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@suezcontours6653

10 ай бұрын

Of course white people are praising this.

It’s the summer of Ayo Edebiri. As an awkward Black girl her roles mean the world to me.

@wherethequietbeingsgo

10 ай бұрын

Same and it’s nice seeing you again

@hopobilbow1551

10 ай бұрын

This comment made me tear right the fuck up I wasn't expecting such things lol 😭 It's so wild to me when the status quo has the nerve to argue with "representation matters" werk sis 💗

@madeofcastiron

10 ай бұрын

i haven’t watch bottoms yet, but i have watched the bear, and her role there as sydney resonated with me as much. it’s like i finally saw myself in a character.

@J3llyf12hy

10 ай бұрын

Yes I’ve been seeing pop up everywhere time I watch something and I love it

@marsjade-rr6sv

10 ай бұрын

literally and add QUEER to that as well and it makes my poc heart so happy as a film nerd

I read that Marshawn Lynch decided to play Mr G in this film so that he could atone for reacting negatively upon learning that his sister was gay when they were teenagers. Though they've since patched things up, with him giving her away at her wedding, his sister thought that appearing in this movie was a great idea.

@matthewvink4065

10 ай бұрын

Thats legitimately one of the sweetest things Ive ever heard

@ZyxthePest

10 ай бұрын

@@matthewvink4065 Best redemption arc ending ever. Give the man more movie roles and Skittles.

@grankjj7862

10 ай бұрын

so sweet tbh

@rigobertoalcantar9519

10 ай бұрын

My Bay Area legend

@hollykm

10 ай бұрын

W Marshawn Lynch

I worked on Bottoms as one of the football players. All the cast and crew worked really hard for a month and a half day and night;and I’d like to speak on half of everyone involved and say ‘thank you all for seeing the film and we are so glad you guys enjoy it. This was one of my first extended projects working as an aspiring actor and I got to meet some of the best laughs and meet some of the most amazing people. It’s crazy because while filming I was hoping a KZread channel would like it and I can maybe see myself in an in depth movie analysis; low and behold Karsten Runquist himself is talking about it while I’m eating late night pizza rolls. Keep up the great content brother!

@sayantiacharyya2108

9 ай бұрын

That's wholesome. Keep up the work buddy!

@ZyxthePest

8 ай бұрын

You got them Totinos?

@hassanes3360

8 ай бұрын

Y’all smashed it congrats

@NinaLovesSnowLeopards

4 ай бұрын

It was a great film 🙌🏽

I mentioned it on my letterboxd, but I really loved how Bottoms' brand of surreal and absurd helps to build the high school environment as its own microcosm very akin to how teenagers feel like high school is their entire universe. It's really great

@KurtSkert

10 ай бұрын

This 100000%. As I was watching I noticed how surrealist the posters and banners around the school are. They’re super over the top, especially related to the football team. It made me feel like I was receiving the messaging in the same way many of the students were probably internalizing it, as opposed to what was actually displayed.

I loved the small background details, like the football players in full gear and cleats at all time, the kid in the cage that never gets explained or even addressed until it’s needed, the library getting shot up so “no more reading this year, again”, it killed me

@bonafide4874

9 ай бұрын

Same! I loved the little details. I loved the bit as well with that guy and the jocks throw a fruit cup at him and he gets out his book and starts planning how he’s going to blow up the school. I love black comedy and made me crack up. Like even now just thinking about it is making me giggle and I like NEVER laugh out loud when watching films haha!

@lyndjo

9 ай бұрын

The football players in full gear reminds me of Daria. The main jock on that show was literally always in his gear, even when the other football players weren't. Such a good gag.

@lizziestyles7574

8 ай бұрын

The "but I'm a diner" diner in reference to "but I'm a cheerleader" with the waitress called "Natasha" (i.e. Natasha Lyonne) was a stroke of genius. Great to see a movie so rich in detail

@miaya.micronis

7 ай бұрын

I just finished it 😂. The trauma dump when Isabel asks Josie out, everyone in the background is having a fucking breakdown 😂😂

Rachel Sennott is a comedic genius. So naturally funny but also grounds her characters well and makes them believable.

