this scene perfectly encaptures the meaning of using "booksmart" as the title -- because there's more than one way of being smart. molly just realizes it too late, and spends the rest of the movie trying to catch up.
This scene is not realistic in the slightest. In reality, only Molly would be the one going to any Ivy League and these other slackers would be at community college or McDonald's. This movie is about as realistic as Harry Potter lol
This gave me so much anxiety Lmaooo THIS is the most realistic high school scene in a movie. YES. Don’t be fooled, these “slackers” do get into really prestigious schools-Work smarter, not harder. Move in silence.
John Jacob. To me I think they were obviously lying and the realistic thing was how she really believed them without any doubt in her mind because of insecurity
Sky Raven I haven’t watched the whole movie so I dunno if they were telling the truth or not. I meant more that the kids who are seen as party animals or slackers are probably doing better academically than most people think. What the bully girl said was true-they care both about school and having fun.
Ophelia sure it was for comedic purposes but I’m more trying to say that it’s realistic that the party animals or slackers are probably actually doing better than their image projects
This scene is not realistic in the slightest. In reality, only Molly would be the one going to any Ivy League and these other slackers would be at community college or McDonald's. This movie is about as realistic as Harry Potter lol. Oh BTW, where did you go to college, Charlotte?
I’d say the concept is realistic like finding out that everyone isn’t a complete failure but I don’t think literally every single person getting into a prestigious school is indicative of real life like I go to a pretty good school in MD and only one student got into Stanford
How is it a true scene? Everyone in high school knows where everyone else is going to college long before the last day of school. Everyone in the top 20 of their graduating classes is obsessed with each other's grades and class rank. They are all in the same activities, clubs, etc. You know in advance who is Ivy worthy. It does not come as a surprise. Sure, some colleges let in losers just if they are good in sports, like the guy playing soccer at Stanford, but overall this is the most unrealistic scene I've ever seen. A totally contrived plot device.
@@MetFansince well, I guess it's true to me and 127 people who liked this comment. in my case, a lot of people from my previous school were applying to Ivy League schools and all of them were super diverse with their lifestyles (just as we see in the movie), we never really paid too much attention to each other's grades unless we were friends with that person (we were too focused on our studies), as for the clubs my school didn't have many thus it was normal to see a lot of different people in one club, and our extracurricular activities were our own private, boring businesses. I think it also might have been different for me as we didn't have a "top 20" or any other rankings, hence no rat races, at least no visible ones. i don't know about you, though, in my country, seniors leave school earlier than usual, around the time one gets their results. Consequently a person such as Molly, a book smart, who doesn't really care about anything other than studying and her only best friend seems likely to get surprised by such occurrence, especially when taking into account the opening scene of her listening to the podcast mentioning "you've worked harder than everyone and that is why you're a champion" and the "picnic" scene where we get informed about the girls' commitment of making studying their primary focus, all of that leads to Molly truly coming off as a strong individual who till know, quite immaturely believed in her superior being over others. For a few high school past years, she lived by these rules of entrepreneur-like thoughts strongly believing that if she obeys them and restricts herself to her work she MUST not only get to her goal but also seriously be smarter than others. I think that this scene and movie overall tries to tell us that being a book smart person isn't the only successful way to get into good colleges and admonish teens to live their young lives while they can, because at the end high school isn't just for studying, but also having fun, making cool memories and falling in love which I think is all-important to highlight especially in our times when following unhealthy studying patterns, hustle culture and toxic productivity gains popularity while college-age youth and ages 12-18 suicide rates increase.
Met Fan since 1968 nah not in my school. Most people weren’t obsessed with grades and I’m in Columbia right now, despite being more of a party person. Sure, I studied but never to the point of obsession.
"we didnt have to choose they did both" story of my life. i grew up thinking bullies werent successful but actually i had a lower gpa than every single person who made fun of me lmaooooo im done. degree me now. i graduate college soon anyway so it dont matter
Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if ur assumptions and attitude towards others were part of why you got picked on. People pick up on it if you think lesser of them, especially when you lack humility
@@Suziesweetworldlmao bruh not everyone bullies other for that reason? Sometimes people are just assholes. We can’t assume someone got bullied bc of their attitude.
By the way pips, just so people don't get the wrong idea, I don't mean that people who smoke, get drunk, get high or have copious amounts of sex can't get in a good school. My point is just that I wouldn't have given this girl a chance to make me feel stupid and I would have walked out. I haven't watched the movie but unless they showed me their admission letters, I would have remained skeptical.
@Luna Saito i mean yeah but its unfair to compare people that occasionally party and drink to girls that take Molly every weekend like in that case I def agree
This movie was AAMAZING!! and even though i lean towards skepticism on the reality of those kids getting into those schools, I think it was an emphasis on how some kids definitely manage to get into these schools despite not being so hung up on their grades and partying, unlike those who slave all day and night for straight A's... because THAT is reality and it is defintely a suckish feeling knowing you got to the same spot or some of the slackers are in even better positions despite all the hard work you put into those 4 years. "Work smarter not harder"
tintin D outside America this doe happen because school usually in the subcontinent gets off at 2pm which gives time for having good grades and a social life
That kind of bugged me too, no way are that many kids from one school getting into such top tier schools lol. But aside from that it was a great movie, and a much more realistic high school narrative than you see in most.
My dad's a teacher and this happens allot when bad students get into great schools. He also says that most of them go through "imposter syndrome" when they realize that they are not ready for college and it's not like high school at all. His final words in that discussion was "acceptance and attending is easy, it's graduating that is another story"
The "popular" girl literally says in the scene that she got a high score on the SATs. And the boy who failed 7th grade got hired by GOOGLE for his coding skills (the hiring process for Google is also famously difficult). Accept what the movie says, these kids were both having fun and studying.
@@puffball5329 there is a difference between coding and programming, even I can code it's not really a big deal. Programming is an entirely different thing that actually requires problem solving skills
@@puffball5329 😂 Beautiful👌🏾. The point is that he was smart enough to learn a skill that gets him to where he is satisfied with his achievements. Ivy leagues are great schools for those that benefit from it. He might even be so great at coding that he could teach at an ivy league one day and be able to say he enjoyed his adolescence. This scene is spot on though🔥👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
tbh i know alot of people in my school who got straight A's get denied by their colleges of choice bcs they weren't active in any orgs, clubs, or any extracurricular. Universities look for well rounded students who both get good grades and are active in organizations too!
