Lady Bird

There are some moments that I feel could have been cut out, such as the scene where Lady Bird goes to the convenience store to celebrate her 18th birthday. However, there are scenes that are just genuine, particularly the prom scene, and the scene at the diner where everyone was just having fun. We didn’t do food fights, but friends laughing together— an intimate moment that I sorely miss.  Gerwig directs with such flair and her screenplay was so obviously deeply personal yet is still relatable to most. It is not the perfect masterpiece I once knew, but it is still an absolutely amazing film, with the pacing the most commendable aspect of the film. It manages to capture that feeling we all get where time goes by so fast and everything feels short, but is also slow enough to make us feel that we went through 2002 with Lady Bird, her schoolmates, and her family. A phenomenal directorial debut from Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird manages to hit the right emotional buttons with triumphant performances from Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, and Lucas Hedges.