Lady Bird (2017)

Lady Bird follows Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan), an outspoken, artsy senior at a Catholic high school in Sacramento in 2002, as she navigates the last turbulent year before college. Frustrated by her family’s financial struggles and convinced that Sacramento is holding her back, Lady Bird renames herself, chases romance and social acceptance, joins the school theater program, and pushes for acceptance to an East Coast liberal-arts school — all while clashing with her fiercely practical mother. The story balances sharp humor with raw emotion as it traces first love, loss of innocence, friendship, the sting of class differences, and the messy, stubborn love between a mother and daughter. Viewers can expect a warm, bittersweet coming-of-age film that mixes witty, observant dialogue with quietly powerful scenes. The movie is both funny and tender, grounded in everyday details: awkward teen moments, heated family arguments, small-town constraints, and the exhilarating hope of leaving home. Performances are immediate and affecting, and the film’s tone moves from laugh-out-loud to poignantly reflective, leaving you with a strong sense of characters who feel lived-in and real. If you watch it, you’ll come away nostalgic, emotionally moved, and thinking about the ties that shape who we become.

Actors: Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts

Director: Greta Gerwig

Runtime: 94 min

Genres: Comedy, Drama

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