nothing amazing about it. There are also no thought-provoking or tear-jerking views and stories in the selfie video. For that, I'm giving the writer a manual thumbs up.
[The point that must be complained about is that there is an inexplicable third sister of the high school in the plot, who is inexplicably good to Kayla, but she disappeared in the end, making people uncertain about the meaning of her role (black question mark face). Seemingly only to lead out one of her male classmates, she almost led Kayla astray. If you insist on including a sexual struggle, you can do it with Kayla's crush, Aidan. One star off. 】
The low point and high point of the story is Kayla and Dad burning something in the backyard. Dad asked her what was in the box. She said: Ah, nothing, just like my expectations and dreams or something. Then Dad gave a very tacky and tear-jerking speech. But raising a daughter alone is really not easy for a dad (a recent example is John Cho in Searching). At the same time, I also silently remembered in the notebook: If I have a daughter in the future, I must not be such a slow parent. When she calls me to pick her up when the pool party is not over, I must go immediately and put it down. Everything in hand goes immediately. To be honest, I'm really afraid of having a daughter... Because I'm not that sensitive girl, it's okay to have a girl with a manly personality. What if I'm a super sensitive little girl?
Anyway, Kayla after the baptism in the backyard showed a little bit of self-confidence, a little bit of courage, and a little bit of maturity. It's such a flattering story. Kayla's "turn over" was just a denunciation of the poor eloquence of the girl who pouted her (it seemed that she was out of words in the middle of the sentence, so she had to turn around and leave angrily). Life goes on. Acne will be healed one day, and uneasy heart will find anchor one day - but that is also temporary.
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