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2018
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4.3
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4.5
Its narrative centerpiece isnt the tired girl likes boy, girl gets boy plot line.
Keith & the Movies
3.0
Brooklyn felt like Ronans official passage into a grownup acting career, the completion of her real life coming of age arc.
Av Club
4.5
A narrow but deeply affectionate portrait, Lady Bird has a very captivating song all its own.
Den Of Geek
4.5
Nay, it soars because of the truthful humanity that underlies its launch.
Den Of Geek
3.0
The loosely autobiographical Lady Bird is actress writer Greta Gerwigs solo directorial debut, and it feels like the fullest realization yet of her al ..
EW
4.4
It is also one of the better solo directing debuts by an actor in recent memory.Hardly a false step is taken by Greta Gerwig in her semi autobiographi ..
Rogerebert
5.0
Gerwig has proven that shes equally adept behind the camera, allowing her personal experiences to inform this upbeat, charming coming of age comedy.
Rogerebert
4.0
A striking directorial debut by Greta Gerwig, this tender, semi autobiographical love letter to Gerwigs hometown explores the gulf between childhood a ..
Common Sense Media
3.0
Gerwigs first solo directing effort is a touching coming of age story that makes an old formula feel new again.
Indie Wire
5.0
The real surprise is just how honest and personal this film proves to be again, par for the course with Gerwig, and yet, fairly rare among first time ..
Variety
5.0
Saoirse Ronan stars in writer director Greta Gerwigs semi autobiographical drama, a film filled with heart, smarts and the wry wisdom of distance.
Time Out
4.0
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 subgen ..
The Guardian
4.0
This cusp ness is where the films magic resides; its joyful, forward rushing narrative rhythm captures the feeling of adolescence ending before it has ..
The Guardian
5.0
Greta Gerwigs feature debut as a writer director is a gloriously funny and wistfully autobiographical coming of age comedy.
The Guardian
4.4
Gerwig roots around in meaty class issues with a marvelously deft touch.
5.0
Lady Bird is a triumph of style, sensibility and spirit. The girl at its center may not be a heavyweight, but her movie is epic.
5.0
There is a feeling that every role has been carefully cast and every performer given a moment to shine.
Screen Daily
3.5
That may seem like standard coming of age fare for a teenage girl, but Gerwig makes it feel new and unique.
Collider
4.5
Lady Bird doesnt seem like an archetype going through twee motions and reaching cathartic conclusions.
Collider
5.0
0 Whenever I put together a top ten list for a year in film, I attempt to find a common thread between the films.
Collider
5.0
Gerwig gives us just enough Laurie Metcalf to keep us wanting more.
Vulture
5.0
Modestly scaled but creatively ambitious, it succeeds on its own terms as a piquant audience pleaser.
The Hollywood Reporter
4.0
Also delivering the goods is a knockout cast of accomplished veterans and relative newcomers.
5.0
If you pay the right kind of attention to Lady Bird absorbing its riffs and digressions as well as its melodies, its choral passages along with its so ..
The New York Times
4.6
All I wish is to know what I want, utters Cinderella in Sondheims deconstructed fairy tale.
Paste Magazine
4.5
Her film manages to feel like an indie dramedy but powers along like a mainstream film.
Rogerebert
4.6
A heartfelt and very funny coming of age story.There are more coming of age movies than anyone would probably want to count, but the journey from yout ..
IGN
4.0
The filmmaking, honoring this, feels diffuse, indecisive.Actually, its right on target, a rare American inner consciousness portrait that somehow does ..
E Film Critic
4.0
15 cert, 94 mins If film awards have value, its not for heaving great expectations onto a Best Picture nominee as small, modest and accomplished as La ..
Telegraph
5.0
Best known for her stage and television work (a Tony this year, three Emmys for Roseanne) Metcalfs extraordinary performance underlines the close but ..
5.0
Lady Bird is a masterpiece. Affecting, emotional, funny, painful. Itll make you feel things and transport you to a time you thought youd gotten over.
The Young Folks
4.0
The rest of it will just be a beautiful memory, utter sweetness remembered on the tip of a tongue.
4.0
Lady Bird, who is pegged as an outcast from the get go with her dyed pink hair and contrasting schoolgirl threads, charms with innocent and clever mus ..
Ny Daily News
4.5
Lady Bird makes for a delightful coming of age comedy/drama, fueled by Gerwigs inspired direction and Saoirse Ronans charming performance.
Screen Rant
5.0
Whats behind the mothers tough love.She says she wants her daughter to be the best version of herself.
Philly
4.0
Ronan captures the angst, confusion and determination of a teenager on a journey of self discovery.
4.5
Greta Gerwigs Lady Bird will appeal to every woman who has ever felt the love and pain of difficult interactions with her mother.
Spirituality And Practice
3.0
Greta Gerwig has already proven herself one of our most watchable young actresses, adept in both comedy and drama.