The agresiveness of beanie's "Gigi! Where the fuck are you going to school next year!!!!" against the deadpan delivery of Billie's "don't judge me, it was my fifth choice... Harvard" is peak comedy, nothing Will ever be funnier than that
I think the best thing about this scene is how incredibly accurate it really is. Popular kids/party kids are often given the title of slackers, when in reality these are the kids that have mostly AP & IB classes and know how to work smarter, not harder. I graduated from high school in 2014 and all of the cool kids who threw parties and were well known and well liked all ended up going to top tier colleges and getting large scholarships for various sports and academics.
It's really not, though. Graduated in 2010. There were some really smart kids who were liked, but by no means "popular". No one was surprised when they went on to become doctors and lawyers. None of the party kids got into top schools, and none are doing anything impressive today.
This is what I learned in college. Not from others, but by myself. In my bachelors I was an introvert and hardly had any fun and just studied, though I got not such great results. But in post graduation I just had so much fun, I drank, partied, got wasted till I felt like dying, went on trips, but studied a lot too on weekdays. Guess what, I topped the class of 2019 with a gold medal in major. So I loooooved this scene!!
@@palaciospalacios9319 Rule of threes means you'll succeed after you try it three times. He failed the 7th grade twice and passed the third time, that's why
def one of the funniest movies. This kinnda is true but exaggerated in some elements. There are people who missed out, some of them were party animals, other ones were the popular ones. Some of them were in the middle, balance between party and studying. But all in all, lesson is - Don't judge
What I didn’t like is that if someone doesn’t like partying they’re missing out? Like some people genuinely don’t like partying bc they’re more introverted or prefer other activities and that’s ok. But here they are portrayed as losers who are not fun :/ but honestly it just perpetuates the idea that extroverted pastimes are somehow superior.
marvel096 yeah, I think as long as ppl do things they enjoy, and occasionally push their boundaries (safely, of course, nothing illegal or dangerous) and try new things, then they’re not really missing out on anything. They’re just living life-amazingly, too. Since they have that balance b/w working/studying and being active/having fun.
Love this movie. The people who dismiss it as a female Superbad are missing how many rules and conventions this movie breaks. This scene and the ending are refreshing, and I laughed so hard throughout this movie. Gigi is my queen.
I feel like there should be a sequel called : STREETSMART; Whereat the five-year reunion, everyone comes back and we get to know how everyone has been since graduating.... and spoiler alert: nothing went to plan....for anyone thoughts?
This movie perfectly kept the pre-Covid feel. Most movies now have that feeling on them. This one takes me back to a time before hope was being routinely snuffed out by those who knew nothing.
I neither studied nor partied in school lol. I guess I missed out on both. Personally I think there is to much emphasis on doing something in general. Life is short enjoy it in what way you like. I spent a good portion of my life caught up on ego or lack there of. Life is mostly meaningless so why worry about position, power, or status too much. Being smart from studying or popular doesn't make you better (just different). My school was the opposite when I was young. Kids were insulted for studying/learning. That might explain why I didn't study to much. Do what you want as long as it doesn't hurt others.
@@marvel096 That's not what the movie was saying at all. Also, let's not glamorize the idea of not trying. Do what you want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone, but also show up for yourself. Work hard and smart. Otherwise where are you going in life?
Chibbykins yeah obviously but this just keeps perpetuating the idea that if you don’t like to party you’re a loser or your failing in some sense and that’s just the idea of extroverted of having a good time.
This was me in high school - except I wasn’t in a ton of AP. I studied a ton and never did anything bad but got terrible grades , but all the other classmates of mine who drank, never did homework, and slept around got into the top schools.
Please don't be sad and too hung up about it. I suffered the same thing you did , i barely had any social life during my teenage years and was too caught up with school and getting good grades that i missed out on a lot of fun events, eventually all the popular girls went to prestigeous colleges and now i'm stuck in a rollercoaster of problems including health problems and really shitty school. So yeah, i am now suffering from terrible anxiety and panic attacks due to extreme stress and i really regret wasting my youth on being a total idiot who closed off the world just to get good grades. Sorry for the rant.
khouloud AIT HSAIN khouloud AIT HSAIN everything will work out. There’s still plenty of time to find yourself and become the person you want to be. Your still young
This happened to me too. I was a good student but always had bad grades. I have a mix of every letter grade in my transcripts. I guess never judge a book by its cover
This was me too. I missed out on a lot of fun as a teenager and early 20s and went through many cycles of anxiety and depression. In the past few years I'm finally finding my footing with a job I like, hobbies I find fulfilling, a nice partner and fun experiences. They require dedication and patience but I'm finally learning that and finding the balance that works for me. It's messy and imperfect but it works for me. I no longer regret all the time it took to begin to fulfil myself. Now I have the perspectives of both sides, and can relate and communicate to people who are struggling in the same way I was without judgement, which you have to have walked in those footsteps to understand. A lot of the deeper aspects of our personalities are formed by our pain, and by our struggles, not our successes. Never wish to be someone different. Just be patient and work towards fulfilling who you are. That's all I have to say. This movie looks hilarious.
Same. I’m in college now, and I wish I partied in high school. I shouldn’t have taken high school so seriously. I could’ve been partying and getting drunk and making memories, but I just didn’t so my whole experience was so boring.
It's not about the problem of booksmart or streetsmart. It's about people who in charge or who are just follow or rebel, people who can decide which is right or wrong, which have full will or less will.
Those of us who emulate authority and shun peer-influences stunt our own brain development. Partly because authorities never show there full selves to us. So we are imitating limited less human role models. But also because no adult enjoys being surrounded by teens. Those who do, get crushed by having to deal with uncaring and unintelligent school administrators. Good teachers leave quickly. So by definition the authorities who remain are those adults who failed so hard at life they had no choice but to settle for the hell of taking care of us. These adults are not the best and brightest society has to offer. Emulating them is a guaranteed dead-end.
this is sooo satisfying to watch. i was DEFINETELY not the smartest girl in school so i took the most basic maths class my highschool had to offer and a dude made fun of me saying how i will never get to even the most desperate of colleges, now im almost finishing my first semester of a pretty good college that i got into early and maintaning a 80% average for all of my classses so suck on that random dude!
