A cringe-inducing, witty, and earnest look at the awkward and heartwarming end of middle school.
Cringe comedy. A comfort watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Netflix, YouTube (free) and Plex (free).
Nothing past what an R promises: some innuendo or implied sex and no real violence.
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Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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