Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edibiri star in “Bottoms,” an irreverent yet politically relevant queer-centric high school farce.
PJ and Josie are unhappily single seniors, described, over their high school P.A. system, as “the ugly, untalented gays.” The embodiment of the song “Creep” by Radiohead, these proudly weird lesbians are each pining — PJ very openly, and Josie in a quietly pathetic way — over two beautiful and popular girls . Neither strategy is working. At a preschool carnival, the two joke about having been to juvenile detention over the summer.
star quarterback with their car. The next day, they learn of their new bad-girl image and parlay it into starting a girl’s self-defense group — billed as a fight club — to get closer to their crushes.From thirst traps to fight clubs, Rachel Sennott is in on the joke Seligman and Sennott’s script feels improvisational — in the best way. Every joke builds off what comes before it in the “yes, and …” style of improv comedy, resulting in a crescendo of absurdist dialogue that feels shockingly natural in the world that Seligman and Sennott have crafted. To use another analogy, we’re like the frogs in the pan of slowing heating water, barely noticing as Sennott and Seligman’s screenplay turns up the heat.
Is it a daring feminist act to manipulate women into sleeping with you? No. “Bottoms” doesn’t pretend that it is. Springing off real issues women, girls and LGBTQ+ people face, “Bottoms” is an eccentric little satire: simultaneously relevant and irreverent.At area theaters. Contains crude sexual humor, pervasive coarse language and some violence. 88 minute
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