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Thoughts on the Movie "Lady Bird" and the Portrayal of the College Search Process
TTG
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I just recommended this movie to a CC student poster because I thought it might be particularly interesting to them. The movie "Lady Bird" is Greta Gerwig's autobiographical account of her high school senior year in Sacramento, CA. A major thread of the story is her college search. The movie opens as mother and daughter are just completing a long college road trip. I think the movie is a very compelling movie that portrays this part of her senior year in a thoughtful, touching, multifaceted, and potentially helpful way.
I would love to read what other CC parents and students think of the movie in relation to their own college search experience, or that of their kids.
(This is not a movie advertisement. I have no connection to the movie or anyone involved in its making or distribution. I just think it something potentially interesting and helpful to CC parents/students going through the college search process.)
118 replies I would love to read what other CC parents and students think of the movie in relation to their own college search experience, or that of their kids.
(This is not a movie advertisement. I have no connection to the movie or anyone involved in its making or distribution. I just think it something potentially interesting and helpful to CC parents/students going through the college search process.)
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Replies to: Thoughts on the Movie "Lady Bird" and the Portrayal of the College Search Process
The other two college entrance related movies I've seen in the last couple of months which resonated with me were The History Boys (from 2006 but set in the 1980s close to where I grew up, bringing back memories of my school days) and Brad's Status (which is new and will be on Amazon Prime next month) - ironically also picking on Sacramento as a place you go when you've "failed" in life.
@DoinResearch I loved it too. But I wouldn't recommend it to a potential college student as an example of a successful college application process!
I agree it's a great film to go see with teenagers.
I loved the movie. I thought the relationships between the characters were wonderful, and the movie showed how they all grew wiser and kinder as time went on.
But (spoiler alert!) the whole movie is a realistic picture of a family making lots of mistakes. LB shouldn't have jumped out of a moving car, Mom should have dialed back the critiques, LB shouldn't have trusted Kyle...
A LOT of families go farther into hock than they should to pay for NYU (or wherever). That was just one more convincing detail in a movie full of them. It wouldn't have been in character for those parents to hire me.
What bank would have approved a mortgage of that size ($300K) anyway for a family with a single income as a nurse? But it's a movie.
Go see it, @momofthreeboys. The Oscar nominating committee and the 99% critic approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes agrees with me that you should definitely watch it.