coming of age tale

In a culture that grows increasingly irony-poisoned and irony-fatigued, we’re embracing a brand of emotional comedy that values earnestness over cynicism.

Twitter users took the meek opening particularly hard, with some decrying Hollywood’s sabotage of female filmmakers and others criticizing the story. Did sexism lead to Booksmart‘s poor performance? No, but poor distribution, bad timing, and its niche appeal in a saturated genre did.