One Guys Opinion
5.0
A heartfelt coming of age story that perfectly captures the bittersweet transition from adolescence to dawning adulthood, Gerwigs directorial debut is ..
Village Voice
3.8
The period is well photographed as authentic and the song by Dave Matthews Crash Into Me fully captures the tense mood for change afloat, while the sm ..
Sover
3.8
Like Baumbachs recent fare, Lady Bird is a character based piece with a light tone that allows opportunities for drama and humor.
ReelViews
2.0
10 1 10 / 10 One year ago, there was The Edge of Seventeen. Written and directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, the feature sliced through the claptrap that n ..
Blu Ray
5.0
Mistress America, which Gerwig and Baumbach cowrote and codirected, involves another violent girl crush, though the films tone is meaner and more aggr ..
Chicago Reader
4.4
Theres a lot of truth in Gerwigs film ... and theres also a sense of searching for that truth...
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
Gerwigs stuffed a lot of story into her 93 minute comedy, yet it never feels overpacked nor have any of her cast been given short shrift, a remarkable ..
4.4
Lady Bird is a fantastic twist of familiar teen movie tropes but doesnt forget how hard it is to be a parent either.
Usa Today
3.8
Writer/director Gerwig delivers a familiar yet charming narrative that contains virtually all of the touchstones one associates with the coming of age ..
Reel Film Reviews
4.0
The story of that prelude to cool is told in Lady Bird, a sweet yet substantial comedy drama with Saoirse Ronan in the Gerwig role thats been nominate ..
The Times
4.0
It is made with the absolute, dead centre sincerity of a child righting an ancient wrong, and the craft of a film maker
The Times
3.0
The acting in this movie is really good, especially by Laurie Metcalf, who gives an exceptional performance, and by the scene stealing Beanie Feldstei ..
Lariat
3.0
Both characters are vivid and flawed, and both actresses play them with compassion and nuance.
Eric Ds Nider
4.0
Written and directed by Sacramento native Greta Gerwig, and at least semi autobiographical, this episodic coming of age movie seems ever on the verge ..
News Review
5.0
This is a coming of age story like no other thanks to the insightful writing and brisk directorial style of Gerwig, who makes Lady Birds story a consi ..
News Review
5.0
Ronan and Metcalf inhabit these flawed characters so beautifully that youll weep for every one of their botched attempts at bonding and reconciliation ..
Radio Times
4.5
Much of that success obviously stems from Gerwigs terrific screenplay, but its Ronan who takes the material and thus the film and makes it her own.
Screen It
4.0
It turns out to be one of the best American coming of age films since Barry Levinsons Diner.Written and directed by Greta Gerwig, it offers an utterly ..
Independent
4.4
One of the best films of the year. In telling her own coming of age story, Gerwig proves herself a blazing talent and Ronan and Metcalf should have Os ..
Rolling Stone
5.0
Theres an often true stereotype about directorial debuts by actors: theyve got great performances and plenty of moments for a talented cast to make an ..
The Wrap
5.0
Its also one of the best movies about adolescence to come along in years.
News Day
3.0
Its one of the more believable mother daughter duets Ive seen in a while at the movies.
Cs Monitor
4.5
It takes courage and considerable talent to draw on ones own coming of age and make it as effortlessly entertaining as it is here.
Film Journal
4.0
Gerwigs dialogue had a packed Toronto Film Festival theater in stitches.
New York Post
5.0
Unlike scores of dumbed down teenage flicks, the denouement achieves a quiet, resonant power.Dont miss this movie.
Hindustan Times
3.5
Divorced of this baggage, its a film made with palpable care, even if it cant help but feel the slightest of all Best Picture nominees.
Hindustan Times
3.8
Between Ronans performance, Gerwigs wit and a story that finishes in a place that feels more satisfying than you might expect, Lady Bird adds up to a ..
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
5.0
Its messy and funny and sad and sweet, Lady Birds life, and Gerwigs movie.
Az Central
4.0
The typical Gerwig woman is a mass and frequently, a mess of contradictions.
Smh
5.0
Gerwig crams this tale with pain, generosity, a delicately awkward grace and such abundant laughs that it may only register after the fact that Lady B ..
Npr
5.0
It may be about the selfishness and growing pains of its confused and embattled heroine, but its made from the perspective of an artist who sees the w ..
Npr
5.0
The film is a dazzling collaboration between two of the most impressive art house actresses of the past decade.
Star Tribune
4.0
This is a rare cinematic achievement.(Umpteen samey movies about teenaged boys have trained us to expect new movies to feel like reruns, and they ofte ..
5.0
Theres much hidden love, too, in how Gerwigs keen eye manages to make her hometown Sacramento look good, better than Lady Bird would ever admit.One pe ..
Toronto Star
4.4
Gerwig displays a fine sense of humor, one that is rooted in both close observation and broader gags that provide the film with tonal diversity.
