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 Mackenzie L I tried to watch this film when I was about 19 but I didn't give it a good chance at the time. 3 years later, I tried again and I wish I just watched it the first time around. This has got to be my new favourite film! Gerwig's intentional use of colour theory and semiotics is extremely effective, a true masterpiece for those girls who grew up unafraid to have an opinion, feeling like an outsider, battling the rest of the world single-handedly. I cried several times throughout the film due to how close-to-home several of the themes felt to me. Saoirse Ronan did an excellently convincing job playing her role as Lady Bird. For me personally, everything about this film is perfect, and it is exactly what I needed to see at this moment in my life. Thank you Greta Gerwig <3 Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/07/25 Full Review Sarah B Way over rated! It was okay, but not life changing. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 08/11/25 Full Review John W This is a film for people who enjoy seeing a lot of good technical skill wasted on a lackluster movie. A boring and almost insulting story about a self-entitled white girl whose bad attitude and refusal to see anyone in her life as anything other than a caricature of themselves leaves me wondering how she even has the (more interesting) friends that she does. What this adds to stories about adolescence is minimal, but it is interesting to see a story about a working class kid believing herself to be poor and oppressed. Maybe I need to rewatch this to see if Lady Bird was meant to be a Holden Caulfield: An asshole who alienates people with narcissistic black and white thinking grounded in a fear of growing up. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/22/25 Full Review Rae R I loved this movie so much. The teenagers were like actual teenagers, they were awkward and full of feelings and just like actual teenagers. And that’s coming from a teenager, btw. It was beautifully shot, I mean Greta Gerwig is one of my favorite directors, the acting was amazing, I cried a FEW times and all around, I just wanna watch this movie again and again Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/21/25 Full Review Vixo S "Just because something looks ugly doesn’t mean it’s morally wrong." An honest portrait of growing up. Lady Bird stands out thanks to its fully realized, deeply human characters, making it easy to see why so many people feel reflected in them. Greta Gerwig crafts an intimate story full of small gestures and details that honestly capture the struggles of growing up, dealing with your parents, and figuring out who you are. Personally, I found it hard to relate to the protagonist; her way of seeing and approaching the world feels far from my own. Still, I can’t deny the power of the story or how beautifully it portrays the emotions and contradictions of adolescence. It’s a beautiful, sincere, and emotionally complex film that deserves to be seen. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 07/16/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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