Lady Bird

This movie was ok (it wasn't boring nor was it very entertaining). At first I didn't understand the point it was trying to make. Was it you can shortcut your way to your dreams if you lie, cheat, and steal (as that was exactly what she did)? It wasn't about the pressures of class division (as a review I read states), as no one treated her as any differently regardless of her social status and any division she felt was just in her head. Her anxiety against her parents, the school, and the upper class of her school turned out to be non-issues, and when she got to where or what she wants, she just finds that the grass never gets greener for her once she was on the other side. In fact, she just becomes resented by those she abandons to get ther...

I think Lady Bird is my film for 2017 where me and everyone else on the planet just straight up do not see eye to eye. At no point during Lady Bird did I feel drawn in. I genuinely did not enjoy my time with Greta Gerwig's directorial debut. I haven't come across a single other person who feels the same, but I must be honest to my experience.

Normally this is where I would say something along the lines of, "It's just because this isn't my sort of movie" except that last year Edge of Seventeen dealt with virtually identical subject matter and that was one of my favourite movies of the year.

So I'm just wrong I guess?

Final rating:½: - Boring/disappointing. Avoid where possible.

This is one of my absolute favourite movies of all time. I understand why some might give it low ratings as it is directed at a very specific white female audience but all I have to say to that is "they didn't understand it". This is the ultimate comfort movie for me and I will take no criticism.

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The opening image of writer/director Greta Gerwigs impressive debut, Lady Bird, is of Marion (Laurie Metcalf) and Christine (Saoirse Ronan) asleep together in a hotel bed. Their faces are close, like mirrored images of each other. Not only do they look alike, they are two sides of the same coin. Its why they get along so well and why they can wound each other so deeply. This mother-daughter relationship is the crux of the story Lady Bird tells. The movie chronicles Lady Birds (as Christine insists on being called) last year of high school in Sacramento. She cant wait to leave, and is hoping to graduate and...

Lady Bird is a fantastic coming of age story that is a lot deeper than its contemporaries in the genre. It deals with more than just boys and self-discovery, but familiar past, the complex relationships between parents, and the deep understanding that home is comfort no matter how terrible it may seem in the moment. It is all crafted so well that the experience is instantly relatable allowing many viewers to resonate with her. Despite this movie being a tad overhyped by many critics, it is still a brilliant film that is easy to watch and can somehow make me laugh and cry at the same time.

Score: 90% | Verdict: Excellent

Garden variety coming of age films are so prevalent that its all the more refreshing when something truly personal and original like Lady Bird comes along. The small scale intimacy of the story about a teenage girl on the cusp of womanhood in Sacramento feels raw and real, its cozy focus creating a universal anecdote that relives (with bittersweet affection) a part of life thats filled with constantly fluctuating highs and lows. This is exactly the type of indie filmmaking that we need more of, and the awkwardly charming Greta Gerwig has hit a home run with her equally awkwardly charming directorial debut.

The film gives an unromantic glimpse into middle class life in 2002, where we meet Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan), her recently laid off a...

Saoirse Ronan is "Christine McPherson" (aka "LadyBird"). In the final year of her high school life, she has to deal with all of the conflicting influences as her adulthood - and future - looms. She has a strong relationship with her father; a more torrid one with her mother - and generally resents what she perceives to be her family's rather hand-to-mouth existence in Sacramento. It's a tale of her emotional development, her boyfriends (Lucas Hedges and Timothée Chalamet) and of her journey to adulthood that is at times poignant, at times self-indulgent but unfortunately, for me anyway, pretty disengaging. Her character is selfish and thoughtless - although not unsophisticated. Like many a story of our adolescence, it is fascinating for tho...

Saoirse Ronan coming-of-age at a Catholic school in Sacramento

During her senior year in 2002-2003, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks (Saoirse) takes on the struggles of a challenging mother, friendships, romance and a school play, as well as the pursuit of culture and a college education in the East.

"Lady Bird" (2017) was somewhat based on the writer/directors experiences growing up in Sacramento. She went on to fame with her 2023 hit Barbie. This is the first movie Ive seen of hers and shes a proficient writer & filmmaker, but her style turns me off somehow. Its not just the few digs at wise Conservativism, but the overall writing and filmmaking, which failed to draw me into the characters and their experiences.

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Lives up to the billing.

'Lady Bird' is great viewing. The teen drama bits are solidly portrayed, though it is the family stuff that I think really powers the film to upper echelons. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are terrific, Ronan obviously most so but Metcalf merits praise too; particularly at the end. Tracy Letts is a positive as well.

Other good cast members include Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson (his branch of the plot kinda vanishes, mind) and Lois Smith. Kathryn Newton is apparently in there, didn't even recognise her! In fact, there wasn't anyone onscreen that I didn't like, so that's always a sign for a movie of quality.

Happy that this is indeed an excellent film, one I've seen popping...