Post by showgirl on Feb 18, 2018 6:19:39 GMT
Saw this yesterday and am sure it will be popular here so I'm starting a thread. Having heard so much about it, and knowing how highly praised it has been, I wondered how it could possibly live up to my expectations and I did enjoy it, but because it was convincing, much of it was painful to watch, often leaving me squirming rather than laughing.
The format seems choppy, moving from one embarrassing/amusing episode to another, but they do all join up to create a picture of a very eventful period in the life of a late teenager and you see so many of the typical experiences you'd expect: issues with friends and family; finding a part-time job; relationships with the opposite sex; the importance of prom; applying to go away to university and so on, but the treatment is so vivid that everything really comes to life and as Christine/Lady Bird is a bit of a drama queen, she seems to hurtle from one crisis or desire to another.
The only negative comment I'd make is that some of the behaviour, both of Christine and her peer group, seemed very childish for teenagers approaching adulthood and more the type I'd have associated with younger teens or even children, but it's nevertheless convincingly done and you really feel their agonies.
The format seems choppy, moving from one embarrassing/amusing episode to another, but they do all join up to create a picture of a very eventful period in the life of a late teenager and you see so many of the typical experiences you'd expect: issues with friends and family; finding a part-time job; relationships with the opposite sex; the importance of prom; applying to go away to university and so on, but the treatment is so vivid that everything really comes to life and as Christine/Lady Bird is a bit of a drama queen, she seems to hurtle from one crisis or desire to another.
The only negative comment I'd make is that some of the behaviour, both of Christine and her peer group, seemed very childish for teenagers approaching adulthood and more the type I'd have associated with younger teens or even children, but it's nevertheless convincingly done and you really feel their agonies.