Lady Bird

First time I watched it when I was 15 and didn’t really get it. Thought the mother was so fucking mean and horrible and the whole movie is just a meaningless segment of Ladybird’s life (I didn’t know what coming of age movie is back then). But second time I watched it I was 19 and omg…I bawled my eyes out. I was having a hard time with my mom too so I felt her so bad. And I felt for her mom too, because she might come of as mean but it’s just the only way she can communicate. Because for her the fact that she is not an addict and provides for her children and her children are not starving or homeless is already a proof of her love for them. Because she didn’t have all that, her childhood (and adolescence) was way worse so she thinks that she is doing more than enough. But for Christine, who doesn’t have that contrast, who grew up with better environment it’s not enough. She requires emotional support too, and