Q Network
4.0
Its nice to find a Catholic school on the silver screen run by nuns who are humane, not homicidal.Lady Bird could still become bogged down in the drea ..
Daily Mail
3.5
The editing is fast paced, at times to the point of glibness; Gerwig has a habit of cutting right on the punchline in a way that can leave you wishing ..
Slate
4.0
Lady Bird Allan Hunter 12 February 2018 Greta Gerwigs first film as a solo director is a wise and witty charmer, starring Saoirse Ronan Is there no en ..
Flim List
4.5
Greta Gerwig has been one of the It Girls of independent cinema for quite some time.Evolving from one of the main players on the mumblecore scene to a ..
Film Inquiry
4.0
Downsizing (Alexander Payne) Ryan Morris: Downsizing is the classic example of a film thats far from perfect but so enjoyable that youll be willing to ..
Film Inquiry
4.5
I wish I could watch it again right now and see if I can uncover more.
Film Inquiry
4.5
Its painfully hilarious, painfully beautiful, joyful and uncynical, with exquisite hilarity sewn into the details (and by God, this film is funny).
Empire
4.5
It has a lovely lilt about it: an effortless flow of character driven action that amuses and endears.Gerwig has a natural directing style and it is ea ..
4.0
And this being Award season look for Saoirse Ronan as a Best Actress nominee and Laurie Metcalf as a Best Supporting Actress contender.
Susang Ranger
5.0
The writer director is the critically acclaimed actress Greta Gerwig.
Observer
4.0
However, the primary reason Lady Bird is such a charmingly brilliant film is due to how Greta Gerwig genuinely understands coming of age struggles, wh ..
Flickering Myth
5.0
Gerwigs whip smart movie is touching at all times, and heartwarmingly hilarious often.
Flim Threet
5.0
Why you should watch this movie: Lady Bird is not your regular teenage girl who achieves her dreams kind of movie.
Book My Show
3.5
In Gerwig it marks the arrival of a fresh new storytelling voice.
Book My Show
4.0
Its light footed without being lightweight.And it captures, with great feeling, the turbulence of a girl growing up.
Book My Show
4.0
As writer and director, Greta Gerwig infuses this comedic coming of age drama with verbal virtuosity, gestural idiosyncrasy, and emotional vitality.
New Yorker
5.0
Lady Bird is both generous and joyous, but when it stings, it stings deep.
Time
4.0
Its not a tale of wild rebellion, or of bitter rage, nor a story of triumphs or failures.
The New Indian Express
4.5
In life, thats a messy, endless process, which is one reason we need movies.
The New York Times
4.0
Ladybird wont change your life but it will charm you Its a small, but perfectly formed, indie drama that has somehow found itself at the centre of thi ..
Express
3.0
Laughter is plentiful, but it comes from a place of emotional truth and cinematic sincerity.
The Film Stage
5.0
I love it.If a more enchanted movie comes along this year, Ill be surprised.
Chicago Tribune
4.4
It does, however, drape its restless energy and witty observations atop an overfamiliar framework of coming of age movies.
Boston Globe
2.0
Im not sure theres a single unsuccessful moment in this entire film. This was the movie that reminded me how much I can still love a movie.
Uproxx
4.5
Superbad is a great movie, but its probably not the movie they want to be compared to while launching an Oscar campaign.
Uproxx
3.5
Gerwig presents it all with a low key authenticity and a sharp (but not unrealistic) wit.
Las Vegas Weekly
4.5
Although Lady Bird is less original, theres still a sense here of the urgency of youth, of being as yet unformed and of impulsive impudence that call ..
Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Lady Bird is frequently laugh out loud funny but never short on pathos.
The Atlantic
4.5
Instead, Gerwig sews just enough seeds with a genuinely nice and thoughtful moment here and there to show Christine has the potential to be a better p ..
Lyles Movie Files
4.5
The film risks shooting itself in the foot by painting the narratives in its margins as more alluring, but Gerwig makes this setup work despite itself ..
Birth Movies Death
4.5
Structurally the film is a relatively straightforward coming of age family dramedy, yet has a welcome bite and more than its share of originality and ..
Birth Movies Death
1.5
The film doesnt invent anything new in the teenage coming of age story genre.
Deccan Chronicle
5.0
This stunningly acted, deceptively simple tragi comedy makes self harming seem funny.
Standard
3.0
Let there be no confusion about my grading of Lady Bird..It is a movie that fails on the most important level of maintaining empathy with its faux non ..
Coles Mithey
4.5
It is a female coming of age story that is both nostalgic and unflinching, and it will ensnare you deeply in its grasp.
Pajiba
5.0
Gerwig handles it all with rapturous grace and ruggedly steadfast perniciousness.
Movie Freak
3.0
Lady Bird is a deeply accomplished debut, as much a love letter to Gerwigs hometown as it is to awkward adolescence.
Detroit News
4.4
Lady Birds unvarnished, unglamorized high school drama has the quirky humor one expects from Gerwig, as well as the sudden emotions inherent in a teen ..
