ack plane landed before I could see the end of the movie
I just downloaded it onto my iPhone. I will watch it on the way to Beirut Thursday night. 
For some reason, I had the mistaken impression it was about Lady Bird Johnson, but just watched it on a plane and enjoyed it in the way you enjoy wiggling a loose tooth when you’re 6. It hurts a little but…
“Mistress America has Mozart In The Jungle’s Lola Kirke playing the Gerwig character as a freshman at the same sort of Barnard/NYU hybrid which apparently accepted Lady Bird…”
Huh? I thought Lady Bird got accepted to Columbia off the waitlist. The “fat envelope” acceptance packet she opened was definitely in Columbia’s light blue and white school colors.
(I’m late to this thread because I just saw the movie last weekend, while on a plane.)
“I did find it amusing that a Californian wanted to leave for school, while it seems many people from the rest of the country wants to pay the ridiculous OOS tuition at UC’s.”
Both my California born and raised daughters wanted to (and did) go to school in the Northeast despite getting into some fine CA schools. They had already “done” California and were looking for a change of scenery.
As for me, I’m a proud of alumnus of the very same “cow school” that Lady Bird disdains.
No, she received a rejection letter from Columbia earlier in the movie. Barnard’s letterhead is blue & white. (The movie itself was not clear, but Greta Gerwig is a Barnard alum) Barnard, of course, is an affiliate of Columbia.
I didn’t see the movie but my Californian high school senior from an all-girls Catholic school did - and she and her friends summed up the movie as “This is my Life!”. So it certainly resonated with the population it portrays!
I am confused about a statement made by Netflix describing the movie:
“With help from her adopted brother, Miguel, she begins putting together a plan for her great escape.”
In what way did Miguel help Lady Bird?
Can anyone help me with this?
I thought the movie was very true-to-life in general, especially re the relationship with her initial, and later once again, best friend. I have been the sad witness to adolescent females trying to “move up” socially by abandoning their less “cool,” but true, friends. (Fortunately the ones I have known learned a lesson – as did Lady Bird.)
I finally saw the movie on Amazon Prime. I was very disappointed. I just thought it was boring.
I saw the movie on Amazon Prime. Lady Bird was a flake. No indication she was a serious or even a good student. No real goals. And at the end she realizes she has made a terrible mistake.
Great movie. @JEM I agree with you. I think Netflix’s take on the brother’s role wasn’t present in the movie.
^ she realized she had made MANY mistakes - but I one think going to Barnard is supposed to be one of them.
@MYOS1634 If you meant to say that you DON’T think going to Barnard was one of them, I agree.
I just watched the movie this afternoon. I enjoyed it. Great cast, interesting, nuanced characters. Avoided the usual cliches.
ETA:incredible performance from Laurie Metcalf. I haven’t seen I Tonya, and I love Allyson Janney, but it is difficult to imagine a better one.
Oohh yes, I DON’T think going to Barnard was one of them!!!
Allyson Janney’s performance was every bit as good as Laurie’s. Either performance would have been well deserved to win an Oscar.
Yes, both were outstanding performances!
I really need to see I Tonya.
^Yes, @Consolation I was just thinking I need to see I, Tonya as well. Does anyone know if it’s on Netflix or Amazon Prime, yet?
I really enjoyed Lady Bird.
I think I Tonya is on Hulu.
Tonya was good. Allyson Janney was fabulous. I think her Oscar was deserved.
Agreed. Janney morphed into the character completely. Outstanding acting chops.