Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird, starring Saoirse Ronan

[DarthSkywalker]

Well this looks rather fantastic.

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[DarthSkywalker]

The reviews have been stunning so far. Limited release this weekend, apparently going wider around Thanksgiving.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lady_bird

http://deadline.com/2017/09/lady-bird-greta-gerwig-release-date-november-1202175334/

After logging a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score coming out of Telluride and Toronto, Greta Gerwig’s semi-autobiographical film Lady Bird will open Nov. 3 in limited theaters instead of Nov. 10. The A24 title will also break wide over Thanksgiving.

 

[Smilodon]

Big fan of Greta, and also love that its an early 2000s period piece. I also recognized some of the locations they shot in Sac, so I feel like I'll really be able to connect with this film.

 

[Slick]

Lived in Sac from age 13 to 27 so I’m looking forward to this movie.

 

[Lasirius]

Been living in Sacramento for 7 years, missed the hometown premiere just about 4 days ago. Can't wait to see this, it's fun to recognize the places they show in the trailer, I've been living in the area it was filmed.

 

[Incarnadine]

I can't wait to see this, I'm a fan of both Gerwig and Ronan.

Lady Bird seems to be rising quickly as a major award contender, it's still 100% on RT after 81 reviews and it opened to over $375k in 4 theaters for an extremely good $94k PTA.
As award season gets underway some contenders are dropping by the wayside and others are rising up the ranks, LB is definitely in the latter group.t:

I'd love to see Ronan snag an Oscar, it's just a matter of time for her, but the sooner the better.

 

[Incarnadine]

I saw this on Saturday with a sold out crowd and it lives up to the hype. The movie deserves every nomination it's going to get, and I can see it hitting the big 5 (Movie, Director, Original screenplay, Actress and Supporting Actress).

LB is still crushing it at RT with a perfect 150/0 now. It's so good even the contrarian Armond White (he is the reviewer that stopped Get Out's streak at 139/0 with it's first negative review, 1 of just 2 negatives out of 291 reviews)

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I wish this would come out near me. I want to see it so bad.

 

[David H.]

I wish this would come out near me. I want to see it so bad.

Same.

Another movie I’ll wait for until it’s on Prime.

 

[Smilodon]

Saw it this afternoon and the theater was half-packed. On Thanksgiving of all days too. Just goes to show how many people in Sac and the surrounding areas are responding to a film about that area. This film is gonna go far this awards season and I'd put it near the top of A24's entire catalogue as well.

Greta and Saoirse do a perfect of capturing what it feels like to be a senior in high school as well as the early 2000s - it's amazing how we can use Justin Timberlake to ground a film in a certain time period. Lady Bird also does a good job of making its titular character feel more real than other indie coming of age films because she's actually dorky and lame, not indie cool.

 

[Incarnadine]

Reviews are coming in slower now, but LB is now up to 158/0 on RT, the 2nd longest streak of positive reviews out of the gate after Toy Story 2's 163/0.

Since Armond White is already out of the way LB should have no problem getting 6 more positive reviews to become the new #1.t:

 

[Lasirius]

Saw it this afternoon and the theater was half-packed. On Thanksgiving of all days too. Just goes to show how many people in Sac and the surrounding areas are responding to a film about that area. This film is gonna go far this awards season and I'd put it near the top of A24's entire catalogue as well.

Greta and Saoirse do a perfect of capturing what it feels like to be a senior in high school as well as the early 2000s - it's amazing how we can use Justin Timberlake to ground a film in a certain time period. Lady Bird also does a good job of making its titular character feel more real than other indie coming of age films because she's actually dorky and lame, not indie cool.

You live in Sac too?

I saw it a week ago to a sold-out show. Was going to watch it earlier but the line was crazy and sold-out before we got a chance to line up. Anyway, loved the film and one of my favorites this year.

 

[Smilodon]

Not in Sac, but near it! It really is a beautiful love letter to Sacramento though. You can tell how personal and intimate this story is to Greta. I know a bunch of people saw it at the hometown premier at the Tower Theater where Greta attended, and I'm really jealous of them.

 

[scarlet-witch]

At first I wasn't going to bother with this because I was afraid Lady Bird would just be written like every other character Gerwig plays (even though Saoirse can do wonders with just about anything) but I'm firmly sold on this now. I'll see it next week.

 

[Incarnadine]

I really like the new poster, simple but effective.t:

 

[Slick]

Not in Sac, but near it! It really is a beautiful love letter to Sacramento though. You can tell how personal and intimate this story is to Greta. I know a bunch of people saw it at the hometown premier at the Tower Theater where Greta attended, and I'm really jealous of them.

Yeah looking back I remember hating living in Sacramento but now that I’ve moved I kinda miss it.

 

[lime]

IS there nudity in this film?

 

[Incarnadine]

IS there nudity in this film?

In the rating it says:

R (for language, sexual content, brief graphic nudity and teen partying)

The only nudity I can recall was when

Spoiler

Lady Bird buys a Playgirl when she turns 18 because "she could" and is flipping through it. So, the nudity in the warning is just a brief glimpse of a page of the magazine

 

[Smilodon]

165-0 for Greta Gerwig's Lady Bird on RT! Adios Toy Story 2!

 

[Incarnadine]

I just got home and I see LB is now 170/0.

If whoever is in charge of marketing is even remotely competent we should start seeing new ads any time now pushing the record breaking 100% perfect streak of reviews at RT.
It's marketing that pretty much writes itself at this point..t:

 

[redhawk23]

The film is pretty good but I am pretty astounded by how universally positive the response has been. You'd think someone one would come screaming in with a contrarian hot take.

 

[scarlet-witch]

Hands down my favorite film of the year so far. This was wonderful

 

[Kane52630]

My review...

Spoiler

It's a decent coming of age film that has a really great performance by Saoirse Ronan. It's a good first time directing effort for Greta Gerwig who's been in these kinds of films for a while now. The movie primarily focuses on the mother/daughter relationship and all the problems that come with it. Although that being said, I thought it was a bit too straight forward and cliched for my liking. So I was bit baffled why it's gotten so many great reviews. I've seen plenty of coming of age movies where they do something new and different, but here there's no real nuance to it. The only thing holding together this was Saoirse Ronan's performance, other than that it's just a decent movie.

8/10

It's good, but I really don't understand the hype. I can name other better coming of age movies than this that didn't get the unanimous reviews. But I guess that's the case every year around this time.

 

[redhawk23]

My review...

Spoiler

It's a decent coming of age film that has a really great performance by Saoirse Ronan. It's a good first time directing effort for Greta Gerwig who's been in these kinds of films for a while now. The movie primarily focuses on the mother/daughter relationship and all the problems that come with it. Although that being said, I thought it was a bit too straight forward and cliched for my liking. So I was bit baffled why it's gotten so many great reviews. I've seen plenty of coming of age movies where they do something new and different, but here there's no real nuance to it. The only thing holding together this was Saoirse Ronan's performance, other than that it's just a decent movie.

8/10

It's good, but I really don't understand the hype. I can name other better coming of age movies than this that didn't get the unanimous reviews. But I guess that's the case every year around this time.

While there have been many straight up raves, much of the hype has really just been a matter of the film universally being considered at least "pretty good" with no one really saying its bad.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Finally saw it. Fell in love with it. Saoirse is so good. The character of Lady Bird herself feels so genuine, so real.