Bottoms, dir. Emma Seligman, 2023, USA, 92 min. 💖
Friday, June 16, 6:00 pm, Castro • not streaming • coming to theaters
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First things first: the title Bottoms might suggest that this is a film centered on gay men, but don’t be fooled! Think Not Another Teen Movie meets Lesbian Fight Club, with more than a few unique twists. In essence, Josie (Ayo Edebiri, pictured left) and PJ (Rachel Sennott, 2nd from left) start a girls’ fight club at their football-obsessed high school. Their pretenses of learning self-defense, empowering women, and building female solidarity, mask the true purpose: to get hot cheerleaders to go out with them. To say “hilarity ensues” is beyond understatement; there were more “laugh out loud” moments than I could count, and I’m sure I missed a few of the punchlines because I was still laughing from the last one. Just one pull quote: “Nobody hates us because we’re gay. They hate us because we’re gay, untalented, and ugly.”
Rachel Sennott was in Shiva Baby (Frameline44), which I didn’t like, so I was a bit wary going in, but by the end I was definitely putting this in the “Must See” category. Luckily, it’s from MGM and Orion Pictures, so a theatrical release will come in late August. The sheer number of “f bombs” in the dialogue and the bloody slapstick violence mean that it will be saddled with an R rating, but find it and go see it.
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