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  Review by Matt Singer ★★★★★ 11

  Two names. Two boyfriends. Two best friends. Two semesters. Two school plays. Two dances. Two parties. Two distinct relationships with her parents. Two potential colleges. Two churches. And a hundred million kajillion tears for the scene at the airport.

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  Review by iana ★★★★★ 1

  I’M SURE THEY HAD ᴺᴼᴼᴼᴼᴼ IDEA MIGUEL.

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  Review by Erik 🎼 ★★★★★ 1

  no jokes here i just felt every single emotion i’ve ever felt since i was 17 so viscerally i physically felt Greta Gerwig breathe “cry you piece of shit” down the back of my neck

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  Review by davidehrlich ★★★★½ 25

  yessssssssssSSSS

  film festivals are fun because sometimes you get a heads up that a lot of people are about to have a new favorite movie. this is one of those times.

  beyond being hilarious, unflinchingly honest, and performed to perfection, Gerwig's debut is just so, *so* smart about growing up, leaving home, reconciling teenage flippancy with parental gratitude, how class infects self-identity, and the enduring power of a certain Dave Matthews Band song. also, Tracy Letts drops one of the greatest, most understated f-bombs in film history.

  a movie that audiences should be discovering and holding onto for a long time to come… hopefully it fares better than THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN.

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  Review by truman ★★★★½ 3

  it’s so fucking weird seeing a high school movie where the kids actually have acne

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  Review by andrea🌹 ★★★★★ 1

  happy😀😂 new year💯💥💫 lady😗bitches 💅💆 we are leaving 👋💔 fake friends😑😠 and pretentious😤😱 boys in bands😧😷🎸 in 2017😎😏 and entering😌💦 2018 ✨🌟 focused 🔭🔬 on loving 💟💞💝💘 our best friends 😇😙👭 and our moms 💜❤👸👵

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  Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★★ 11

  two terrific details i noticed this time around:

  a) holy cow, laurie metcalf’s car scenes. my heart is so heavy. obviously, her solo drive around the airport is crushing, but the only other scene where she’s driving alone also says so much. when she's driving home, quietly taking in the parts of the city she loves, we realize it’s her only nice and blissful moment of the day. the next time she drives is when she chooses to pick up lady bird from kyle’s on the way home– not because lady bird needed her, or because miguel had to, but because “it was easier.” for who?



  it's also great to notice when she wants to call her "lady bird" and…

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  Review by sree ★★★★★ 4

  WELL I HOPE NOT CUZ I'D FUCKING KILL YOUR FAMILY

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  Review by genevieve ★★★★★ 4

  i can't believe i'll have to turn to greta gerwig the day before our wedding and tell her that i watched this movie illegally

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  Review by #1 gizmo fan ★★★★★ 12

  this might have been my favorite theater experience ever. I loved that the crowd I saw it with was a bunch of older women, because during the airport scene all you could hear was crying. and honestly? it was so so beautiful. my mom is my best friend and i’m so glad she took me to see this for a second time.

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  Review by kailey ★★★½ 50

  dear mom,

  it's funny that i actually watched this movie with my dad last night and my only interaction with you about it was coming into your bedroom and telling you i thought it was cute and that you were much nicer than lady bird's mom and us both laughing.

  i write you letters sometimes. a few of them you’ve seen (they make for nice gifts don't they?), a few you haven’t. i don't know if you're ever going to read this one. i know it hasn't always been easy. i know i haven't always been the daughter you wanted me to be. i know you were so worried last summer about me that you drove the car aimlessly just…

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  Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★★ 19

  We put this on while preparing for our Oscars party yesterday afternoon and I found myself getting sucked into every scene going "Oh shit, now this part's great." A perfect movie. Every scene, every line is flawless and eminently quotable. Gerwig doesn't get enough credit for how truly hilarious this movie – as a comedy alone, it might've been the funniest film of 2017. Saoirse's performance is stunning and I'm still stubbornly insisting that Metcalf should've won Best Supporting Actress.