20 Films to See in August
In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting films debuting in North American theaters this month, listed in alphabetical order.
Additional content by Jason Dietz
Comedy | Directed by Emma Seligman
Opens in theaters August 25
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Writer-director Emma Seligman’s follow-up to Shiva Baby is a high school comedy co-written by and starring that film’s star, Rachel Sennott. She plays PJ, who along with Josie (Ayo Edebiri of The Bear) starts up a self defense class turned fight club in hopes of hooking up with the school’s popular cheerleaders (Kaia Gerber and Havan Rose Liu). Sennott and Edebiri previously established chemistry on Comedy Central’s Ayo and Rachel Are Single, but the MVP of the new movie might be former NFL running back Marshawn Lynch, who plays the group’s faculty advisor. While R-rated comedies No Hard Feelings and Joy Ride struggled at the box office this summer, perhaps the singularly weird and over-the-top Bottoms can reverse that trend.
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