@sphinxtheater

10 ай бұрын

She is a real star in the making, she will have a great future

@gabrielcastaneda9700

10 ай бұрын

I’m curious to see her in I use to be funny

@Ughstopped

10 ай бұрын

I just wish she would drop the jewish lesbian girl thing, shes neither and most of her filmography is portraying that. Shes clearly talented just based off bodies bodies bodies but its gonna get weird soon if she keeps going with it.

@Leo-ox1rd

10 ай бұрын

and she is a NATURAL like i see some memes of her on twitter and her entire account and shes just so funny even when shes not meant to be

@StellarLlama

10 ай бұрын

fun fact: she dated stavros halkias until _he_ broke up with her lol

Ayo is now becoming my favorite actress not only of this year but as of this decade so far! Bottoms serves as top in some places!

@suzygirl1843

10 ай бұрын

Nah. Still not watching a lesbian movie. White Feminists aren't convincing me these masculine movies are what black women should be watching

@OReily08080

10 ай бұрын

I first saw her in Abbott Elementary. I need to watch her in The Bear

@simpleplanfan011

10 ай бұрын

She was fantastic in Theater Camp too. It’s been nice seeing her pop up in so many places this year!

I love this film, this is my first time watching a work of Emma Seligman. One thing I loved about this film, is how excellent it portrayed Gen Z humor, being able to do raunchy vulgar jokes without degrading teens. The way the two leads delivered their jokes is exactly how most young adults joke around. It is upsetting that there is such limited screenings though.

@23washere99

10 ай бұрын

Yeah completely agree! My friend and I are hs seniors and we were pleasantly surprised by how “not-millennial” the writing felt! Like the jokes were actually funny and actual things ppl our age would say. It didn’t feel like a millennial’s sad attempt at trying to relate to teens.

@milk_bath

10 ай бұрын

@@23washere99 Genuinely curious, can you describe/give example what you view as poor attempts of millennial writing towards teens? Thank you.

@23washere99

10 ай бұрын

@@milk_bath euphoria, XO Kitty, Riverdale, IMO. Those are just the most recent examples I’ve seen.

@shonna_77

10 ай бұрын

Book Smart -- it was trying so hard to be Gen Z-ish@@milk_bath

@123rockfan

7 ай бұрын

I think I disliked this movie because of the gen z humor lol None of the humor had any truth or satire in it. Just a bunch of yelling and every character acted like they were on speed. The opposite of funny IMO

I’ve never resonated with a character more than Hazel. That character alone made the entire movie for me, and I love how the director gave her so much attention without forcing her into the main role (which I feel like wouldn’t work w her character trope and development)

@spacebar9733

9 ай бұрын

Im obsessed with hazel.

@IronheartvsMiles

4 ай бұрын

she was boring

nothing made me happier than seeing a sapphic filled movie theatre but gosh i KNOW if this movie was more popular many would enjoy it (not just the sapphics!)

@Stylish_Bandit_Slayer

10 ай бұрын

Yeah it was pretty good 👍

I just watched this movie like a week ago. And that scene where Ayo goes on and on about getting pregnant by Matthieu and him becoming a fruity pastor just lives in my mind and I crack up all the damn time when I think about it

@jennyhaytch3515

6 ай бұрын

♡ ... and it's only like 6 minutes into the movie! I was like: how could this be so good, so fast? Absolute blinder from the get-go.

I knew this film was going to be hilarious but did not expect it to be as healing and cathartic as it was. It was bizarre and insane and inane, but also extremely emotional. The way it joked about SA and DV and everyday sexism and heteronormativity was so good - I kept thinking about my own high school’s “Jeff” and how it was an open secret that he assaulted people. I loved how surreal their world was and all the Easter eggs. Josie studying from a textbook labelled “AP Math for Women,” the fair giving away blowup dolls as prizes, the Creation of Jeff painting, the But I’m A Cheerleader shoutout ❤ and the mascot’s giant dick. I’m also pretty sure there was a picture of Girl Defined at Hazel’s get-better party. I also have never been more attracted to anyone in a film as Ayo Edebiri in this role. Edit: AND PUNKIE JOHNSON KILLED IT.

