If you loved Eighth Grade, try That's What I Am
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. That's What I Am has roughly 8.3× fewer votes than Eighth Grade — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Eighth Grade, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What That's What I Am is
Ah, the joys of early adolescence. In 1982, a popular eighth-grader is partnered with a social outcast for a class assignment, prompting a series of misguided adventures. It's a movie about the universal traumas of being thirteen, but set in the early eighties for some reason.
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