“If you don’t say something in the next ten minutes I’m gonna take you to the hospital. I don’t wanna say I’m getting concerned but to be honest I’m getting concerned...” she should record a full version of it 😂😂🤣🤣
While it's true you should work smarter not harder, I think those girls still have an advantage because they have learned perseverance and grit from such a young age. Those who partied maybe didn't sacrifice as much which might be good for them, or it might bite them in the ass at some point when they're overwhelmed by college. I still think you should reward yourself for hard work everyday, I don't think you need to become an asshole or a parryholic to be healthy! Somewhere in the middle would be best
I had took a personality test, and I got Amy in my top 4. Im a straight male, but she's soo relatable, I tend to be timid, meek, likes to stay in my comfort zone, is a goody two shoes type of guy, did not participate in the senior prank, had a more dominant and abrasive friend. I never went to parties, and all of the popular kids who didn't try hard went to better schools than me and are successful while im not. I cared waay to much about grades and getting into good schools. People knew me as the friendly, sweet, innocent, nice guy who never got in trouble and followed rules.
I don’t know it seems accurate, but at only certain types of schools too. This seems so much more likely at private high schools. At my high school I’d say 5% or so might go to really good schools and the rest just go to state schools.
This is sooo true! Sometimes we are taught that if we study all day we will succeed in life. But it doesn't work all the time. Irrespective of whether it works or not, it seriously hurts when you realize others who partied, had fun, did silly stuff, got better in life than you. And then the jokes on you man! :)
I like this because whenever I saw teen movies the smart kids and the popular kids were two different groups, but in my high school the top twenty students were also the super popular kids. Our valedictorian was also homecoming king. The best looking, most popular, football star guy the year below me was salutatorian and went to an Ivy on an athletic scholarship. Before anyone says “times must have changed” this was the early 90’s. Different schools have different academic cultures. In a lot of schools the popular kids are the top performers at everything.
I did 4 months worth of work in 1 day in my physic is class with my friends and while all the other groups were stressing out to make a Rube Goldberg machine my group did it all in 2 days and spent the rest of the time chilling
Arrianna Tate tbh it just shows how when you’re uptight and demeaning people because you’re ‘smarter’ just comes around. I think that was the most realistic scene in the movie. Don’t judge people and expect people not to judge you either.
She didn't let anyone but her best friend be nice to her. She talks shit about them too and talks down to and bosses around everyone. They were just blowing off steam and felt bad when they saw she overheard them, probably would have apologized but she wanted to fight. They started being nice to her when she let them.
I would like to say that this hits me really hard, because I tried so hard in high school and I tried even harder to get into college and I didn't make it, and people who didn't try as hard as I did or didn't take things seriously. They did make it, and it makes me feel horrified as if there is something wrong with me or I am not destined to succeed.
Thus is so true and I have learning disabilities so it was annoying because I tried so hard, I had to work twice as hard but I still got C's while my bullies got A's it was the worst feeling ever !!!!
It’s not about getting accepted, it’s about actually going through it and graduating. People who don’t take school seriously, usually have a really bad time adjusting to college life. They’re struggling to learn in a semester what applied students have known their whole life.
This is so true, during my degree I partied, was into associations, art, sports, activism and had a big big life outside of uni. I graduated the 2 nd of my promoition, all A's with an award. Got big sholarships to study in the best unis in London and all. I think this is because when you are active in life and do more than just study, each thing you do complements the other. Sports give you dopamine, being with friends allowes you to structure your thoughts and speak about projects and doing activism gives you ethics and other types of formation in life. Doing it all doesn't have to mean you have been a prick, just have good time management and work smarter and see how things are teathered in a bigger level.
If I was her, I would congratulate them for getting into good schools and getting a job at a successful company. It’s harder to get a job at Google than trying to get into Yale.
This was what my school was like. We had a 100% college attendance rate after graduation, and ~10% of those were Ivy League. My friend group went to Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Occidental, UC Santa Cruz and Tufts.
My friends and I would literally LIE about going to study in the library so we could meet up in the student commons to play video games or ditch school to get lunch so HEY KIDS you don’t need to study all the time and be a great student to get into a good school
Gregarious Gonzalez Yeah I keep hearing that this is so accurate by people in the comments. Maybe it’s because I graduated in 2014 a few years before this but this is nothing like my high school was...and I went to high school with a bunch of idiots who got into state colleges lol
Same here, extremely different from my high school. The film’s portrayal was intentionally an extreme over-exaggeration of school so idk where in the world all the people in these comments went
i mean, you can't expect a comedy movie to be 100% accurate, but the vibe is there, and being someone who never hung out in school and cried over too much homework, this feels pretty accurate for me.
@@Rabbit_Hill Right? I would understand if they were all rich. But none of those kids are rich or serious enough athletes to be recruited on sports scholarships. As for Triple A. There wasn't a single brainiac chick I knew in high school who was also slutty. They dated, for sure, but they didn't do it on that chick's level. TL:DR. The people in the comment sections must have lived in very wealthy neighborhoods with a lot of legacy kids or they are lying and simply saw a smart kid drink a beer once at a party and ruled them crazy party animals. Lol.
In canada extracurricular activities dont count towards admissions and sports scholarship are just cash but dont get you in. Most of the slackers here just end up either in college or like the lowest tier unis. I worked my butt off and even i couldnt get into a tier 1 uni
you know honestly i think so many people in high school and college are hung up on what other people think. if you go through both, and the rest of your life, doing what you want to do you will literally never be unhappy. because you are doing what you want without other's approval or whatever. it's a fail-proof thing that's difficult for some people to understand. just do your own thing. you'll attract like minded friends so don't worry about that. and you'll always be happy/content/on-the-right-path, never competing and you'll get to where you want to be.
Idk about the literal realism of this scene ( I doubt that very much) but it's broadly realistic. In grade school, when your personality is evolving rapidly, it is different. But by high school, the chance that you will change dramatically drops a lot. The people who seem the most unstable or likely to suffer breakdowns in high school _are the people_ who crash later, and the people who seem most likely to succeed in high school _are the people_ who succeed later. Barring a spiritual awakening or a war, of course. My friend changed after high school, but he was in a truck that was hit by an IED in Afghanistan and saw his friends splattered all over the inside. I changed, but I suffered a drug experience in 2006 that I wouldn't wish on anyone. So yeah.
and then they realize when they get there, the shit they did to get by doesn't work in college so they either fail or drop out. the things you do to pass in high school will not work the same way
It depends on what you did. College has a lot of filler textbooks and bullshit handouts. If you skip that and look for material online, and also study with your friends it's a huge time saver with better results.