@zina2435

10 ай бұрын

but im a cheerleader?!? girl defined?!???! i need to rewatch this movie lol

@suzeorman6969

9 ай бұрын

@@zina2435 so I looked back at that scene and I don’t think it was Girl Defined! 😕 would have been funny though.

i was thinking about this earlier but bottoms going straight to streaming internationally just feels like a waste. from all the reactions it just sounds like something that should be seen with a large group of people and everyone outside the us and canada unfortunately isnt able to experience that

@Jumperboy333

10 ай бұрын

fuck I wasn't aware of the streaming release yet :( what the fuck MGM/Amazon, don't you want more box office money now with all the strikes and whatever?? I live in the Netherlands and have been waiting so long to see this in cinemas

@GuineaPigEveryday

10 ай бұрын

@@Jumperboy333 me too, I was just planning on seeing this in the theatres, I mean ffs Strays and every dogshit Insidious spinoff gets a theatrical release but not Bottoms? Even Theater Camp is in theaters, wtf.

@raqueld.6070

10 ай бұрын

its not streaming though? wdym

@zocivgal9945

10 ай бұрын

​@raqueld.6070 it isn't yet but it's soon going straight to prime video in many countries instead of getting released in theaters

@hannahwicks7197

10 ай бұрын

i pretty much just watch films in the cinema (perks of working in one) and i was desperately looking for anywhere in the uk showing it and it's so upsetting that aren't any! Theater Camp is on in the cinema I work at and we show like five films a month. And even Cocaine Bear was on at the bigger cinema nearby.

If I had a nickel for every time I've watched a summer 2023 comedy featuring music by Charli XCX, I would have two nickels. That's not a lot, but it's funny that it happened twice.

@MrLCGO

10 ай бұрын

This year has been weird with needle drops. Like two big blockbusters using No Sleep Til Brooklyn

@wowzercowzeram406

10 ай бұрын

​@MrLCGO both of which have chris Pratt as the lead

@coolboss999

10 ай бұрын

What's the second movie?

@salmayousry3976

10 ай бұрын

​@@coolboss999 barbie

@gregvs.theworld451

10 ай бұрын

@@MrLCGO But really I can't imagine a better track for that scene in Barbie so.

Ayo and Havana's scene in the bedroom was absolute MAGIC. I was squished up in a fetal position in my movie theater seat with the biggest grin on my face. Ayo nailed how paralyzingly nerve-racking a situation like that can be.

Ayo was phenomenal. The awkward uncomfortable teen can be played out and predictable, but she delivered in a refreshing way and all of her jokes landed for me. I wish they had a bigger theatrical release

Bottoms is the definition of camp. It knows exactly what it is & what it wants to achieve, and I think they definitely hit the mark even if not every single joke lands

I don’t usually literally laugh out loud in movie theaters, but I was CACKLING in Bottoms! It’s literally the best teen comedy I’ve seen in like a decade. I think a major reason it’s so successful is not only the cinematic care taken with its visuals, but the characters are honestly such shitty people. And that makes them so relatable and so much like the classic characters from movies like Superbad. Like they’re annoying, and lame, and straight up bad friends. It’s hilarious and real. And it’s refreshing to see queer characters just be so flawed and awful! It’s getting to see these kinds of characters step out of the usual Hollywood archetypes that’s so nice

Ayo and Rachel are my girls!! so proud to see their career bloom

It's a shame that is so hard to find this movie in a lot of theaters. I hope I can find a screening

this movie deserves a MUCH wider release, our theater was full and everyone was laughing and cheering and i wish everyone could get that experience. it was so much fun and jumped right up my 2023 letterboxd rankings immediately

Rachel Sennott went to my high school and her family is pretty well known in my hometown. It’s so strange seeing her mentioned so casually amidst these other larger-than-life celebrities

@idab6864

10 ай бұрын

Is it true she dated Stavros Halkias for a year lmao

@OopsAllFrench

10 ай бұрын

@@idab6864 go touch some grass and form some real relationships with people around you instead of weird parasocial ones online.

