A panic attack in a suit and tie running for president? Sign me up.
An acerbic high school student prone to panic attacks runs for class president to get closer to his teacher.
Acting
Ben Wang's panic attack physicality is uncomfortably real.
Writing
Dialogue that captures how teens actually talk about their brains.
Director
Will Ropp
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Will Ropp's directorial debut after acting in Booksmart and The Sex Lives of College Girls.
The film joins a wave of 2020s teen comedies that treat mental health as plot engine rather than punchline, following Eighth Grade and The Edge of Seventeen.
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