Review of Lady Bird (2017) by Foxgrove — 25 Feb 2018

Sharply written and genuinely funny, dramatic and human by turn, this is a lot better than the rather cheap looking trailer implies. The cast are superb and Saoirse Ronan is fast becoming in danger of taking up the 'It Girl' mantle.

I sincerely hope she doesn't because then all we can look forward to is the kind of disposable output that we often get from Roberts, Bullock, and now Lawrence. Greta Gerwig has made a film of real substance which is also accessible and delightfully entertaining.