Groucho Reviews
5.0
I could go on and on about the love of clever conversation this film sincerely promotes, its rare ability to pull a moment of palpable poignancy out o ..
Herald Sun
3.0
Despite hitting so many classic coming of age hallmarks, Lady Bird never feels anything but fresh (and refreshing).
Consequence Of Sound
4.4
But nothing absurd or horrendous happens; no laugh riots or lectures ensue.
Nj
5.0
Lady Bird harbors remarkably deep ideas beneath its surface But theres a remarkable amount of depth beneath this apparently conventional arc.
Vox
4.0
Tonally the film is nothing short of a triumph, for the effortless move between comedy and pathos is commendable.
Hey U Guys
3.0
This is a coming of age storyline that youve seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watc ..
The Play List
3.1
A miserabilist story about the horror of adolescence that is obviously helmed by a first timer, Lady Bird is redeemed by a cast so sterling that I act ..
Film Freak Central
4.0
Alternately lively and thoughtful, Lady Bird is the work of someone looking back critically on a frantic period in her own life.
Now Toronto
5.0
Gerwigs writing prowess shines through: the dialogue is butter smooth and manages to sound clever yet not contrived...Gerwig seems to take delight in ..
Scroll
5.0
Greta Gerwigs official directorial debut will make you laugh and then steal your heart.
Film School Rejects
4.5
Its not the slog that that makes it sound, either this is a deeply funny film that still manages to grapple with heady emotional territory.
Film Ink
4.5
Not only incredibly authentic perhaps cringingly so but also marginally profound, even as its scope stays strictly on the almost unsubstantial life of ..
5.0
A lovingly observed, pitch perfect coming of age comedy, Gerwigs warm, astute account of the end of adolescence is a stunning solo debut.
Cine Vue
4.0
Though Lady Bird perhaps lacks that genuine streak of eye catching innovation, what it does it does extremely well.
Cine Vue
4.0
But its testament to the universal appeal of this deft and moving bildungsroman, which takes a well worn genre and delivers a near perfect refresh bri ..
Games Radar
3.0
Published on Feb 15, 2018 Just like its title character, Lady Bird is quirky and sentimental but despite best attempts, never really defines itself in ..
You Tube
3.0
3 Lady Bird: Saoirse Ronan shines in Greta Gerwigs directing debut.
Tamp A Bay
5.0
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann
4.5
Gerwig has tackled a popular genre the coming of age movie and moulded it thoughtfully, sensitively and emphatically to her own artistic sensibilities ..
Abc
4.0
In her directorial debut, Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig has pulled the hard yards to bring us a fresh take on of coming of age stories. triple Screen Queen ..
Abc
4.0
The script is fantastic smart, witty, revealing, precise, and concise ... Ronan is staggeringly charming and appealing, even when Lady Bird is not ... ..
Abc
5.0
Lady Bird Says Yes Greta Gerwigs debut as a solo writer/director is startlingly smart and powerful.
The Stranger
2.0
The fact that Gerwig makes it so compelling is testimony to her empathy and insight as a director and to the raw power of Ronan and Metcalf.
Cleve Land
5.0
This is gorgeously balanced portraiture that can laugh at its precocious heroine with much affection while tracing her formative journey with the dign ..
Independent Ie
5.0
Its a busy piece.Every now and then, you fear that Gerwigs confident and convincing, coming of age yarn might buckle under the weight of one too many ..
Independent Ie
4.0
Lady Birds journey feels fresh and interesting.Although I dont quite believe all of its hype, and I suspect its nominated female director will be palm ..
Stuff
4.5
Lady Bird is a symphony of perfectly observed adolescent awkwardness and the heartbreaking bravery it takes some kids just to face another day of not ..
Stuff
4.5
At its heart, too, through all of its sweetly comic undertones and laugh out loud bits of extemporaneous dialogue that flows through Gerwigs script li ..
Ar Kansas Online
4.4
Not that the kids are ever the butt of the joke.The gagsincluding an audition montage that is at turns inspiring and guffaw inducingnever feel mean sp ..
Larsen On Film
4.0
You can see the potential blooming in her, and the adventure of the film, if there is an adventure, is watching that inner light wrestle its way to th ..
Vanity Fair
4.0
The message of Gerwigs Lady Bird changes depending on which side of motherhood you sit.
Refinery 29
2.0
Movies Movies That Make Us Want To Go Back To College College.The good old days.
Refinery 29
4.0
Gerwig has co written (and starred in) other films Frances Ha and Mistress America with Noah Baumbach but this is the first to be entirely written by ..
The Arts Desk
4.0
It doesnt matter if its cheating at an exam or losing her virginity its all done with gusto and self deprecating awareness.4 From first dates to awkwa ..
The Sun
5.0
Once youve seen iteven while youre watching it, with a grin stuck on your faceyou want to give thanks for how wonderful it is, how wise and funny and ..
