Lady Bird

“Fly away home.”

7.3

2017

1h 34m

DramaComedy

Director: Greta Gerwig

Overview

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

Trailer

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Cast

Lady Bird McPherson

Saoirse Ronan

Lady Bird McPherson

Marion McPherson

Laurie Metcalf

Marion McPherson

Larry McPherson

Tracy Letts

Larry McPherson

Danny O'Neill

Lucas Hedges

Danny O'Neill

Kyle Sheible

Timothée Chalamet

Kyle Sheible

Julie Steffans

Beanie Feldstein

Julie Steffans

Sister Sarah Joan

Lois Smith

Sister Sarah Joan

Father Leviatch

Stephen McKinley Henderson

Father Leviatch

Jenna Walton

Odeya Rush

Jenna Walton

Miguel McPherson

Jordan Rodrigues

Miguel McPherson

Shelly Yuhan

Marielle Scott

Shelly Yuhan

Greg Anrue

John Karna

Greg Anrue

Reviews

Innovator

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 there and ultimately ends up longing for the side she left. If anything the movie was saying that those who are rich aren't as unexclusive as those without think, and they are just like everyone else. Just as the main protagonist was rebelling against her life to gain acceptance, so were the kids of the rich in that they are also just seeking acceptance. That doing anything to get your dreams won't lead to satisfaction as life on the other side isn't any better, you just end up hurting others by getting there that way, and in hindsight blinded you from what you already had. I guess the movie had something to say after all. ★★½ - Not dull, nor was it very entertaining.

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Gimly

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._

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brooket123

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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