I’m usually not a fan of comedies but Bottoms knocked it out of the park. Having a young queer writer made all the difference. The humor felt current to REAL young people, the characters were relatable, and it didn’t water down its queerness to be more digestible for straight audiences. Also had an incredibly soundtrack. My entire theatre was full of queer folks clapping for every kiss and every fight scene :~)

@jenbraga9372

3 ай бұрын

BOTTOMS nailed comedy

I think Bottoms has more in common with heightened reality cult classic teen movies like Better Off Dead and Three O'Clock High over Superbad. The world they created was so bonkers and I didn't know what to expect. The fact that the film ends the way it does shows that Seligman really didn't care whether or not it made sense in a logical way, but she still stuck something that was emotionally resonant. It reminded me so much, tonally, of John Cusack racing down the mountain on one ski being chased by an evil paperboy. In spite of all the insanity, you still wanna see our heroes win and I think that's really remarkable given how comedies have become so sterile in modern cinema.

@DoYouLikeScaryMovies2024

10 ай бұрын

And Buffy The Vampire Slayer 1992

@Agent.Wadsworth

10 ай бұрын

So stoked to see 3:00 High get a shout out. Cult classic 80s film.

@jennyhaytch3515

6 ай бұрын

​@@DoYouLikeScaryMovies2024 good shout. ...man, I forget how much that film rocks!

Bottoms is legitimately my Favorite comedy since Superbad.

I'm living in a college town right now with a women's college among a few other colleges - there's a LOT of gay people here and I saw this in a theater absolutely packed with gay college students who were cheering and cracking up the entire time. 10/10 experience for this movie

@hissingwillows668

10 ай бұрын

Also I hadn't thought of the Booksmart comparison but I think Bottoms definitely does have more potential to be a classic even though I really enjoyed Booksmart. I feel like Booksmart WANTS to be as chaotic and unhinged as Bottoms, but doesn't actually go there. Bottoms is absolutely insane and I love that it is

I loved this movie. Jeff was hilarious and movies should keep the blooper real at the end more often.

This was a very funny movie. Mostly due to the fact there was quite of bit of absurd/surreal humour that you don’t get in modern comedy anymore. Like when they scratch the football player with their car but he doubles over and has the entire team rescue him. Then walks into class the next day on crutches but walks out of the same class on his own two feet 😂 loved it

@agnessofiacastrocarvalho774

7 ай бұрын

The most surreal part was when the class starts: there's a announcement, Jeff threatens the girls and then the class ends😂😂

@genieinthepot2455

4 ай бұрын

​@@agnessofiacastrocarvalho774somebody comments on that in the movie. They said something along the lines of, "but it's only been 5 minutes, how's class over". Not exact

ayo and rachel have really grown on me and become some of my favorite actors and comedians really quickly. i cant wait to see what more they have to show to this world, its really exciting! great review also!

Great video Karsten, I saw Bottoms on National Cinema Day and Emma Seligman attended a Q&A after the film, Managed to talk to her after the film is over and told her she did an amazing job doing Shiva Baby and Bottoms, Very Wholesome person! Go see Bottoms and support the cast and crew!

It felt like lesbian Mean Girls and I loved it. People in my theater were laughing so much!

This movie brought me so much joy. It was so funny and silly and ridiculous and I LOVED how surreal and weird the high school was. How it wasn’t our normal world, how it was its own thing.

@jennyhaytch3515

6 ай бұрын

the teachers and principal swearing like m*****f***ers did it for me. absolute chaos, and so funny.

Everyone in my theatre was cracking up the whole time during Bottoms. Such a gem

It's such a shame that this movie won't get an international release in theaters

I took my mom to this (she hates absurdist humor) and she actually loved it! I was shocked - we both thought it was the best comedy we’ve seen all year!

“it’s not the next superbad, it’s the first bottoms” yes exactly

2023 is the comeback year for R rated movies and I'm here for it. I really hope these type of movies make a serious comeback to the big screens from here on out cause they are so great to watch in a full theater!

I like that in this film the gay people were the bad guys (for a moment) very refreshing and it's funny

It’s truly the Mean Girls of this generation! Such a brilliant comedy!

I saw this movie tonight because of this video, and it did not disappoint. Was blown away

5:25 omg yes like I didn’t have it all figure it in high school (I’m still figuring it out) one of the things I love about bottoms is that the two mains are stupid idiots who doesn’t always have the best of intentions but are harmless.

