Lady Bird is a very suitable film made material advice for contemporary youth, especially young women. The film also presents an actual picture of teenagers and knows how teens talk and behave. I'm sure if the setting of the movie is nowadays, there must be a scene involving Instagram or complain "yes, why ya?" When viewing the selfie photo.
Relatively no original material considering the number of teenage coming-of-age movies like this, but Lady Bird proves that the cliche premise can feel fresh as she takes a fresh approach too. He is sharp but also sincere. More importantly, the movie feels real.
The author is Greta Gerwig, the actress who has just started his solo debut as a director through this fun movie. Reportedly, this story is inspired from his personal experience as a teenager. But he does not appear here; his position was taken over by Saoirse Ronan as the main character named Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson. "Lady Bird" is her nickname. Grant name. It is given by itself. He forced everyone to call him by the call, including his reluctantly reluctant family.
The rebellious attitude is also reflected in his red-painted hair when his school is a Catholic school or his attitude that shouts almost all the time to his mother (Laurie Metcalf). Like most teenagers, he feels real life is out there and quickly wants to get as far away from home as possible. The name "Lady Bird" is one of Christine's ways to create her own identity, regardless of her family. This is the biggest problem and greatest gift of a teenager; they believe they have a wonderful destiny out there.
Although honestly, Lady Bird is a teenager who does not. He was smart enough but his grades were not so good. He has no talent. He is not a child of cupu but also not a child slang. Anyway, an ordinary girl. And being mediocre is a problem for teenagers. So he tried capers. Starting from the mischievous at school, leaving his best friend Julie (Beanie Feldstein) to hang out with girls hits Jenna (Odeya Rush), or dating with emo teenager Kyle (Timothee Chalamet). There is also an intriguing romance conflict involving a theater friend who later became his first girlfriend, Danny (Lucas Hedges).
Lady Bird lives with mom, dad (Tracy Letts), as well as her adoptive sister (Jordan Rodrigues) and her boyfriend. This family is a loving family, but they grumble at each other, sometimes screaming. They are from the lower classes, which means they have financial problems. Be a problem also when Lady Bird keukeuh to study outside the city, especially if without scholarships.
Although the film contains generic characters for the size of teenage movies, but Gerwig did not treat them as a simple character. Each gets a moment to show the other side of their personality. The film is built from a collection of separate moments, such as school theater activities, the same rivalry of friends, maternal clothes shopping, or disappointing sex. Not so have a common thread, but it effectively captures the important phases experienced by Lady Bird in puberty. More like a diary, which, I assume, mostly comes from Gerwig's private diary.
I'm sure that's what made her film very relatable and honest; because Gerwig experienced it himself. He gives attention to the way teen girls behave or how they think. There will be many parts that make us think, "Ohh, I fit teenagers are also rich gini".
Her greatest conflict is Lady Bird's passive-passive connection with her mother, whom we have seen plainly from her opening scene. After both cried to hear the recording of The Grapes of Wrath novel via tape, Lady Bird suddenly jumped off the car that was speeding just because of his mother who grumble without stopping behind the wheel. The mother, who often works overtime for school fees, has the best version plan for Lady Bird which of course is different from Lady Bird's personal version.
Ronan and Metcalf are magnetic combos on the screen. When they are in one scene, we can feel the tension that will quickly escalate. Ronan became a character that was inversely related to his role in Brooklyn. He is now a teenager who is impulsive but also naive. Ronan has a natural charm that makes his character always flashy and lovable though sometimes make a stupid choice.
So ciwik-ciwik adolescent, take the advice offered this film. We must accept the fact that sometimes we make mistakes as we grow up. You think you want to be different, when in fact all you need is to be loved. And guess what, chances are you already have it.