Wsj
4.4
1 of 9 View Caption This image released by A24 Films shows Saoirse Ronan in a scene from Lady Bird.
Sltrib
4.0
But Lady Bird benefits from Gerwigs directorial touch, as she manages to keep old material compelling enough to last through to the parts of the film ..
Film
3.5
Coming of age films usually try too hard to be cool, with loud soundtracks and overly witty narrative voice overs or captions, but Gerwig nominated fo ..
Scmp
2.0
The tension between these two characters is the heart of the movie.
The Film Pie
5.0
It is smart without being smug, insightful without being condescending, funny without being mean spirited and genuinely moving.Its unique and original ..
Chicago Sun Times
4.0
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Punch Drunk Critics
5.0
That goes perfectly with someone who desperately wants to fit in but will always stand somehow apartlike this movie, which is better than almost anyth ..
Straight
4.0
It balances out moments of real emotion with humor that is both witty and bold.
We Live Entertainment
4.5
Lady Bird is Greta Gerwigs personal and poignant coming of age masterpiece.
We Live Entertainment
3.0
But the relative safeness of Gerwigs debut its hesitance to indulge its quirkier instincts flies in the face of her greatest strengths.
Cinemix Tape
3.0
If youre looking for a list of high school movies that are pure fun, you cant go wrong to lead with Ferris Buellers Day Off.
Shockya
4.0
Actress turned writer director Greta Gerwig has turned out a funny, engaging picture driven by the twin poles of Christine and Marion (Metcalf).That p ..
Straits Times
5.0
What emerges from all of this isnt merely a cornucopia of painful, trite backstories, which Lady Bird might easily have become.But this movie is too f ..
The Ringer
5.0
Lady Bird understands late adolescence as the endless accumulations of tiny humiliations and a deep, unutterable yearning for escape.
News Week
5.0
With all the truths, this little movie that could offers I would be hard pressed to label it a teen movie even if it fits in that genre.
Dead Line
4.5
Also, it somehow so detailed that it will make you feel so nostalgic for the early 00s that youll instantly feel old, too.
Metro New York
5.0
Gerwig doesnt so much lampoon Catholic education as gently present its absurdities.
Film Comment
4.0
ALSO OUT THIS WEEK Black Panther review: Representation elevates a standard superhero movie Its impossible to overstate what Black Panther means for s ..
Sbs
4.5
Its a perfect moment, both sad and funny.Lady Bird is full of them.
Flavor Wire
4.4
Its one of the profound writing achievements of the year.You cant credit the films success without having to let Saoirse Ronans name fall off your lip ..
Awards Circuit
5.0
Its almost too hard to write about Lady Bird precisely because its so wonderful that no words could possibly capture its spirit and convey why this fi ..
Bitly
4.0
Often stories about those awkward, self destructive years are implicitly autobiographical, but Lady Bird feels like a film that draws on this traditio ..
The Skinny
4.5
Ronan brings the character to life with one of the best performances of the year.
Under The Radar Mag
3.8
But Christine/Lady Bird is easy enough to root for, even when missteps are made.
Post Gazette
4.3
One of the best received movies at the recent Telluride Film Festival, Lady Bird is a charming, poignant and occasionally very funny look at a high sc ..
Or Lando Weekly
4.5
Most memorably, in a movie thats memorable in just about every regard, theres a compact sex scene that illuminates a whole interior world of desire an ..
reason
3.5
For me, I could never love such a visually banal movie, but as a character piece it has more than its share of honest charms, and if the passion of it ..
Alternate Ending
5.0
In the luminous coming of age film Brooklyn two years ago, I wondered if wed seen Saoirse Ronan taking her final step away from teenage roles.
Seattle Times
3.5
But the movie succeeds in balancing its modest execution with Lady Birds pursuit of grandeur.
The Mary Sue
4.4
Coming of age movies can often feel as ubiquitous as superhero films, yet Lady Bird turns out to be one of those special efforts that manages to leapf ..
Clclt
5.0
But here, in the writing directing debut of actress turned filmmaker Greta Gerwig, with Ronan and a carefully chosen cast of characters, the time worn ..
East Bay Express
4.0
A rambling chronicle of Lady Birds senior year, its still consistently entertaining, sometimes laugh out loud funny.
Seven Day Svt
5.0
Accordingly, though its easy to pick where the narrative is headed, it proves authentic and lived in rather than generic and derivative.
Concrete Play Ground
3.5
The calibre of the performers that Gerwig has assembled is her movies greatest virtue.
Bfi
3.0
But Gerwigs script is the real star.Its a warm hug reminder that things can and will turn out fine no matter how bleak life feels sometimes.
From The Balcony
5.0
The film soars because it scans as real, each character someone who might very well live next door, struggling with everyday issues family, sex, love, ..
Original Cin
4.5
Its not an easy film to watch, especially because so many of Jeffs family members are themselves walking disasters. But the performances by Gyllenhaal ..
