With Directorial Debut 'Booksmart', Olivia Wilde Addresses Underestimated Demographic Of Young Women. [22][23] As a working mother, Wilde found the night filming challenging, but in the morning after filming she would take the time to bring her children to school. The snappy rhythm of Jamie Gross editing makes the girls' adventure feel like its flying by to the infectious beats of Gorillazs Dan the Automator. That makes for some pretty entertaining situations, whether trying to sneak past Amys folks (Lisa Kudrow and Will Forte) or attempting to extort a pizza delivery guy (Michael Patrick OBrien) for directions to the party. Wilde chose Lido because of its strip-mall location an L.A. trademark and its camera-ready neon sign. She did wear a polo . No one in Booksmart, as it turns out, is an archetype theyre just people, doing their best. San Fernando Senior High School in the Valley's Pacoima neighborhood acted as a stand-in for Molly and Amy's Crockett High, including the infamous bathroom showdown scene where various seeming slackers reveal their A-list postgrad destinations. [12], In February 2018, Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein joined the cast of the film. Booksmart digs a little deeper, but Superbad skilfully conveys a heartfelt story about male friendship within the Trojan horse of a raunchy teen comedy. The film had its world premiere at South by Southwest on March 10, 2019 and was theatrically released in the United States on May 24, by United Artists Releasing. [14][15] That same month, Jason Sudeikis, Lisa Kudrow, Jessica Williams, Will Forte, Mike O'Brien, Mason Gooding, Noah Galvin, Diana Silvers, Austin Crute, Eduardo Franco, Molly Gordon, and Nico Hiraga joined the cast of the film. Here's where", "How the BoJack Horseman Animation Studio Tripped up Booksmart", "Heeding the Call of Olivia Wilde, Dan the Automator Scores 'Booksmart', "SXSW: Olivia Wilde, Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron and Matthew McConaughey to Premiere New York", "United Artists Offers Early Previews Via Instagram For Olivia Wilde's 'Booksmart', "Box Office: 'Booksmart' Gambles With Wide Release and Stumbles", "Will 'Aladdin' Dodge the 'Blue Will Smith' Jokes and Find Box Office Riches? Movies often rent out homes that belong to real (or, rather, industry-adjacent) people, and theBooksmartteam took their visual cues from the owner of this abode. "[46], Booksmart was included on 68 critics' top-ten lists, and on two lists was ranked in first place.[47]. [7] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "hilarious, blazingly paced teen comedy. Do I need to back up my books before I upgrade BookSmart? "We ate so much pizza that night.". It might be easy to think that shooting an entire movie and one's directorial debut at that in less than a month, on an indie flick budget, during overnight shoots, all the while wrangling a group of 20-something actors, could turn a person off of Los Angeles. [18] The two actresses were roommates in Los Angeles for ten weeks. (Published 2019)", "The 50 Best Comedies of the 2010s Best Comedy Movies of the Decade", "Booksmart review: Like Superbad, but with girls, and better", "Booksmart Is a Goddamn Delight, and a Major Moment in the Teen Movie Canon", "Review: 'Booksmart' Crashes the Party and Aces the Test", "Best of 2019: Film Critic Top Ten Lists", "Once Upoan a Time in Hollywood Leads Chicago Film Critics Association 2019 Award Nominations", "The 2019 Detroit Film Critics Society (DFCS) Nominations", "The 2019 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards", "The 2019 Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) Winners", "GLAAD Media Awards: 'Booksmart,' 'Bombshell,' 'Rocketman' Among Nominees", "Golden Globes Nominations: 'Marriage Story', Netflix, 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood' Lead Way In Film Full List Of Nominations", "Gotham Awards: 'Marriage Story,' 'The Farewell,' 'Uncut Gems' Lead Nominations", "The 3rd Annual Hollywood Critics Association Awards Nominations", "Hollywood Film Awards 2019: The Complete Winners List", "The 2020 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees are Here!