- Award Snub: The film received zero nominations at the Oscars, with the most decried snubs being for Bo Burnham's screenplay and Elsie Fisher's performance.
- Awesome Music: The film's score by Anna Meredith is all wonderful synths that can be pleasant during quiet scenes or loud and unnerving during scenes of high emotion.
- The trailer's use of "Orinoco Flow" by Enya is also a well-used ear worm. This also extends to the song's usage in the film itself.
- Cliché Storm: Despite being a really good movie, it really isn't all that different to all the other Coming of Age Story-type films.
- Harsher in Hindsight: Kayla seeing Olivia Jade as an aspirational figure can really make you wince, with Jade’s career being destroyed by Operation Varsity Blues just months after the film’s release.
- Heartwarming Moments: Now with its own page.
- Just Here for Godzilla: Many people first heard of the movie because it was directed by Bo Burnham, and it being his first project since 2016's Make Happy.
- Nightmare Fuel: The "truth or dare" scene, with a heaping dose of parental worries to go with it.
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