Lady Bird

this felt less like watching a movie and more like watching someone quietly read my diary out loud. Christine wanting to be called lady bird, trying so hard to build a version of herself that feels bigger than the life she’s stuck in ,i understand that urge SO painfully well. That feeling of wanting to be seen as something more than the place you come from, more than what people expect you to be. The embarrassment about money, the pretending, the small lies that feel necessary when you’re trying to belong somewhere you think you’re not meant for. It’s ugly and human and real. and the relationship with her mom hurt the most,not because it’s cruel, but because it’s so full of love that doesn’t know how to come out right. Every argument feels like two people who care about each other too much but don’t know how to say it without hurting each other. That kind of love is suffocating and comforting at the same time. what I loved most is that the film never tries to make lady bird perfect. she’s selfish sometimes, dramatic, unfair to her friends, embarrassed by things she shouldn’t be embarrassed about. But that’s exactly what makes her feel real.being a teenager is messy and contradictory and full of shame and longing and this desperate need to escape the version of yourself that everyone already knows. watching this felt like being convinced that your whole life is waiting somewhere far away from where you are right now. and maybe the reason it hit me so hard is because I recognized every single one of her mistakes. (watched this days ago and wrote the review but idk why i wasn't in a mood to post it)