The 2000s called and Netflix answered with Senior Year, a nostalgic comedy that sees Rebel Wilson play a cheerleader who wants a second chance at high school after falling into a 20-year-long coma.
In the film's first trailer, the Pitch Perfect star portrays Stephanie Conway, a mega-popular cheer captain who suffers a head injury and falls into a coma before her senior prom.
As she wakes up 20 years later, the now 37-year-old Steph feels like "high school was just yesterday" and, as she was unable to finish her last year and get her diploma in 2002, Steph becomes determined to go back to school and make things right.
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"It will not be weird at all," Steph promises as she tries to win over her reluctant family, but her confidence is about to be crushed.
Well used to a cliquey environment, the cheerleader has a hard time navigating a more welcoming, accepting high school space.
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Having to rethink her idea of popularity, and the toxicity associated with it, the protagonist will also have to find different ways to connect to people while having her long-overdue coming-of-age moment.
Alongside Wilson, Senior Year also stars Mare of Easttown's Angourie Rice as a younger Steph, and it seems that fans will get to see more of her in a series of flashbacks.
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Happiest Season's Mary Holland, Love Life's Zoë Chao and This Is Us star Justin Hartley also feature, while Chris Parnell and Clueless icon Alicia Silverstone also star.
The film is directed by Alex Hardcastle from a script penned by Andrew Knauer, Arthur Pielli and Brandon Scott Jones. Rebel Wilson also serves as producer.
Senior Year will be available to stream on Netflix from May 13, 2022.
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Stefania is a freelance writer specialising in TV and movies. After graduating from City University, London, she covered LGBTQ+ news and pursued a career in entertainment journalism, with her work appearing in outlets including Little White Lies, The Skinny, Radio Times and Digital Spy.
Her beats are horror films and period dramas, especially if fronted by queer women. She can argue why Scream is the best slasher in four languages (and a half).
