Review of Lady Bird (2017) by The3Academysins — 22 Nov 2017

Lady Bird is an incredibly fresh coming of age story, a love letter to growing up in Sacramento and an incredible directorial debut by Greta Gerwig. The story of Lady Bird is so simple and ordinary, and yet the stakes are so high.

We are given a small glimpse into a girl's life during her senior year of high school. The strengths of Lady Bird are a very strong script and very strong characters. The characters all felt like real people I had encountered in high school, and I found myself feeling very connected to Lady Bird's character and I strongly identified with her high school struggles.

Millenials will really love this one! The silent scenes in the film almost speak louder than the dialogue heavy scenes, which is quite a feat as the dialogue is so natural! I will say that Lady Bird didn't quite hook me right away like some of the other Oscar offerings this year, but once the slow build finished, I was with the movie every step of the way.

This is going to be one to remember.