Film No. 84 (2023) November 20th. 6:30 PM BACKLOT Cinema, West Perth W.A.
"I just want teenage queer girls to have the fun they deserve as they navigate the shitty years of high school, then college." (Emma Seligman in a YouTube interview in 2023).
WINNER: Programs Award (Emma Seligman), Sidewalk Programmers Film Awards.
BOTTOMS is not made for Baby Boomers like me. That is a certainty. But, if you are a millennial, you will likely laugh out loud at the rapid fire, crass, scripting of this comment on U.S. high school life and how the meek can inherit the Campus. I think you guys will not be wasting your allowance on a visit to the cinema, here.
Baby boomers and Gen Ys', I fear, may be disappointed with your choice of entertainment when it comes to, BOTTOMS. Crass, immature, juvenile, silly are terms that immediately come to mind. But, the reviews on socials from our younger audiences suggest they can't get enough of it. That is a good thing. Hey, I loved the Cheech and Chong franchise of the 70's and 80's. I listen to them now and smile only when I think in terms of "what was I thinking back then?"
Anyway, Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott are reunited after their brilliant turn in SHIVA BABY. Here Emma directs and co writes with Sennott. They've worked, here, to create a film to celebrate fun and sexual awakening for queer girls in high school . I'm sure life for some would not have been as fun as BOTTOM'S portrays. The film's strength is that P.J. and Josie (Ayo Edebiri) have no issues with who they are. They simply need to gratify their sexual urges. Creating a Fight Club is an imaginative extra curricular activity to meet those needs!! Well, that's their theory.
The strength of BOTTOMS is the empowerment it exudes. If that empowerment strengthens the resolve of minorities in high schools then all hale, BOTTOMS and films like it. I'm so pleased with its success. Films on the big screen creating a buzz amongst 16 to 22 year olds is a great thing. 10GUMS (Mells/GenY's) 5GUMS (Boomers) .
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