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.
Directed by Emma Seligman
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
Rank
#28 in 2023·#872 overall
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
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Cast
Rachel Sennott
PJ
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
Crew
Emma Seligman
Director
Emma Seligman
Writer
Rachel Sennott
Writer
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Original Music Composer
Leo Birenberg
Original Music Composer
Max Handelman
Producer
Emma Seligman
Executive Producer
Rachel Sennott
Executive Producer
Elizabeth Banks
Producer
Joshwa Walton
VFX Artist
Alana Mayo
Supervising Producer
Ashleigh Lewis
Stunts
Popular Reviews
11845 reviews
Sizzmari
8.4★ · 12/23/24
The most hilarious thing i’ve ever seen.
The most hilarious thing i’ve ever seen.
5
cody
9.9★ · 01/18/26
me and twin:
me and twin:
3
Ellie
8.4★ · 07/06/25
So funny, feels like a fever dream
So funny, feels like a fever dream
3
eshaal
10.0★ · 12/09/23
i knew i would never shut up about this film as soon as complicated by avril lavigne started playing
i knew i would never shut up about this film as soon as complicated by avril lavigne started playing
