PREVIEW: Honor Society (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Angourie Rice (The Nice Guys), Gaten Matarazzo (The Angry Birds Movie 2), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Superbad), Armani Jackson (The Last Witch Hunter), Amy Keum (film debut), Ben Jackson Walker (film debut), Avery Konrad (Heart of Dance), Miku Patricia Martineau (Kate), Kerry Butler (Mapplethorpe), Zoë Christie-Dowd (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Oran Zegman (film debut), director; David A. Goodman (The Pavillion), writer; Michael Lewen (Trainwreck), producer; Ben Zeadman (film debut), composer; Topher Osborn (Dear White People), cinematographer; editor TBA

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Honor (Rice) is an ambitious high school senior who is eager to secure a place at Harvard, provided that she can get a certified recommendation from her guidance counsellor Mr. Calvin (Mintz-Plasse) first. Desperate to do whatever it takes, she sets into motion a Machiavellian plan to take down her closest competitors, but things become complicated when she unexpectedly falls for her biggest competition, Michael (Matarazzo)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Angourie Rice and Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo headline this funny coming-of-age comedy about the cutthroat nature of college admissions, with a supporting part for modern teen comedy legend Christopher Mintz-Plasse.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

SATURDAY 30TH JULY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON PARAMOUNT+

 

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