A of its subversion of teen movie tropes? Booksmart - Creating the Aura of Freedom in Cinematography

A of the creative team (Olivia Wilde or Katie Silberman)?

: Olivia Wilde aimed for a feeling of "freedom" in the film’s visual style. She and production designer Katie Byron meticulously decorated character bedrooms with trophies and depictions of influential women like Michelle Obama.

: A surreal drug-trip sequence featuring animated dolls took 30 people five months to complete, produced by the studio behind BoJack Horseman .

: Premiering at SXSW, the film grossed nearly five times its modest $6 million budget worldwide.

: Katie Silberman was hired for final revisions to modernize the story for 2019. She introduced the pivotal realization that their "partier" classmates were also academically successful, challenging the protagonists' sense of moral superiority. Production Highlights

: Initially written by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins, the first version centered on the girls' quest to find boyfriends for prom.