Yeah, you should definitely catch up with The Bear 2. Much better than the first season. It's an editing masterclass

As a teenage girl that happens to be bi I approve of this message.

It was definitely worth the watch. I had a smile on my face walking out of the theater.

I wasn't ready for the end brawl. Obviously the movie was pretty absurd but I loved it going COMPLETELY off the rails. Thoroughly enjoyed this movie and I look forward to seeing it again when it comes out on streaming. ps I also really enjoyed Nicholas G-whatever but I haven't seen Barbie yet (it's okay I'm judging myself on that one)

great timing i just saw this yesterday haha, and i absolutely loved it! one of those movies where its not even halfway over and you're thinking about when you're going to go see it again

I hope this movie gets more of a spot light, it’s really funny and creative, that climax as unexpected, I really loved it.

This movie is proof Marshawn Lynch NEEDS to be in more comedies…if not Comic relief. I say this as a Bay native.

@teamblue2431

10 ай бұрын

Bay as in Green Bay?

@JordanNMovies

10 ай бұрын

@@teamblue2431 San Francisco Bay Area

You're my favourite film reviewer on yt, going to british film school in about ten days and so glad i found this channel several years ago, hope you're doing well

It’s amazing how I never knew about these 2 (Ayo and Rachel)…but after this movie I became a super fan. Ayo I had an idea of who she was cause of Ninja Turtles, Abbott Elementary and Across the Spider-Verse…but once I saw this I immediately started The Bear. She’s going places 🙌🏽 On the flip side, still need to check out more of Rachel’s work…but her and Ayo have some hilarious skits on Comedy Central.

@Stella-iW123

10 ай бұрын

you should deffo watch shiva baby dude

@JordanNMovies

10 ай бұрын

@@Stella-iW123 I plan to. Heard good things.

@ninanando

10 ай бұрын

watch Bodies Bodies Bodies, super hilarious and shes the best character

@JordanNMovies

10 ай бұрын

@@ninanando I seen that movie..you’re right. I didn’t know who she was when I first saw it so it slips my mind that she was in it (wrote this before I started the video) but I loved her in that movie.

i love this movie. it's the right amount of camp

truly my movie of the year it honestly blew my expectations out of the park i will always love rachel and ayo forever

Seeing this for the 4th time tonight…and I still can’t get over having seen this premiere at SXSW with everyone there. As an awkward queer young adult, this is my new comfort film and I truly don’t mind seeing hot women fight either 🤷🏽‍♀️

i watched this movie in theaters with my christian middle aged mom and she loved it too!

6:14 omgggg yesssss I'm so happy someone else said it the soundtrack of that movie is AWSOME

I’ve been immensely compared to Hazel and I’m slightly confused but happy, GOTTA WATCH THIS MOVIE

The Art of Self Defense is an underrated comedy film from 2019 and one of my top 5 favs in an amazing year of films

I think I chuckled once during this movie

I want to see this but it doesn’t seem to be playing at my local theatre. Watching the commercial gave me a similar feeling to how I felt watching “mean girls”.

I had a really good time watching. My girl and I kept shooting looks at each other because the jokes just hit lmao

bottoms movie of the century but UGH yes i loved rye lane sm and it hurts that it isn’t as popular, so glad you mentioned that

I literally just looked reviews, lol. nice to see!

i think my favorite thing about it is the fact that its in this weird unhinged fantasy that the cast semi-acknowledges the entire time. from the fact that the first class is literally like 5 minutes to the end where there is just an unexplained sword on the football field that a player impales himself on.

@firstlast1932

9 ай бұрын

The sword is dropped by the team mascot.

@user-cw4dm5qc1w

9 ай бұрын

It's not meant to be realistic. It kinda reminds me of Heathers in that way, where everything is slightly surreal and off-kilter.