The Australian
4.5
Its a keenly observed portrait of youth, and Gerwig casts a non judgmental eye on the seemingly minor conflicts and dramas that make up every teenager ..
News18
5.0
The film got to an intense conclusion that had me both in joy and tears.
Rendy Reviews
5.0
Its one of the funniest, most genuine, and best films of the year, replete with dead on humor and acutely observed situations.
National Review
4.0
Gerwig emulates the Mumblecore boys non aesthetic and bests it.Christines cramped family kitchen is an American movie rarity, and her bratty anti cler ..
National Review
5.0
Gerwigs deft screenplay and Nick Houys snappy editing keep these vignettes popping, never lingering too long on anything; theyre the colourful dots th ..
New States Man
3.5
But what makes Gerwigs directorial debut stand out is Saoirse Ronan.
The New Paper
4.5
The smartly written screenplay has a lot of humor and floors audiences by offering the edgiest, jaw dropping abortion joke in recent cinema history.
Cultured Vultures
4.5
Enthusiasm abounded before its release: Lady Bird is a fantastic first film, the always generous Guillermo del Toro typed in a Reddit AMA.Such intelli ..
New City Film
5.0
And Clint Eastwood, at 88, directs himself once more as a wizened, if not wise codger daring the law.
New City Film
5.0
In what could be seen as a loosely autobiographical story, Gerwig explores the lives of girls and women with a sweet, but unsentimental eye.The result ..
Winnipeg Free Press
3.0
Having racked up enough indie credentials for a lifetime in films such as Frances Ha, Greenberg, Damsels in Distress and Mistress America, Gerwig prov ..
Tiny Url
5.0
Saoirse Ronan is not only finest working actor of her generation, but she elevates everything shes in. With all the things going for this movie, it ma ..
Cinema Sight
5.0
Its funny, it has meaning that is clearly communicated to a wider audience than its author alone, and it has a thoroughly authentic performance from i ..
Trespass Mag
5.0
Like every shape shifting adolescent girl neither fish nor flesh nor fowl Gerwigs movie is difficult to define.Its a coming of age story, its an homag ..
Toronto Sun
4.0
The narrative is undeniably sincere with winning performances all around.
Daily Film Fix
4.0
This is a great character.I do wish she had a bit of a stronger story to be in.
Fw Weekly
5.0
But its the wonderfully drawn supporting characters who truly bring this world to life and make this film such an undeniable pleasure to live in for a ..
Ap News
5.0
Its a coming of age tale easy to relate to, but its wit and warmth make it feel one of a kind.
Columbus Alive
5.0
Its a pseudo autobiographical coming of age (and coming of artist) tale.
Vue Weekly
5.0
This is simply beautiful work.And to think, all this a world, a life in just 93 minutes.
Sf Chronicle
4.5
And Saoirse Ronan is magnetic throughout, channeling the quirky charisma of her directors onscreen work in oddball indies (like Baumbachs own Mistress ..
Vulture
4.4
Gerwig doesnt force anything, or rely on easy seriocomic conceits.
Am Ny
3.5
It sounds very basic but this visual stimuli has a profound effect on ones mental health.It is primal, and it is proven to be the catalyst to changing ..
Film Ireland
5.0
This is a coming of age story thats affecting without ever being sentimental, and feels absolutely true like remembering the teenager you once were, e ..
Spectator
4.5
Lady Bird Lady Birds specialness isnt found in its most inventive scenes but the most clichd ones.
Battleship Pretension
3.8
Lady Bird is the kind of indie film like such recent hits Moonlight or Boyhood that possess mainstream crossover and critical appeal.
Cambridge Day
4.0
Gerwig is zany, sure, lovable, absolutelybut the sharp and measured perspective on a girls life is a surprise.
Metro Active
4.0
Lady Bird... feels like a watershed moment for female audiences in general, offering mothers a working, warts and all screen version of themselves tha ..
News
4.0
The best compliment I can give Lady Bird is to insist that its a movie about a particular teenager rather than another entry in Hollywoods endless str ..
Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
5.0
Other characters mistake Lady Bird and Marion for cold and uncaring.
Willamette Week
4.4
Story wise, this is nothing you havent seen before, which combined with the grainy, low contrast cinematography and old school Academy ratio, gives it ..
Film Forward
5.0
There are so many moments of pure delight as well as bracing reality in this movie due to Gerwigs witty script and subtle direction.
Illinois Times
4.0
You can see why.The film breathes the scent of the city, its habits and quirks, its people.
Cinema Express
4.5
Shes achieved that and more a thoroughly entertaining film in a smashing feature film debut one with heart and soul.
Kdhx
4.5
Too often in modern teen comedies and dramas, characters are so hip that it strains credulity.
The Week
5.0
Everything in her scary but exciting life rings true the tyranny of social networks, boys good and bad, kids welcoming and menacing, big decisions you ..
