The Ladies Of 'Booksmart': Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2019

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Greta gives 'Booksmart' four out of four Gretas, a new rating system we've devised specifically for this wonderful new movie.

Why's it so good? Well, it’s smart, funny, a little raunchy, and it embraces so many gorgeous, gut-wrenching elements of what it means to be a smart, funny teenage girl.

This week on Nerdette, we talk with the wonderful Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein (the stars of the film) about the movie's themes: Friendship, growing older, sexuality, feminism, and dealing with high expectations. Bottom line: GO SEE IT.

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0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
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0:28.1	Listen, wherever you get your podcast.
0:32.3	Okay, I just want to warn you really fast.
0:35.6	There are a couple of curses in this episode, but not that many.
0:36.6	So hopefully it'll be okay.
0:39.1	Also, we do have some very mild spoilers. This movie is so much more about the journey than the destination. It really doesn't
0:44.9	matter, but I'm just telling you about it. So you don't email me later. Just kidding. I love
0:50.1	emails from you guys. You're much better than the recap's emailers. Let me tell you.
0:56.9	From WBEZ Chicago, this is NERD. I'm Greta Johnson. And NERD is a place where we talk to your
1:02.7	favorite or soon-to-be favorite people. And this week's guests are the stars of what is going to be
1:08.2	the best movie of the summer. I said it.
1:11.1	We have to go to a party tonight.
1:13.1	What?
1:14.0	Let's go to Nick's party.
1:15.4	Are you kidding? No, no way.
1:17.1	We only have one night left to have studied and partied in high school.
1:21.6	Otherwise, we're just going to be the girls that missed out.
1:24.7	We haven't done anything.
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