Crush is a 2022 American coming-of-age romantic comedy film directed by Sammi Cohen (in their feature directorial debut) and written by Kirsten King and Casey Rackham.

She struggles with the prompt which is to describe her happiest moment; she considers her unrequited long-time lesbian crush on popular student Gabby Campos as a possible topic.

By July 2021, Kirsten King and Casey Rackham had written a script based on their own life experiences, telling an LGBTQ story that would show more queer joy growing up rather than the tales typically told simply about coming out.

[1] Rowan Blanchard and Auliʻi Cravalho were cast as the leads shortly afterward,[2] and shooting began in the Syracuse area of New York that summer.

The website's consensus reads: "Some of the writing is stilted and the execution is occasionally uneven, but Crush's central love story is easy to fall for.

[7] Tomris Laffly of Variety praised the diversity and inclusivity within the cast compared to other teen romantic comedy films, and stated that Rowan Blanchard and Auli'i Cravalho's performances successfully establish chemistry between their characters, but found the movie too fearful to take a more plausible approach on the characters and their personas.

[9] Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com rated the movie 3 out of 4 stars, praised the idea of depicting same-sex relationships as conventional in a contemporary society, and complimented the cast's performance, especially Megan Mullally's portrayal of her character.