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Emma Seligman‘s wild, gonzo, R-rated lesbian comedy “Bottoms” is lastly accessible to stream on Prime Video.
The movie, which first premiered at SXSW Film Festival earlier than releasing in theaters in August, stars Rachel Sennott (“Bodies, Bodies, Bodies”) and Ayo Edebiri (“The Bear”) as excessive schoolers who resolve to type a ladies’ battle membership — technically, a self-defense membership — as a way to persuade the 2 hottest cheerleaders in class to sleep with them.
Upon its pageant debut, the satirical comedy obtained a number of favorable critiques, with Variety chief movie critic Owen Gleiberman writing that the comedy “has a teasing humanity that sneaks up on you.” Gleiberman additionally in contrast the film to items of seminal queer cinema, together with Jamie Babbit’s 1999 teen satire “But I’m a Cheerleader.”
“I just miss that genre,” Seligman advised Variety forward of its theatrical launch. “I miss over-the-top high school movies…I just wanted to bring it back. And part of bringing it back for me is making it queer and female driven. But to me that doesn’t change the genre, it just is our version of it.”
Seligman co-wrote the screenplay with Sennott, who starred within the filmmaker’s 2020 indie hit “Shiva Baby.” Also featured within the movie are Havana Rose Liu, Kaia Gerber, Nicholas Galitzine, Dagmara Dominczyk and Marshawn Lynch.
Edebiri, specifically, has had a breakout yr for the reason that movie’s launch, incomes her first Emmy win final month for her adored function in “The Bear.” Sennott, who was honored at Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood Event final August, most lately starred in Saverio Costanzo’s “Finally Dawn.”
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