@quinnmarchese6313

9 ай бұрын

@@user-cw4dm5qc1w it's very heathers

seeing Bottoms was the most fun I’ve had at a movie theater in a long time

Loved it! Love how it used the tropes and subverted the f out of them. Have you seen "Plan B"? That's a great hidden gem teen comedy. So funny.

bottoms was the only time i've been in a theater and felt like a movie was actually made for me

Thanks for the fresh video

While I do like Booksmart, I think you articulated some words that I've been looking for: That film, while clever at times, feels very much like it's *trying* to be the next Superbad. Bottoms wants to be the first Bottoms, and that's why I think it will have a much higher comedic icon status in the long run. The thing with classics is that the classics we know and love didn't become so beloved by trying to imitate form, they became classics because of their own originality. Bottoms very much aligns better with the status as an instant classic for this reason.

Was so bummed it didn’t get a wider release I would’ve loved to watch this in the cinema

With this comedy resurgence, I'm just so glad that we are getting movies that are really trying to be funny now!

I just watch it yesterday and I agree it was better then I thought it would be. Comedies aren't my first choice but I love how they didn't take themselves so seriously. I loved the main characters.

Hazel is just like me fr I am also extremely gullible and prone to bouts of terrorism

“it’s not the next superbad, it’s the first bottoms” that’s when i realized this was the greatest youtube video of all time

watching this at the local theater here in portland was soooo fun and extremely gay - definitely felt like the kind of movie I had been waiting for for a long time!

I really enjoyed "Shiva Baby" so thanks for this tip!

One of my favs of the year so far clearly from a filmmaking standpoint never had a bigger smile on my face watching these actresses and director work together. It’s funny there are some films like “grown ups” or any other shitty happy Madison film where NO EFFORT or very little is put into it but everyone’s like “yeah come on tho they had fun making it everyone was with their buddies” like yeah but if end product is shit what’s the point? With “bottoms” I felt like it was the total opposite where the joy from me at least was watching these girls (who are like a few years older than me) releasing a movie that’s in mainstream movie theaters seeing their vision come to life whether or not you thought it was perfect you have to admire at least that. Also one of the rare current comedy films that totally Deserve to have a blooper reel at the end, where I feel like again any other shitty comedy film id be like REALLY?!? But here I’m like being on the bloopers

I’ve been wanting to see this movie since it was announced but I can’t find it playing anywhere remotely near me, which sucks because I’d rather see it on the big screen than streaming services

this is probably the first movie i've watched completely blind without even seeing the trailer or the karsten review. the 'last' shot rules and i too am a david fincher fan.

I took my brother to watch with me and we both were belly laughing the whole time

I remember seeing Marshawn Lynch in Murderville, and had such a natural grasp of comedic timing. He was so funny and high energy, I'm glad to see him getting to do more comedies.

It definitely feels like an amateur film. There’s a lot of awkward pauses, “um”s and “like”s, and you can definitely tell when they go from improved to written dialogue because the delivery becomes a lot less natural. It definitely doesn’t make the movie bad by any means, if anything it makes it more endearing, and since it’s a teen comedy, it actually works.

i saw it with a short director q and a at the end, it was amazing! the theater could not stop laughing and neither could i

I keep getting bamboozled by the thumbnail but its always a good clip 😂

been waiting for this oneeeee. just get tickets to see bottoms for the 4th time 🥳

Gerber throwing tge eggs was too much. Had me rolln for literal minutes 😂

the soundtrack is so good!! man i want to watch this movie again

"it's not the next superbad, it's the first bottoms" you get it

nobody has made a movie this funny in at least 10 years

Bottoms is what I hoped book smart would be, I loved it

i feel like i've been waiting my whole life for this movie

Bottoms is one of the funniest movie I've seen this year! I thought it was so amazing and in a way refreshing it was just different. Ayo completely killed it!!! Her monologue in the car was so good

was waiting for this video

karsten! CATCH UP ON THE BEAR RN!!

i've seen it twice now and i definitely stand by it as one of the best movies i've seen this year.

The water bottles, cheerleader, and "Footbaaaalll!" 💦🏈😂😂😂

loved this movie it was so fucking refreshing, absurd, memorable, and hilarious start to finish you're totally right about how it didn't try to become the "next" anything. it kind of just made its own category, with a node to the teen comedy genre, and went from there lol

"It's not the next Superbad, it's the first Bottoms" amazingly put

I feel like I've been waiting for this movie my entire life.

KARSTEN HOW HAVE U NOT WATCHED THE BEAR