Bottoms
Two queer misfit seniors weaponize a fake fight club to pursue romance, popularity, and one last burst of adolescent chaos.
Overview
Two high school misfits turn their struggles into a wild fight club adventure.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- witty
- irreverent
- raunchy
- teen movie night
- girls night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Emma Seligman's audacious direction, sharply written characters, anarchic humor, and lead performances, while some found the screenplay less substantial than its provocative premise suggests.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film transforms cheerleading culture, school assemblies, bullying, and teenage status games into chaotic, knowingly excessive comedy.
PJ and Josie's friendship, sexuality, and social marginalization drive their attempt to gain romantic and social access at school.
The protagonists invent a purported self-defense club as an absurd strategy for attracting cheerleaders before graduation.
The self-defense program produces conspicuously bloody, exaggerated fights while maintaining a comic high-school style.
Films like Bottoms, and why
Booksmart
queer teen comedy, female friendship, and subversive high-school satire
Heathers
female friendship, coming-of-age awkwardness, and sharply irreverent teen humor
The Edge of Seventeen
lgbtq coming-of-age themes, unconventional romance, and comic outsider protagonists
Mean Girls
raunchy adolescent comedy, exaggerated social satire, and ensemble school dynamics
Movie Details
- Director
- Emma Seligman
- Release Date
- 2023-08-25
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (928)
Cast
- Rachel Sennott
- Ayo Edebiri
- Ruby Cruz
- Havana Rose Liu
- Kaia Gerber
- Nicholas Galitzine
- Miles Fowler
- Marshawn Lynch
- Dagmara Dominczyk
- Punkie Johnson
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Bottoms about?
- Two queer misfit seniors weaponize a fake fight club to pursue romance, popularity, and one last burst of adolescent chaos.
- What is Bottoms like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Bottoms as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Bottoms violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Bottoms as graphic.
- What did critics think of Bottoms?
- Critics broadly praised Emma Seligman's audacious direction, sharply written characters, anarchic humor, and lead performances, while some found the screenplay less substantial than its provocative premise suggests.
- Which films are like Bottoms?
- Films with a similar feel include Booksmart, Heathers, The Edge of Seventeen, and Mean Girls.
- How long is Bottoms?
- Bottoms runs 91 minutes.
- Where can I watch Bottoms?
- In United States, Bottoms is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
