What: Now that we're entering a new season of awards-bait films, it's worth looking back to appreciate Lady Bird, which was deservedly lauded last year. Once again, I come back to Katie Presley's spot-on assertion that the thesis of this film is "attention is love."
Writer/director Greta Gerwig generously and intelligently gives attention to every corner of one year in the life of Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson. Period details give context without being attention-grabbing; minor characters are presented as full and layered people; and the dialogue is so authentic that it includes sentences that my mother and I have actually said to each other.
Representative quote: "The only exciting thing about 2002 is that it's a palindrome."
How to get it: Lady Bird is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
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