Lady Bird

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Drake A coming-of-age teen dramedy, from the POV of a sub-upper-middle-class Catholic white millennial from California—so I could plenty empathize, and I do appreciate Greta Gerwig representing our generation on the screen, but those intersectionalities mean the conflicts can only be so much, that they're all of a nature of which they'll sort themselves out with the passing of time, and so many dramatic scenes based on them come off as melodramatic performances from the temporality of a teenager (when there's so time & again a dipping POV following the mother, who should be wiser). All that said, the writing is a quite competent Hollywood 3-act screenplay, with plenty of chuckle-inducing lines, multiple tear-rendering deliveries of monologue-y lines, and a rollicking story to fill a feature-length. Watching in 2023 a film from 2017 set in 2002-03 is uncanny, but this is a worthy addition to the canon for the 21st-century's progression of what John Hughes could muster in the '80s, and the hipster touches (e.g. the Joan Didion epigraph the local band) and depictions of life for an adolescent in the '00s stirred in me that romantic yearning for a simpler time of pre-cynic enjoyment of social living. A full dose of emotional content to invest one's bit of time into. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/29/23 Full Review Selma A Really awesome directing, complex yet relatable dialogues that bring this movie to life. Amazing casts. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/18/24 Full Review Nick R Filled with heart, humor, drama, and great acting. 'Ladybird' won't please everyone, but it gives off great indie film energy. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/10/24 Full Review Audience Member A movie that really opened my eyes. After seeing this movie, I chose to accept myself for who I am and understand my mother more. It also taught me to stop being someone else. Watching this as a young teen, it hit me like a truck and made me cry 4 times. I know the mc isn't a young teen but she knows how to heal one. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Jay V This mediocre coming-of-age story contains some great elements but ultimately fell short. The jokes were only mildly amusing. This project needed tightening in every corner. The heroine's character arc is interesting, but her social rise is unrealistic, especially given the fact that she is played by a skilled actor who unfortunately lacks the looks to pull off the role in a believable way, especially as to romantic objectives & social climbing depicted in the film. The best part of this movie is the tense mother-daughter relationship. More of that and less of the rest would have made a stronger story. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 11/18/24 Full Review Anastasia B Very weird film. It's good, but very uncomfortable film to sit through. It gives of a cold vibe and is slightly boring, nevertheless I thing it does show the reality of a teenagers life, contrary to the glitz-and-glam many other movies and TV shows tend to portray. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 11/09/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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