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Lady Bird Soars
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/10/2018
It's hard to fathom that with my typical movie of choice, you know, Star Wars, Marvel, whatever B-grade horror I can dig up on Netflix, that an emotional mother-daughter, young female drama would resonate with me. Yet Greta Gerwig clearly came up with a story near and dear to her heart and found the perfect lead in the talented Saoirse Ronan. While this kind of film is not normally in my wheelhouse, it touches on so many subjects that even I was moved and can see why it stood so high during awards season.
Lady Bird is the name (self-given) by Christine McPherson (Ronan), a senior that is adrift, rebellious, always fighting with her well-meaning, hard-working but somewhat condescending mother (Laurie Metcalf). The Sacramento teen wants nothing more than to leave California behind and …
