Senior Year
After waking from a twenty-year coma, a former teenage queen bee returns to high school determined to reclaim the popularity and prom crown she believes still belong to her.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- witty
- nostalgic
- breezy
- lazy sunday
- nostalgia night
What critics said
Critics found Rebel Wilson and Angourie Rice engaging but viewed the film as a shallow, uneven comedy overdependent on nostalgia and unable to balance sweetness with its R-rated humor.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Stephanie attempts to recover her 1990s-era popularity and prom ambitions amid a changed high school culture.
After a twenty-year coma, Stephanie returns to school as a thirty-seven-year-old pursuing the role she once expected to occupy.
The plot and humor repeatedly invoke late-1990s and early-2000s youth culture and school rituals.
Stephanie's fixation on being admired and crowned prom queen drives her attempt to reclaim her former status.
Films like Senior Year, and why
Bring It On
shared high school setting, popularity politics, cheerleading culture, and broad teen comedy tone
Never Been Kissed
shared fish out of water premise, identity reinvention, and upbeat school comedy
13 Going on 30
shared adult protagonist returning to adolescent social rituals through a high-concept comedic premise
Movie Details
- Director
- Alex Hardcastle
- Release Date
- 2022-05-11
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (962)
Cast
- Rebel Wilson
- Sam Richardson
- Zoë Chao
- Mary Holland
- Justin Hartley
- Chris Parnell
- Angourie Rice
- Molly Brown
- Zaire Adams
- Ana Yi Puig
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Senior Year about?
- After waking from a twenty-year coma, a former teenage queen bee returns to high school determined to reclaim the popularity and prom crown she believes still belong to her.
- What is Senior Year like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Senior Year as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Senior Year violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Senior Year as mild.
- What did critics think of Senior Year?
- Critics found Rebel Wilson and Angourie Rice engaging but viewed the film as a shallow, uneven comedy overdependent on nostalgia and unable to balance sweetness with its R-rated humor.
- Which films are like Senior Year?
- Films with a similar feel include Bring It On, Never Been Kissed, and 13 Going on 30.
- How long is Senior Year?
- Senior Year runs 114 minutes.
- Where can I watch Senior Year?
- In United States, Senior Year streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