@@wandetta4467 true. well everyone is different. I like studying by myself for engineering and only asking the professor for help cos I can only trust them to tell me the correct answer.
@@lancefairbank3311 I prefer that, but I've found it's more time effective to find a few smart people to study with. Even when they're wrong you learn a lot by explaining it to them. I've had deadweights in group projects but if I had bean more social I could have picked out a better group. That's the advantage those smart outgoing kids have over her, they have each other.
I love this movie so much. I partied so much in high school, I hung out with friends a lot, made great memories, and had the wildest experiences. But I still prioritized my school work and just managed to balance it all. Got so fucking judged by the overachievers in high school and now i’m in my 2nd year at Columbia 🤪🤪🤪.
You’re probably not going anywhere after Columbia, as people like you usually end up as worker bees after college. Although your lifestyle may of benefited you shortly, those “overachievers” are still the ones who will be your CEO’s and bosses. (That, or this all is just a really fucked up case of survival bias.)
this scene perfectly encaptures the meaning of using "booksmart" as the title -- because there's more than one way of being smart. molly just realizes it too late, and spends the rest of the movie trying to catch up.
The dream is to get into Harvard. There no way it was that girls 5th choice lol
call of duty ghosts remember the girls called her the 1% . and we all know how they get their kids into these colleges. “Cough” Lori Laughlin “cough”.
@@kayanurshiya3778 LMAO for real, they buy there way in. Its the sad reality.
@@usaherobrine What’s crazy is that theres so many rich parents who get away with this but Lori Loughlin however got caught.
This scene is not realistic in the slightest. In reality, only Molly would be the one going to any Ivy League and these other slackers would be at community college or McDonald's. This movie is about as realistic as Harry Potter lol
This gave me so much anxiety Lmaooo THIS is the most realistic high school scene in a movie. YES. Don’t be fooled, these “slackers” do get into really prestigious schools-Work smarter, not harder. Move in silence.
I guess slackers have changed a lot since I was in high school.
John Jacob. To me I think they were obviously lying and the realistic thing was how she really believed them without any doubt in her mind because of insecurity
This is a comedy movie, they did it for comedic purposed. This scene isn't realistic in the slightest.
Sky Raven I haven’t watched the whole movie so I dunno if they were telling the truth or not. I meant more that the kids who are seen as party animals or slackers are probably doing better academically than most people think. What the bully girl said was true-they care both about school and having fun.
Ophelia sure it was for comedic purposes but I’m more trying to say that it’s realistic that the party animals or slackers are probably actually doing better than their image projects
This is the only high school movie I’ve seen and said “yep, this is it.”
The fuck u talkin about lol
Adam Khid ?
What about high school musical?I’ve seen plenty more
This scene is not realistic in the slightest. In reality, only Molly would be the one going to any Ivy League and these other slackers would be at community college or McDonald's. This movie is about as realistic as Harry Potter lol. Oh BTW, where did you go to college, Charlotte?
I’d say the concept is realistic like finding out that everyone isn’t a complete failure but I don’t think literally every single person getting into a prestigious school is indicative of real life like I go to a pretty good school in MD and only one student got into Stanford
“You failed the seventh grade twice”
“Rule of threes”
😂
What is the rule of threes?
@@vighneshpillai7996 I assume it means the third time is the charm. I could be wrong though.
@@gargrayson51824 it is, Arabic got a similar saying, it's "third is solid"
I think its one of the truest scenes that's why its so good
How is it a true scene? Everyone in high school knows where everyone else is going to college long before the last day of school. Everyone in the top 20 of their graduating classes is obsessed with each other's grades and class rank. They are all in the same activities, clubs, etc. You know in advance who is Ivy worthy. It does not come as a surprise. Sure, some colleges let in losers just if they are good in sports, like the guy playing soccer at Stanford, but overall this is the most unrealistic scene I've ever seen. A totally contrived plot device.
@@MetFansince well, I guess it's true to me and 127 people who liked this comment. in my case, a lot of people from my previous school were applying to Ivy League schools and all of them were super diverse with their lifestyles (just as we see in the movie), we never really paid too much attention to each other's grades unless we were friends with that person (we were too focused on our studies), as for the clubs my school didn't have many thus it was normal to see a lot of different people in one club, and our extracurricular activities were our own private, boring businesses. I think it also might have been different for me as we didn't have a "top 20" or any other rankings, hence no rat races, at least no visible ones. i don't know about you, though, in my country, seniors leave school earlier than usual, around the time one gets their results. Consequently a person such as Molly, a book smart, who doesn't really care about anything other than studying and her only best friend seems likely to get surprised by such occurrence, especially when taking into account the opening scene of her listening to the podcast mentioning "you've worked harder than everyone and that is why you're a champion" and the "picnic" scene where we get informed about the girls' commitment of making studying their primary focus, all of that leads to Molly truly coming off as a strong individual who till know, quite immaturely believed in her superior being over others. For a few high school past years, she lived by these rules of entrepreneur-like thoughts strongly believing that if she obeys them and restricts herself to her work she MUST not only get to her goal but also seriously be smarter than others. I think that this scene and movie overall tries to tell us that being a book smart person isn't the only successful way to get into good colleges and admonish teens to live their young lives while they can, because at the end high school isn't just for studying, but also having fun, making cool memories and falling in love which I think is all-important to highlight especially in our times when following unhealthy studying patterns, hustle culture and toxic productivity gains popularity while college-age youth and ages 12-18 suicide rates increase.
Met Fan since 1968 nah not in my school. Most people weren’t obsessed with grades and I’m in Columbia right now, despite being more of a party person. Sure, I studied but never to the point of obsession.
Your country? What country is that?
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"we didnt have to choose they did both" story of my life.
i grew up thinking bullies werent successful but actually i had a lower gpa than every single person who made fun of me lmaooooo im done. degree me now. i graduate college soon anyway so it dont matter
Ikr ! That's the worst part
Honestly wouldn’t be surprised if ur assumptions and attitude towards others were part of why you got picked on. People pick up on it if you think lesser of them, especially when you lack humility
@@Suziesweetworldlmao bruh not everyone bullies other for that reason? Sometimes people are just assholes. We can’t assume someone got bullied bc of their attitude.
