Your middle school diary got a budget and actors. God help us all.
What if you rediscovered the script you wrote when you were 12? And what if you performed it with real actors, without changing a word? In this unique comedy, actors faithfully bring their director's hilariously bad childhood script to life, while their "Teacher" Michael Smallwood uproariously reacts to the chaos.
Acting
Cast commits to preteen dialogue with Oscar-worthy sincerity.
Direction
Iannantuono weaponizes her own embarrassment into comedy gold.
Writing
The original 'Outcasts' script: accidentally poetic, genuinely unhinged.
Director
Michelle Iannantuono
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Outcasts' script was discovered in a box labeled 'DO NOT OPEN' from Iannantuono's parents' attic, written entirely in gel pen.
This joins The Disaster Artist and Best Worst Movie in a growing genre: films that interrogate 'so bad it's good' by putting creators in the room with their past selves.
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