Bottoms (2023)

August 25, 2023 (US) • Comedy • 91m

Overview

Unpopular best friends PJ and Josie start a high school self-defense club to meet girls and lose their virginity. They soon find themselves in over their heads when the most popular students start beating each other up in the name of self-defense.

Director

Emma Seligman

Writers

Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott

Top Billed

Rachel Sennott

Keywords

high school cheerleader female friendship bullying coming of age teenage girl school assembly high school student teen comedy lgbt sex comedy duringcreditsstinger teen anger jocks teen social issues fight club playful provocative absurdist humor witty amused defiant exuberant

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Top Billed Cast

Rachel Sennott

Ayo Edebiri

Josie

Ruby Cruz

Hazel Callahan

Havana Rose Liu

Isabel

Kaia Gerber

Brittany

Nicholas Galitzine

Jeff

Miles Fowler

Tim

Marshawn Lynch

Mr. G

Dagmara Dominczyk

Mrs. Callahan

Punkie Johnson

Rhodes

Zamani Wilder

Annie

Summer Joy Campbell

Sylvie

Virginia Tucker

Stella-Rebecca

Wayne Péré

Principal Meyers

Toby Nichols

Goth Kid

Cameron Stout

Tucker

Ted Ferguson

Old Man

Bruno Rose

Mathieu

Zach Primo

Skater Bro

Liz Elkins Newcomer

Sharon

Krystal Alayne Chambers

Fight Club Girl (uncredited)

Richard Chattmon

Huntington Football Player #05 (uncredited)

Zelvin Collins II

Pep Rally Spectator (uncredited)

Wendy Conrad

Spectator (uncredited)

A.J. Dazee

Fight Club Girl (uncredited)

Jennifer Dent

Teacher (uncredited)

Lacey Dover

Cheerleader (uncredited)

Seth Fuentes

Student (uncredited)

Rose Bianca Grue

Spectator (uncredited)

Suzette Lange

Spectator (uncredited)

Mátt Norman

Football Player (uncredited)

Theresa Raymond

High School Student (uncredited)

Devyn Sandidge

Football Fan (uncredited)

David Storm

Football Fan (uncredited)

Kasia Trepagnier

High School Student (uncredited)

Crew

Alison Small

Producer

Max Handelman

Producer

Emma Seligman

Director

Charli xcx

Original Music Composer

Joshwa Walton

VFX Artist

B. Ted Deiker

Executive Producer

Hanna Park

Editor

Alana Mayo

Supervising Producer

Maribeth Fox

Casting

Maria Rusche

Director of Photography

Natalie Christine Johnson

Makeup Department Head

Robert C. Bigelow

Sound Mixer

Angela Gail Schroeder

Set Decoration

Andrea Bella

Sound Designer

Chris Foster

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Isabelle Henault

Visual Effects Producer

Nate Jones

Production Design

Shan Williams

Hair Department Head

Michelle Jones

Art Direction

CJ Cole

Visual Effects Producer

Eunice Jera Lee

Costume Design

Joseph R. Fitzgerald

"B" Camera Operator

Ashley Talbot

Truck Costumer

Silas Borelly

Stunts

Ashleigh Lewis

Stunts

Eliseo Arreola

Stunts

Max Patrucco

Stunts

Michelle Andrea Adams

Stunt Double

Cody Gautreau

First Assistant "B" Camera

Kim Ostroy

Casting Associate

Isabel Cafaro-Anderson

Digital Intermediate Producer

Aaron Pigg

Transportation Coordinator

Corey Kirkling

Key Grip

Katie Funck

Production Assistant

Devin Stovall

Stunts

Jaim O'Neil

Gaffer

Shawna Brazell

Casting Assistant

Sara K Young

Health and Safety

Deven MacNair

Stunt Coordinator

Criss Green

Grip

Jacob DiLandro

Production Assistant

Hunter Thomas

Epk Camera Operator

Casey Ann Zeller

Stunts

Lee Pierce

Extras Casting

Michelle Andrea Adams

Utility Stunts

Phil McGowan

Scoring Mixer

Leah Thorkelson

Production Assistant

Franklin Jones II

Key Rigging Grip

Riece Dudoussat

Dailies Operator

Sean Dunckley

Digital Colorist

Paul Woodhall

Carpenter

Deuce Cheryl Hedrick

Production Coordinator

Shelby Williams

Unit Publicist

Patti Perret

Still Photographer

Josh Dietrich

Additional Production Assistant

Jerry M. Jacob

Second Unit Cinematographer

Charlotte Gale

Extras Casting

Mandy Mamlet

Music Supervisor

Rachel Sennott

Executive Producer

James Roque Jr.

