Here are Cinephile Corner’s 10 recommendations for movies like Pizza Movie:
Snack Shack
Snack Shack is an uncomplicated good time, anchored by two excellent and innocent performances by Conor Sherry and Gabriel LaBelle as 14-year-olds A.J. and Moose, respectively. Director Adam Rehmeier flexes his ability to tap into the mind of today’s youth and deliver a movie that is laugh out loud funny with a charming, heartfelt story.
One of Them Days
Keke Palmer is undeniably magnetic, and One of Them Days serves as another showcase for her effortless charm and comedic timing. Directed by Lawrence Lamont, the film largely exists to let Palmer shine, and she doesn’t disappoint, carrying the movie’s 97-minute runtime with infectious energy.
Hell of a Summer
On the surface, Hell of a Summer doesn’t have many glaring flaws. It’s an obvious love letter to classic slasher films like Friday the 13th, Scream, and Sleepaway Camp. Billy Bryk and Finn Wolfhard make their directorial debut here, and while their enthusiasm for the genre is clear, the film struggles to carve out its own identity. Instead of reinventing familiar tropes, it largely retraces well-worn ground, and that familiarity ultimately works against it.
Dazed and Confused
There’s a short, short list of movies that, in the moment, feel like the greatest thing you’ve ever seen. Richard Linklater has somehow made a few of them across a decades-long career, and I’m not sure he’s ever been more locked-in than with Dazed and Confused. It drops you into 1976 on the last day of school, where the soon-to-be seniors are running the show and the incoming freshmen are about to take the brunt of hazing rituals that are passed down like some warped tradition. Then the sun goes down, the cars start cruising, the beer starts flowing, and the night stretches out into that specific kind of teenage summer freedom that feels infinite while you’re in it.
Saturday Night
Saturday Night, directed by Jason Reitman, takes us back to the chaotic, unpredictable hours leading up to the first-ever episode of Saturday Night Live. Reitman’s film suggests that those 90 minutes before the show’s debut were more frenzied, uncertain, and downright messy than anything that’s aired in the decades since. It paints a vivid picture of a young Lorne Michaels, played with wide-eyed determination by Gabriel LaBelle, as someone who was deeply in over his head, unprepared to helm what would become one of television’s most iconic and enduring shows.
Didi
Didi is the debut film from writer/director Sean Wang, who is telling an autobiographical story of growing up Asian in the late 2000s. Izaac Wang plays the impressionable 13-year-old stand-in of the director, who navigates learning to flirt, skate, and live in a three-generation household of women.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. doesn’t take long to show you its worth – an easily digestible, refreshing throwback film certainly worth the price of admission. Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams star, with the latter hopefully participating in next year’s awards season race.
Read our full review of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
It’s What’s Inside
To its credit, It’s What’s Inside makes a few choices to make itself memorable. The premise is inarguably fascinating, and the consequences of the central plot engine are enticing at times. But It’s What’s Inside becomes frustratingly convoluted, compounded by a set of characters that I simply could not care less about.
Suncoast
Writer and director Laura Chinn crafts a few moments of emotional heft, but there isn’t enough tonal consistency to pull all the themes of Suncoast together. At times, it’s a rather powerful mother-daughter cancer drama, but it’s constantly followed up by tacky teenage dialogue or unfunny comedic writing. Woody Harrelson stars in an overly volatile movie for Hulu.
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
My skepticism was high for Adam Sandler’s new teen comedy on Netflix, You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah, but the movie is genuinely funny and surprisingly endearing. Sandler enlists his whole family for this take on adolescence and the Jewish community.
Read our full review of You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
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