_“GIgi, where the _*_FUCKKK_*_ are you going to school next year”_
I cracked there
“Don’t judge me, it was my fifth choice; Harvard” Easily my favorite line in the movie
😂😂😂😂
I love how you Gigi answers so disappointed. My favourite character from the whole movie. 😂
“hope!”
“nope, i couldn't be less interested in whatever this is” a big mood
Melanie Martinez!
LUNCH BOX FRIENDS?
The part where she looks at the black boy in K-12. Like she's flirting with him and slowly lifts her head up?
When she said, "I'm going to Yale too." I would have been like, "Sure you are," and then walked out and left tbh.
@Luna Saito MIT doesn't do legacy but yeah hard agree with the rest there
By the way pips, just so people don't get the wrong idea, I don't mean that people who smoke, get drunk, get high or have copious amounts of sex can't get in a good school. My point is just that I wouldn't have given this girl a chance to make me feel stupid and I would have walked out. I haven't watched the movie but unless they showed me their admission letters, I would have remained skeptical.
And then see her in Yale. Still not giving a fuck. The bully didn't fail.
@Luna Saito its not about that it's about kids with good time management who can party and get good grades
@Luna Saito i mean yeah but its unfair to compare people that occasionally party and drink to girls that take Molly every weekend like in that case I def agree
This scene is so important and so crushing because it’s so true. Even in England the assholes who never tried get into the good places
Yup agree.... In germany as well
Just because you get drunk or whatever doesn't mean you can't get good grades that get you into colleges
Kxrrin it’s not the people who get drunk, it’s the assholes who didn’t care and repeatedly tried to ruin learning for the rest of us
they did try-they just didn't wear the fact that they tried on their sleeves
Just because you party doesn't mean you don't do the work. And it doesn't make you an asshole. It's just time management.
This movie was AAMAZING!! and even though i lean towards skepticism on the reality of those kids getting into those schools, I think it was an emphasis on how some kids definitely manage to get into these schools despite not being so hung up on their grades and partying, unlike those who slave all day and night for straight A's... because THAT is reality and it is defintely a suckish feeling knowing you got to the same spot or some of the slackers are in even better positions despite all the hard work you put into those 4 years. "Work smarter not harder"
tintin D outside America this doe happen because school usually in the subcontinent gets off at 2pm which gives time for having good grades and a social life
Yeah I thought it was a bit of a stretch in terms of realism but in terms of being a plot point it was fine
That kind of bugged me too, no way are that many kids from one school getting into such top tier schools lol. But aside from that it was a great movie, and a much more realistic high school narrative than you see in most.
This is a comedy movie, they did it for comedic purposed. This scene isn't realistic in the slightest.
also some people are just smarter.
My dad's a teacher and this happens allot when bad students get into great schools. He also says that most of them go through "imposter syndrome" when they realize that they are not ready for college and it's not like high school at all. His final words in that discussion was "acceptance and attending is easy, it's graduating that is another story"
Coaster_Kid 07 wow, so true.
If this doesn’t describe me down to a T i don’t know what does :/ and I didn’t even go to an ivy league
Okay, that makes me feel better about myself 😂
But the handjob girl had a good SAT Test result and the one guy got awesome job....you didn´t get moral of the story, did you?
I don’t think it’s the grades that got most of these kids into school, it’s the extracurriculars. Which are just as valid.
@Aiyaluna Yourke yeah because "coding" is for dumb people right?
The "popular" girl literally says in the scene that she got a high score on the SATs. And the boy who failed 7th grade got hired by GOOGLE for his coding skills (the hiring process for Google is also famously difficult). Accept what the movie says, these kids were both having fun and studying.
@@puffball5329 there is a difference between coding and programming, even I can code it's not really a big deal. Programming is an entirely different thing that actually requires problem solving skills
@@puffball5329 😂 Beautiful👌🏾. The point is that he was smart enough to learn a skill that gets him to where he is satisfied with his achievements. Ivy leagues are great schools for those that benefit from it. He might even be so great at coding that he could teach at an ivy league one day and be able to say he enjoyed his adolescence. This scene is spot on though🔥👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
tbh i know alot of people in my school who got straight A's get denied by their colleges of choice bcs they weren't active in any orgs, clubs, or any extracurricular. Universities look for well rounded students who both get good grades and are active in organizations too!
The agresiveness of beanie's "Gigi! Where the fuck are you going to school next year!!!!" against the deadpan delivery of Billie's "don't judge me, it was my fifth choice... Harvard" is peak comedy, nothing Will ever be funnier than that
I like how Gigi is still calm despite being shouted at.
I think the best thing about this scene is how incredibly accurate it really is. Popular kids/party kids are often given the title of slackers, when in reality these are the kids that have mostly AP & IB classes and know how to work smarter, not harder.
I graduated from high school in 2014 and all of the cool kids who threw parties and were well known and well liked all ended up going to top tier colleges and getting large scholarships for various sports and academics.
It's really not, though. Graduated in 2010. There were some really smart kids who were liked, but by no means "popular". No one was surprised when they went on to become doctors and lawyers. None of the party kids got into top schools, and none are doing anything impressive today.
This is what I learned in college. Not from others, but by myself. In my bachelors I was an introvert and hardly had any fun and just studied, though I got not such great results. But in post graduation I just had so much fun, I drank, partied, got wasted till I felt like dying, went on trips, but studied a lot too on weekdays. Guess what, I topped the class of 2019 with a gold medal in major. So I loooooved this scene!!
"Rule of threes" absolutely killed me when I saw this in the theater.
Same!!
What does he mean by that tho?
@@palaciospalacios9319 Rule of threes means you'll succeed after you try it three times. He failed the 7th grade twice and passed the third time, that's why
I feel her! This feels like a betrayal and injustice, even though it wasn't
def one of the funniest movies.
This kinnda is true but exaggerated in some elements. There are people who missed out, some of them were party animals, other ones were the popular ones. Some of them were in the middle, balance between party and studying.
But all in all, lesson is - Don't judge
Very true.
