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A breezy tale of riot grrrl power passed down from mother to daughter, Amy Poehlerâs return to the directorâs chair (after 2019âs
Wine Country) is a winningly optimistic high-school romp with timely #MeToo-era themes. Adapted by screenwriters Tamara Chestna and Dylan Meyer from the hit YA novel by Jennifer Mathieu, it may lack the depth of
Booksmart, but itâs still blessed with enough post-punk energy to raise a smile, several chuckles and the occasional fist-punching cheer.
Hadley Robinson is Vivian, a head-down student (âItâs so nice not to be on anyoneâs radarâ) voted âmost obedientâ in the crass list compiled by high-school jocks, grotesquely ranking girls in categories including âbest rackâ and âmost bangableâ. Like the majority of her female schoolmates, including studious best friend Claudia (Lauren Tsai), Vivian accepts and even
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Louis-Dreyfus, 60, shared an enthusiastic, Yah!!!!! when she shared it on her Twitter page two days later.
Family support: The Seinfeld star s oldest son initiated the message of encouragement by sharing a photo of Charlie, who happened to be in the middle of an interview for Moxie
Creative family: Like brother Charlie, Henry Hall, 28, also caught the artistic bug from his mother, Julia Louis-Dryfus and father, Brad Hall
Along with her directorial duties, Poehler also stars as the mother of newcomer Hadley Robinson, who plays the teen Vivian in Moxie.
Pandemic : 2½
COMING 2 AMERICA: There’s an unusually restrained Eddie Murphy in this one. You can watch this film with the family. The language and the jokes are tame. The moral is politically correct. Not what you’d expect from him, especially since he’s working again with Craig Brewer, who directed him in
Dolemite Is My Name. That one was raunchy and funnier than this. The main draw here is hope that it might be as cheeky and entertaining as the original, which came out 33 years ago. It almost is, in a much milder way, and relies on a lot of references back to it. And several actors reappear, including Arsenio Hall (who, like Murphy, plays multiple roles), James Earl Jones, John Amos, Shari Headley, and some surprise cameos.
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