Aarp
4.0
While Gerwig has assembled an extraordinary ensemble cast. Ronan has to rate as first among equals.
Saportare Port
5.0
So, like its makers storytelling aesthetic, and its main character, and its ruthlessly pragmatic Sacramento setting, Lady Bird is endearingly ragged a ..
MLive.com
5.0
Shunning glumness and embracing uplift, the film proves as appealing as its heroine.
Commercial Appeal
5.0
This is the beauty with this film Ronans performance is endearing and extremely realistic.
Iol Co Za
4.5
But Alaska Is a Drag is a fine, enjoyable achievement in its own right.
Splice Today
4.5
The way Gerwig captures the stages of adolescence makes this coming of age film more honest than poignant. It shows that not only she is a good actres ..
4.0
But beneath Gerwigs beautifully light touch is a shrewd attention to family dynamics and an honest depiction of class that is rare in mainstream comed ..
Bbc
5.0
In spite of the forgettable milieu of high school twilightGerwig seems to delight in the frivolity of it all, this being a comedythere is something th ..
Cinema Scope
4.5
A stupendously acted and immeasurably poignant ode to the realistic bonds and barbs of life as a high school senior.
Patrick Nabarro
5.0
But this is a tight, beautifully observed and constructed world she is giving us a world of family and school and life opening up.It would be foolish ..
Buffalo News
5.0
One stray word spirals into an epic argument, complete with a greatest hits of accusations (You dont think of anybody but yourself), and one of the be ..
Pgh City Paper
4.5
Gerwig doesnt leave this unresolved.Her teenage heroines maturing is a slow, often painful process.
Leonard Mal
4.5
Still, great spectacle, and it is relentlessly . . . . whats the f word Im looking for
Daily News
2.5
The poignancy of Lady Bird can be traced, yes, to its honest portrayal of growing up.
Vogue
5.0
Its the Midwest of California..A hilarious and heartwarming experience.
Dwight Brown Ink
5.0
Gerwig and Ronan make their heroine as finely tuned as an antenna, always quivering with signals about the new selves she might momentarily try on.
The Nation
3.0
Lady Bird captures and shares the universality of Gerwigs experiences and presents a true reflection of paths not taken for both children and parents.
City Beat
4.5
Again, the macro experience doesnt so much matter; its the collage of micro experiences that add up to something thats thoroughly entertaining and rel ..
Film Monthly
5.0
It frames itself as simple, funny even, but everything about it is heavy and complex.
Gq Magazine
5.0
Lady Bird asks the cinematic question, How baller can one movie be And then it answers it emphatically: Very baller.
Student Edge
4.0
Greta Gerwigs sweetheart of a coming of age movie is warm, witty and pretty darn wonderful.
The Movie Minute
5.0
Its a delight to watch her.The Verdict One of the finest teen comedies ever.
Metro News
5.0
Saoirse Ronan gives the warmest, funniest and most nuanced performance of her career in Greta Gerwigs directorial debut, which charts Lady Birds final ..
Hot Press
5.0
If you agree with me that that movie is one of the best of a great decade, youre going to have your expectations raised for Linklaters film.
Daily Public
2.0
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The Monitor
4.0
Plenty of creative partnerships that produce something as great as Mistress America would be diminished by moving back to solo projects.
Bk Mag
4.5
The warmth, hilarity and at times confronting revelations of teenagehood flood through Gerwigs singular lens.
CNET
5.0
A delightful crowd pleaser well deserving of Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay!
Baret News Wire
5.0
But after the blockbuster overkill of Pacific Rim and the overripe Gothic horror of Crimson Peak, with The Shape of Water, the king of genre geeks has ..
Ma Cleans
5.0
Youll fall in love with its whimsical charm and the true warmth laid bare by each of its characters.
Reel Reviews
3.0
And without such strong actors as Ronan and Metcalf, this minor miracle of a movie probably would not have occurred.Both characters are so flawed but ..
My States Man
4.5
Greta Gerwigs directorial debut takes the all too familiar coming of age teen drama and makes it uniquely wonderful and fresh.
Mubi
4.5
If theres a gigantic blockbuster opening thats dominating the weekend, Ill see that.
About Boulder
5.0
But this beguiling, screamingly funny semi autobiography looks back with clear eyed compassion and great warmth.
Wbur
5.0
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The Cinema Phile Blog
4.5
This isnt a case of a critic fawning over an indie darling; by contrast, I found 20th Century Women to be a narrative slog despite Gerwigs memorable r ..
Wtop
5.0
It is both painfully honest and laugh out loud funny at the same time.
I News
5.0
Though Gerwigs talents as a writer director shine, its the casting of Ronan in the lead that makes Lady Bird such a memorable work. The layers she giv ..
Business Insider
3.0
Its well made, infectious fun that shows a positive depiction of loyal friendship and the American Dream.
Pasadena Weekly
5.0
But Gerwig has achieved the near impossible, she has created a delicious young character whose situation is at once completely familiar and uniquely u ..