What I didn’t like is that if someone doesn’t like partying they’re missing out? Like some people genuinely don’t like partying bc they’re more introverted or prefer other activities and that’s ok. But here they are portrayed as losers who are not fun :/ but honestly it just perpetuates the idea that extroverted pastimes are somehow superior.
marvel096 yeah, I think as long as ppl do things they enjoy, and occasionally push their boundaries (safely, of course, nothing illegal or dangerous) and try new things, then they’re not really missing out on anything. They’re just living life-amazingly, too. Since they have that balance b/w working/studying and being active/having fun.
Amen
@@marvel096 yeah i don't agree with that part. I think the whole point is to just try and find balance between school and things you like doing.
"We didn't have to choose. They did both." Shout out to all my homies who did none.
man the acting is phenomenal
Love this movie. The people who dismiss it as a female Superbad are missing how many rules and conventions this movie breaks. This scene and the ending are refreshing, and I laughed so hard throughout this movie. Gigi is my queen.
13strong I completely agree! And yes, Queen Gigi 😭
i live how confident this was
don't judge me ... it was my fifth choice...
what was her first one??!!
*Fifth*
@@kerenacosta7966 thank you, apparently, I can't spell :)
Arizona state
NASA or something
hogwards
I feel like there should be a sequel called : STREETSMART;
Whereat the five-year reunion, everyone comes back and we get to know how everyone has been since graduating....
and spoiler alert: nothing went to plan....for anyone
thoughts?
I’d go for that
nice--it's gotta have detective jj bittenbinder though
you would be suprised ...
Except Gigi. Everything turned out perfect for her 😂
John Mulaney would definitely have to be in that movie
This movie perfectly kept the pre-Covid feel. Most movies now have that feeling on them. This one takes me back to a time before hope was being routinely snuffed out by those who knew nothing.
it's easy to get into schools, graduating is another thing. But college doesn't guarantee anything.
NewAgeTelevision you say that cuz your probably at a community college 😂😂
@@rayjohnson2768 it's actually the truth
Ray Johnson There’s nothing wrong with going to community college.
Most people today either go to escape their parents, for the lifestyle/aesthetic, or because their parents pressured them to go.
Graduation is hard , but not impossible.
"It was my fifth choice…Harvard" and shakes her head in disappointment 😆
I neither studied nor partied in school lol. I guess I missed out on both. Personally I think there is to much emphasis on doing something in general. Life is short enjoy it in what way you like. I spent a good portion of my life caught up on ego or lack there of. Life is mostly meaningless so why worry about position, power, or status too much. Being smart from studying or popular doesn't make you better (just different). My school was the opposite when I was young. Kids were insulted for studying/learning. That might explain why I didn't study to much. Do what you want as long as it doesn't hurt others.
Same here I was neither that great in studies nor I did party.I am only good at one thing I am too lazy
Yeah I don’t like that they painted party I no as the only way of being cool. That part was very cliché.
@@marvel096 That's not what the movie was saying at all. Also, let's not glamorize the idea of not trying. Do what you want as long as it doesn't hurt anyone, but also show up for yourself. Work hard and smart. Otherwise where are you going in life?
Chibbykins yeah obviously but this just keeps perpetuating the idea that if you don’t like to party you’re a loser or your failing in some sense and that’s just the idea of extroverted of having a good time.
@@marvel096 Have you watched the movie?
"What took them four years we're doing it in one night!" 😂😂
This was me in high school - except I wasn’t in a ton of AP. I studied a ton and never did anything bad but got terrible grades , but all the other classmates of mine who drank, never did homework, and slept around got into the top schools.
Please don't be sad and too hung up about it. I suffered the same thing you did , i barely had any social life during my teenage years and was too caught up with school and getting good grades that i missed out on a lot of fun events, eventually all the popular girls went to prestigeous colleges and now i'm stuck in a rollercoaster of problems including health problems and really shitty school. So yeah, i am now suffering from terrible anxiety and panic attacks due to extreme stress and i really regret wasting my youth on being a total idiot who closed off the world just to get good grades. Sorry for the rant.
khouloud AIT HSAIN khouloud AIT HSAIN everything will work out. There’s still plenty of time to find yourself and become the person you want to be. Your still young
This happened to me too. I was a good student but always had bad grades. I have a mix of every letter grade in my transcripts. I guess never judge a book by its cover
This was me too. I missed out on a lot of fun as a teenager and early 20s and went through many cycles of anxiety and depression. In the past few years I'm finally finding my footing with a job I like, hobbies I find fulfilling, a nice partner and fun experiences. They require dedication and patience but I'm finally learning that and finding the balance that works for me. It's messy and imperfect but it works for me. I no longer regret all the time it took to begin to fulfil myself. Now I have the perspectives of both sides, and can relate and communicate to people who are struggling in the same way I was without judgement, which you have to have walked in those footsteps to understand. A lot of the deeper aspects of our personalities are formed by our pain, and by our struggles, not our successes. Never wish to be someone different. Just be patient and work towards fulfilling who you are. That's all I have to say. This movie looks hilarious.
Getting into college is easy. Paying for college is where that GPA and SAT scores come in handy.
How does GPA and SAT scores coordinate to paying for college?
Francesca Bailey i think they’re talking about how the good grades and test scores will get u scholarships
@@miammarie ok that makes sense
This is so relatable for someone who does not party or anything like that.
could you explain this comment?
Same. I’m in college now, and I wish I partied in high school. I shouldn’t have taken high school so seriously. I could’ve been partying and getting drunk and making memories, but I just didn’t so my whole experience was so boring.
It's not about the problem of booksmart or streetsmart. It's about people who in charge or who are just follow or rebel, people who can decide which is right or wrong, which have full will or less will.
Those of us who emulate authority and shun peer-influences stunt our own brain development. Partly because authorities never show there full selves to us. So we are imitating limited less human role models. But also because no adult enjoys being surrounded by teens. Those who do, get crushed by having to deal with uncaring and unintelligent school administrators. Good teachers leave quickly. So by definition the authorities who remain are those adults who failed so hard at life they had no choice but to settle for the hell of taking care of us. These adults are not the best and brightest society has to offer. Emulating them is a guaranteed dead-end.
this is sooo satisfying to watch. i was DEFINETELY not the smartest girl in school so i took the most basic maths class my highschool had to offer and a dude made fun of me saying how i will never get to even the most desperate of colleges, now im almost finishing my first semester of a pretty good college that i got into early and maintaning a 80% average for all of my classses so suck on that random dude!
