2017 · comedy · revenge · coming-of-age
The Outcasts
Directed by Peter Hutchings1h 35m2017
After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
Our read: The Outcasts (2017) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · revenge · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / revenge, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- intimate
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