Womens Voices For Change
4.5
Lady Bird isnt another teenager lost in translation flick; its a brutally honest take on the ties that bind a young person to their family and childho ..
KSDK
3.8
Its no secret that I havent always loved Greta Gerwig as an actress; I find her a bit too la di da, for lack of a better term.Thats why Ronan is so pe ..
Baltimore Magazine
3.8
Knowing that Gerwig wrote and directed this movie only intensified my dread.But, surprise!
Good Times
4.5
For directors such as Noah Baumbach and Whit Stillman, she has been a welcome and balanced presence whimsical and clever, spirited and earnest.
Un Cut
5.0
Like a lot of young movie stars Brie Larson, Carey Mulligan and Jennifer Lawrence come to mind Gerwig brings a fresh presence to the big screen.
Spokane7
4.5
Dust off your hands and put away your childhood: youre more mature now.
Ign
1.5
Though Lady Bird is a coming of age story with familiar tropes such as prom night and a disappointing first sexual experience, its really a film about ..
NME
4.5
The Disaster Artist is a hysterical behind the scenes expos tracing the making of Wiseaus self financed vanity project, The Room.
Harper's Bazaar
5.0
The Globes guide to TIFF 2017 movies We watched them and rated them, now you can read all about them which films to catch later, which ones to avoid a ..
The Globe And Mail
5.0
Its easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Newport This Week
4.0
It produces a rare match made for mother/daughter movie heaven, and Gerwig and her gifted girls just about get us there.
Blog Cleveland
4.0
Lady Bird is also remarkably funny, full of knowing humor that rings true every time.
The Arts St L
4.5
Being witness to Lady Birds growth is a beautiful experience. Not only are you enchanted by her story, but you also learn something about yourself.
Pólvora
4.5
There is something for all ages to identify with and you will find yourself torn between the generations, but ultimately feeling great affection for a ..
1.5
Honourable mention: Blade Runner 2049, a beautifully immersive, otherworldly tale that never leaves L.A.) 6.
North Shore News (Vancouve ..
5.0
But Gerwig also has a natural and very cinematic talent for accessing our emotions.
America Magazine
4.5
With Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig manages to take the old coming of age genre and make it feel refreshing with its authenticity and heart.
4.5
Marion and Lady Birds bond is very real, strong, and complicated like many mother daughter bonds tend to be.
A Reel of One's Own
4.5
A brilliant Saoirse Ronan plays a headstrong teen with a painful penchant for grand gestures in Greta Gerwigs fresh, feisty and funny directorial debu ..
Big Issue
5.0
This movie hits every heartwarming, funny, sentimental and uncomfortable note.
Showbiz 411
4.5
We thoroughly enjoy Cate Blanchett vamping it up as an evil villainess, glaring at us through smoky eye makeup and spitting out nasty dialogue. Like I ..
Malibu Times
4.5
And from this starting point, Gerwig bows a modest, spirited film of idiosyncratic dialogue, mannered style, and sharp insight, providing an incredibl ..
Deep Focus Review
4.5
No one is good or bad here, theyre all just people, with hopes and flaws and disappointments.
KMUW - Wichita Public Radi ..
5.0
Lady Bird is the elegant and exciting next step in Gerwigs artistic evolution.
Riot Material
5.0
Greta Gerwigs directorial debut Lady Bird delivers a womans coming of age in a particular cultural moment.
Another Gaze
4.0
Despite the initial inspiration by Roland Barthess A Lovers Discourse, this light fare is best served to their fans.
Ff2 Media
3.0
The first hour is more or less effective, but the second part is an unintelligible coven that only manifests the presumption of the director.
Cinema Movi L
4.0
That dyad is highly combustible in Lady Bird, a love hate, push pull, passive aggressive cycle that Gerwig and the actors playing this primal pair est ..
4 Columns
4.5
Echoing Gerwigs own lilting, erratic cadence, the film moves in unpredictable dramatic ways, wired to the rhythm of adolescent life and the enduring b ..
The Monthly
4.5
In life, thats a messy, endless process, which is one reason we need movies.
Insider
3.5
Vacation photographs often capture perfect moments in favorite places.
Missoula News
4.5
The core of a coming of age film, then, is the protagonist at its center whos coming of age.
Review Film Review
5.0
Ronans Lady Bird is exactly as 17 year old Gerwig might have been.At times, you might think youre watching a prequel to Hannah Take the Stairs, France ..
The Culture Trip
4.5
With Ronan in the role, Lady Birds flaws arent bugs theyre features.
Goomba Stomp
4.5
First time writer director Greta Gerwig, an experienced actor, is attuned to the mix of munificence and selfishness that makes up the adolescent heart ..
Australian Book Review
5.0
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Drop Box
5.0
As her father, Tracy Letts is a wonderfully gentle presence.Lady Bird is a finely wrought, deeply felt mash note to Gerwigs hometown of Sacramento, an ..
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