“If you don’t say something in the next ten minutes I’m gonna take you to the hospital. I don’t wanna say I’m getting concerned but to be honest I’m getting concerned...”
she should record a full version of it 😂😂🤣🤣
Girl at 5:06 is such a good actress, don't know if you guys saw the netflix series she's in but shit she's good
She's great in the show JUSTIFIED also
Dude, YES. The one you're talking about is unbelievable, yeah?
@@ashleyyy640 yessss my dude
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The background sound is so much like "humma humma" By AR Rahman
U R RIGHT!!!!
maybe it was sampled
Yessss... I was so looking for this comment.
Yes I noticed that too
Siddhant Tripathi yessssssss!!!😭
“You’ve been out for two years and you’ve have never kissed a girl.” Wow tnx
“Don’t judge me, it was my fifth choice. Harvard.”
What were the other four?
I never understood why these two girls wanted to go to parties for fun, these two are really best friend goals and can have their own sitcom
While it's true you should work smarter not harder, I think those girls still have an advantage because they have learned perseverance and grit from such a young age. Those who partied maybe didn't sacrifice as much which might be good for them, or it might bite them in the ass at some point when they're overwhelmed by college. I still think you should reward yourself for hard work everyday, I don't think you need to become an asshole or a parryholic to be healthy! Somewhere in the middle would be best
Almost wish I hadn't seen the movie for how personally attacked I felt. lmao. but it was really great
I had took a personality test, and I got Amy in my top 4. Im a straight male, but she's soo relatable, I tend to be timid, meek, likes to stay in my comfort zone, is a goody two shoes type of guy, did not participate in the senior prank, had a more dominant and abrasive friend. I never went to parties, and all of the popular kids who didn't try hard went to better schools than me and are successful while im not. I cared waay to much about grades and getting into good schools.
People knew me as the friendly, sweet, innocent, nice guy who never got in trouble and followed rules.
"If you don't say something in the next ten minutes, I'm gonna take you to the hospital"
I don’t know it seems accurate, but at only certain types of schools too. This seems so much more likely at private high schools. At my high school I’d say 5% or so might go to really good schools and the rest just go to state schools.
state schools are just as expensive so i’m not sure why you’re making it sound like only stupid people go to state schools
This is sooo true! Sometimes we are taught that if we study all day we will succeed in life. But it doesn't work all the time. Irrespective of whether it works or not, it seriously hurts when you realize others who partied, had fun, did silly stuff, got better in life than you. And then the jokes on you man! :)
I like this because whenever I saw teen movies the smart kids and the popular kids were two different groups, but in my high school the top twenty students were also the super popular kids. Our valedictorian was also homecoming king. The best looking, most popular, football star guy the year below me was salutatorian and went to an Ivy on an athletic scholarship. Before anyone says “times must have changed” this was the early 90’s. Different schools have different academic cultures. In a lot of schools the popular kids are the top performers at everything.
You know the worst part? Molly just do what those 3 did to her : judging others. 😅
🎶 if you don’t say something in the next 10 minutes, i’m gonna take you to the hospital 🎶
My school of choice was Hogwarts but decided not to cuz this kid always endangers the school
Hogwarts was my backup.
Ew
this is so realistic the slacker stoner kids get amazing grades and don’t try at allll and they all sell drugs
That’s all you THINK they do, but usually these kind of kids work incredibly hard in silence
To the froiegners, FYI The music bit comes at 3:30 is from Arabic Kadaloram by AR. Rahman. Check it out guys.
I did 4 months worth of work in 1 day in my physic is class with my friends and while all the other groups were stressing out to make a Rube Goldberg machine my group did it all in 2 days and spent the rest of the time chilling
Hold on: they humiliate her and say horrible things but get to walk out like they're the bigger person?
Arrianna Tate tbh it just shows how when you’re uptight and demeaning people because you’re ‘smarter’ just comes around. I think that was the most realistic scene in the movie. Don’t judge people and expect people not to judge you either.
It’s called life
@@mikaelagomez3430 yeah I forgot that it makes it all ok
She didn't let anyone but her best friend be nice to her. She talks shit about them too and talks down to and bosses around everyone. They were just blowing off steam and felt bad when they saw she overheard them, probably would have apologized but she wanted to fight. They started being nice to her when she let them.
Bc movie logic
I've never seen another movie really hammer home how some people just completely waste their youth.
I would like to say that this hits me really hard, because I tried so hard in high school and I tried even harder to get into college and I didn't make it, and people who didn't try as hard as I did or didn't take things seriously. They did make it, and it makes me feel horrified as if there is something wrong with me or I am not destined to succeed.
why is no one talking about that hallway scene omg it’s so good gives me chills
Thus is so true and I have learning disabilities so it was annoying because I tried so hard, I had to work twice as hard but I still got C's while my bullies got A's it was the worst feeling ever !!!!
It's decades since I was at school/college, but I LOVED this film. Especially this scene!
She's like "I WASTED THE F***N MOST IMPORTANT 4 YEARS OF MY LIFE"
Posted a month ago, no views or comments, now everyone sees it...weird
amazingabby25 the numbers
@FilmGamer Google controlled your mind into stop working 😂
They're in the right though. You can still get places if you have other hobbies than school
the music has got huma huma song tune from bollywood
EXACTLYYYY
oh my god yes it is
So can anyone tell me the name of the song?
@@manujanardhanan1878 The Humna Song. The new version which was released in 2017.
@@manujanardhanan1878 double rum cola by fata boom
It’s not about getting accepted, it’s about actually going through it and graduating. People who don’t take school seriously, usually have a really bad time adjusting to college life. They’re struggling to learn in a semester what applied students have known their whole life.
what about connections
3:35 humma humma humma humma humma😂
Isn't that Christine's friend from Lady Bird? She's a great actress!
Yes. Her name is Beanie Feldstein
@@_stuartmanja Thanks, I didn't know that. She's awesome ❤️
The disappointment when she says Harvard 😂😂😂
Her reaction to the cake being thrown 🤣
This was actually.....realistic sorta, well more realistic then most highschool films.
At my school, only one student got into an Ivy League School. Our Valedictorian got into Yale on a full scholarship
how does this movie’s soundtrack go so hard ??!! i love !!
The track at 3. 25 is copied from a song called ' Humma Humma' by A R Rahman. ( From the 90s) . Listen to it. Its fun.
