The movie's title, “Bottoms,” doesn't refer to what first comes to mind. Instead, it's about the main characters' social status. They are at the bottom of the pecking order in their school. The movie repeatedly jokes about how the characters aren't hated for being gay but for being “ugly, untalented gays.”
PJ and Josie are sleazy! They hatch a plan to date cheerleaders! In the first 15 minutes of the film, they convince the whole school that they're “qualified” to run a fight club because they spent their summers in a Hunger Games-style survival situation in juvie (plot twist: they did not go to juvie).
The satirical teen sex comedy follows PJ and Josie, two unpopular best friends who want to impress their cheerleader crushes by starting a self-defense club. Bottoms combines a modern-day setting with early 2000s references and iconography, allowing it to feel both contemporary and nostalgic.
The main characters don't die at the end! It's a happy yet outrageous ending, where two characters kiss on the football field a la “A Cinderella Story.” At the end of the day, “Bottoms” doesn't reach any grand conclusions; it just exists. But for the LGBTQ+ community, that is more than enough.
Josie and Isabel's relationship develops throughout the film, culminating in a kiss and a stronger bond, while PJ does not end up with Brittany but shares a promising kiss with Hazel.
The movie's title, “Bottoms,” doesn't refer to what first comes to mind. Instead, it's about the main characters' social status. They are at the bottom of the pecking order in their school. The movie repeatedly jokes about how the characters aren't hated for being gay but for being “ugly, untalented gays.”
The following evening, Josie invites Isabel to her room and they have sex. Meanwhile, PJ kisses Brittany, but Brittany informs her that she is straight.
Hazel and PJ decide to kiss to try and distract from the game starting. That distraction works until the Huntington players arrive, with tensions between the teams at a high.
PJ's relationship with Hazel is at first platonic, as PJ's eyes are at first solely set on that of Brittany, one of the school's cheerleaders. PJ humiliates Hazel for being a loner in the heat of the moment when the club disbands and the two begin to argue.
Hazel walks away crying while the other girls, especially Josie, think PJ went too far. Later on, Josie and Isabel hang out at home, and they end up kissing and hooking up. Meanwhile, PJ goes to Brittany's home to help her expand her jewelry business.
Parents need to know that Bottoms is a raunchy comedy about two lesbian high school girls who start a fight club as a way to get their crushes' attention (and possibly sex). Violence, while played for laughs, is surprisingly bloody. Participants in the club punch and kick each other, leading to bloody noses…
Seligman: There was a lot of improv—mostly from Rachel and Ayo, but we knew that going into it because they're both comics, and they've worked together so much. I'd also say Marshawn improvised so much. So many of his scenes don't involve an active scene partner.
No, it's because here they are—in their senior year of Rockridge Falls High School—and they still haven't had sex. The horror. P.J.—the go-getter of the two—still has schemes in place. She still hopes to lose her virginity before gaining her diploma.
Bottoms. The female dominated film, lead by Rachel Sennot and The Bear's Ayo Edebir, held all of its production throughout locations in New Orleans. Bottoms is a comedy that follows two unpopular high school girls, who create a fight club in order to meet new girls.
Bottoms was set to be a blockbuster hit from the beginning. With a budget of $11.3 million, the film grossed $1.3 million by its first weekend. Bottoms boasts a score of 93% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer, as well as a 90% Audience Score.
Bottoms, Emma Seligman's comedy about two gay best friends that start an all-female fight club (and one of our favourite films of 2023) won for Outstanding Film with a Wide Theatrical Release, while Reneé Rapp, who recently played Regina George in the Mean Girls musical reboot, won for Outstanding Music Artist.
The satirical teen sex comedy follows Pj and Josie, two unpopular best friends who want to impress their cheerleader crushes by starting a self-defense club. Bottoms combines a modern-day setting with early 2000s references and iconography, allowing it to feel both contemporary and nostalgic.
Ruby Cruz plays Hazel, a pure-hearted autistic lesbian. Hazel is funny because she's always serious, and for the same reason she's admirable, even magnificent.
Josie In 'Bottoms' Explained: What Happens To Ayo Edebiri's Character? Josie in Bottoms is a tomboyish, lesbian, and introverted character played by Ayo Edebiri. The character is somewhat socially inept in comparison to her best friend, Pj.
Rachel Sennott plays the character PJ in the movie Bottoms. PJ is a senior at Rock Ridge High School, and she creates a fight club with her best friend, Josie, in order to draw the attention of her cheerleader crush, Brittany.
He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero.
