I, Tonya review – scattershot skating biopic offers flawed, foul-mouthed fun Read moreIn Lady Bird, Gerwig strikes out alone, removing herself from the actual picture and taking on the dual role of writer and director. Christine (Saoirse Ronan), or Lady Bird as she prefers to be called, is drifting through her final year of high school with lofty, perhaps unrealistic, aspirations of where she’ll be heading to college. Instead, Lady Bird cares about the opposite sex, her social life and daydreaming about what the future might hold. But Lady Bird doesn’t exist as a twee indie movie construct, it feels thrillingly real and deeply personal, every single beat ringing true. Lady Bird is a film bursting with warmth, wit and melancholy that manages to seem fresh and unexpected despite the overly stacked nature of the subgenre.

Source: The Guardian September 10, 2017 07:18 UTC