First Assistant Director

Jay Fisher

Dialogue Editor

Ruth Kesler

Production Supervisor

Chad Palardy

Leadman

Brian Foster

Visual Effects Coordinator

Nic Ratner

Music Editor

Yvette LaPlace

Location Manager

Paul A. Levin

Post Production Supervisor

Alaina Peck

Property Master

Megan McAfee

Key Costumer

Beau Coulon

On Set Dresser

Emma Murphy

Set Costumer

B. Ted Deiker

Unit Production Manager

Jerry Gilbert

ADR Mixer

Corey Ellow Sr.

Assistant Location Manager

Greg Crawford

ADR Mixer

Emma Seligman

Executive Producer

Elizabeth Banks

Producer

John Bowen

ADR Supervisor

Matt Hovland

ADR Mixer

Joe Stange

Assistant Location Manager

Ann Gray

Post Production Supervisor

Tye Plaisance

Set Dresser

Jack Dale Downey II

Props

Zach Hamlin

Set Dresser

Sandy Parker

Script Supervisor

Rhys D. Williams

Location Coordinator

Emma Seligman

Writer

Rachel Sennott

Writer

Leo Birenberg

Original Music Composer

Marko Costanzo

Foley Artist

George A. Lara

Foley Mixer

Charlie Mascagni

Utility Sound

Zsolt Éliás

Focus Puller

Madeline Brown

Hairstylist

Damita Jones

Key Hair Stylist

Lesley Rodriguez

Makeup Artist

Carlos Savant

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Amy C. Weinberg

Key Makeup Artist

Chad Chamberlain

"A" Camera Operator

Laura Rosenthal

Casting

Meagan Lewis

Location Casting

Teddy Blanks

Title Designer

Reviews

Brent Marchant

⭐ 1/10

September 6, 2023

I hate to admit it, but I allowed myself to be suckered in to this one as a result of its rambunctiously funny trailer only to be grossly disappointed at what I saw. This is a positively dreadful film, and I’m at a complete loss to understand how viewers have found it funny. When a pair of lesbian high school students (Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri) establish a fight club (i.e., a euphemistically labeled “self-defense program”) as a means to surreptitiously bed down their cheerleader classmates (a story line that’s more than a little dubious in itself), they subsequently launch into a meandering narrative that makes little sense and plays like it was made up by a group of stoners who’ll laugh at anything when suitably smoked up. The film starts out trying way too hard and then proceeds to quickly go downhill from there. Much of the material is in questionable taste, too, such as sequences that feature unrestrained physical abuse against women, as well as other forms of sanctioned violence. How is this stuff supposed to be funny? “Bottoms” has been described by viewers and critics as a go-for-broke/anything-for-a-laugh comedy, but I found its distasteful stabs at humor cringeworthy at best. What’s more, the picture’s feeble attempts at trying to inject the narrative with a message related to women’s empowerment are completely betrayed by its many wrong-headed plot devices. To the film’s credit, it does feature some passable performances by its supporting cast (most notably Punkie Johnson, Dagmara Dominczyk and former NFL star Marshawn Lynch). But, sadly, this effort is a big step down for director Emma Seligman and writer-actor Rachel Sennott, both of whom turned in brilliant work in their raucous collaboration, “Shiva, Baby” (2020) (not to mention that Sennott’s casting represents a laughable choice for someone who’s nearly 28 attempting to portray an 18-year-old character). It’s also quite a comedown for producer Elizabeth Banks, who scored big earlier this year with the utterly hilarious “Cocaine Bear.” It occurred to me after watching this debacle that maybe I’m just getting old and losing my sense of humor, but, after thinking it over, I realized that’s genuinely not the case. This may indeed represent a case of changing movie tastes, but, if that’s so, I’m seriously troubled about the direction in which those tastes are headed.

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CinemaSerf

⭐ 5/10

November 9, 2023

"PJ" (Rachel Sennott) and her best mate "Josie" (Ayo Edebiri) are starting the new year at school confident that they won't get laid! It's not just that they are gay, it's that they are gay, "ugly" and "untalented" - a toxic combination designed to ensure they continue to get their fun from Pornhub. Meantime, cheating school heart-throb "Jeff" (Nicholas Galitzine) is having a row with his girlfriend "Isabel" (Havana Rose Liu) that sees the latter… read the rest.

Parker

March 23, 2025

Bottoms tries to be a queer, feminist twist on the high school comedy, but what it delivers is a chaotic, mean-spirited farce that confuses shock value for substance. Also, writer is a degenerate for putting sex scenes in a high-school movie.

Watch literally anything else.