This is so true, during my degree I partied, was into associations, art, sports, activism and had a big big life outside of uni. I graduated the 2 nd of my promoition, all A's with an award. Got big sholarships to study in the best unis in London and all. I think this is because when you are active in life and do more than just study, each thing you do complements the other. Sports give you dopamine, being with friends allowes you to structure your thoughts and speak about projects and doing activism gives you ethics and other types of formation in life.
Doing it all doesn't have to mean you have been a prick, just have good time management and work smarter and see how things are teathered in a bigger level.
3:32 bollywood song: humma song tune, 😃 now I am happy 😁
3:31 the music is stolen from "The Humma" song
I WAS THINKING THE SAME
OMG
Not stolen, but sampled
I KNOW!!!!
I was hoping somebody wrote this
If I was her, I would congratulate them for getting into good schools and getting a job at a successful company. It’s harder to get a job at Google than trying to get into Yale.
idk where the hell y’all went to school, but my high school was nothing like this at all
3:35 is it just me or are they playing arr's humma humma here
It actually is dude!
Great acting performances from all casts
This was what my school was like. We had a 100% college attendance rate after graduation, and ~10% of those were Ivy League. My friend group went to Princeton, Harvard, Columbia, Occidental, UC Santa Cruz and Tufts.
My friends and I would literally LIE about going to study in the library so we could meet up in the student commons to play video games or ditch school to get lunch so HEY KIDS you don’t need to study all the time and be a great student to get into a good school
This is nothing like my highschool experience
Gregarious Gonzalez Yeah I keep hearing that this is so accurate by people in the comments. Maybe it’s because I graduated in 2014 a few years before this but this is nothing like my high school was...and I went to high school with a bunch of idiots who got into state colleges lol
Same here, extremely different from my high school. The film’s portrayal was intentionally an extreme over-exaggeration of school so idk where in the world all the people in these comments went
i mean, you can't expect a comedy movie to be 100% accurate, but the vibe is there, and being someone who never hung out in school and cried over too much homework, this feels pretty accurate for me.
@@Rabbit_Hill Right? I would understand if they were all rich. But none of those kids are rich or serious enough athletes to be recruited on sports scholarships. As for Triple A. There wasn't a single brainiac chick I knew in high school who was also slutty. They dated, for sure, but they didn't do it on that chick's level.
TL:DR. The people in the comment sections must have lived in very wealthy neighborhoods with a lot of legacy kids or they are lying and simply saw a smart kid drink a beer once at a party and ruled them crazy party animals. Lol.
@@asherujudo7383
I live in a low income area and I think this scene was incredibly accurate.
As an 10th grade guy I can confirm that the bathroom scene is realistically true 🤣🤣
I LOVED this movie!
THE SONG IS SO MUCH LIKE HUMMA HUMMA OMG
In canada extracurricular activities dont count towards admissions and sports scholarship are just cash but dont get you in. Most of the slackers here just end up either in college or like the lowest tier unis. I worked my butt off and even i couldnt get into a tier 1 uni
you know honestly i think so many people in high school and college are hung up on what other people think. if you go through both, and the rest of your life, doing what you want to do you will literally never be unhappy. because you are doing what you want without other's approval or whatever. it's a fail-proof thing that's difficult for some people to understand. just do your own thing. you'll attract like minded friends so don't worry about that. and you'll always be happy/content/on-the-right-path, never competing and you'll get to where you want to be.
Wow, the whole crowd who "missed out on fun" during school is here. Count me in ):)
Idk about the literal realism of this scene ( I doubt that very much) but it's broadly realistic. In grade school, when your personality is evolving rapidly, it is different. But by high school, the chance that you will change dramatically drops a lot. The people who seem the most unstable or likely to suffer breakdowns in high school _are the people_ who crash later, and the people who seem most likely to succeed in high school _are the people_ who succeed later.
Barring a spiritual awakening or a war, of course. My friend changed after high school, but he was in a truck that was hit by an IED in Afghanistan and saw his friends splattered all over the inside. I changed, but I suffered a drug experience in 2006 that I wouldn't wish on anyone. So yeah.
"This is NOT a time to celebrate...let's go to a party tonight" lmfao
4:25 pure gold
I really do hope there’s a second movie to this
Silicon Valley in a nutshell
Yup. They are all stoners. From the beginning.
as someone who lives in silicone valley, i agree
and then they realize when they get there, the shit they did to get by doesn't work in college so they either fail or drop out. the things you do to pass in high school will not work the same way
It depends on what you did. College has a lot of filler textbooks and bullshit handouts. If you skip that and look for material online, and also study with your friends it's a huge time saver with better results.
@@wandetta4467 true. well everyone is different. I like studying by myself for engineering and only asking the professor for help cos I can only trust them to tell me the correct answer.
@@lancefairbank3311 I prefer that, but I've found it's more time effective to find a few smart people to study with. Even when they're wrong you learn a lot by explaining it to them. I've had deadweights in group projects but if I had bean more social I could have picked out a better group.
That's the advantage those smart outgoing kids have over her, they have each other.
@@wandetta4467I have changed my mind on everything after being a slut in college. I agree with everything now! Lmao
I'm the guy who didn't go to college and still got a good job...
So I see this and go "Everyone have fun paying off those student loans." ^_^
i didnt study much but i got into a good school the slackers in school also got into good schools god this is so perfect
beanie is so underrated and shockingly talented
Who plays Hope I swear that actress is so familiar
better2gether Her name is Diana Silvers :-)
She’s a model
She is in the movie ma. I thought she looked familiar too.
Street Smart - (Work Smarter)
Book Smart - (Work Harder)
I wish I saw this in theaters. I must have it now!
I love this movie so much. I partied so much in high school, I hung out with friends a lot, made great memories, and had the wildest experiences. But I still prioritized my school work and just managed to balance it all. Got so fucking judged by the overachievers in high school and now i’m in my 2nd year at Columbia 🤪🤪🤪.
You’re probably not going anywhere after Columbia, as people like you usually end up as worker bees after college. Although your lifestyle may of benefited you shortly, those “overachievers” are still the ones who will be your CEO’s and bosses. (That, or this all is just a really fucked up case of survival bias.)
@@c-lexis8747 CEOs sounds like an inherited job ngl
@@c-lexis8747
CEOs were usually the popular kids and/or bullies in HS, honestly