<em>Lady Bird</em> Is a Sensational Paean to Teenage Life
Greta Gerwig’s witty and moving new film features a wonderful lead performance from Saoirse Ronan.
by David Sims
Nov 02, 2017
3 minutes
Christine McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) is someone cursed with that familiar, often painful, gift of youth—absolute certainty. She feels everything strongly, expresses her opinions loudly, and both wounds and charms the people around her without meaning to. On the brink of adulthood, she’s resolute enough about her desire to go to college on the East Coast (far from her home of Sacramento) that she tosses herself out of a moving car when her mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf) tries to dismiss her ambitions. Another movie might frame that momentcelebrates Christine’s teenage will, no matter how extreme it can sometimes be.
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