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I went to see Lady Bird last weekend with a small group of friends. I’d been really excited to see it: Greta Gerwig, who wrote and directed the film, has low-key established herself as one of the smartest actors and writers around, wonderfully balancing comedy and deeply revealing characters, and Lady Bird is her first directing effort.
The verdict from everyone I went to see it with is that Lady Bird is not just everything you could hope for from a Gerwig film, but it’s also a straight up emotionally devastating experience. It’s not a film that’s actively trying to wreck you or tear you apart; there’s no great tragedy in it. It’s just a painfully honest and relatable movie. It relives once-serious high school dramas in such a pure way…
