Lady Bird - DVD, BLURAY, Digital

I watched Lady Bird and I am very satisfied with the overall experience. The film presents a realistic and emotional coming-of-age story that feels authentic and relatable. The performances are very natural, especially the relationship between the main character and her mother, which is the emotional core of the film. The dialogue feels real and well written, capturing everyday struggles and personal growth in a meaningful way. Overall, it is a thoughtful and well-crafted film that delivers emotional depth and strong character development, making it very enjoyable and memorable.

I remember learning how to lie as a little kid, all I had to do was learn the limits of my mom's attention-span. ...of course, I also learned a lot from the idiot string of father-figures mom paraded through our childhood. It's interesting how many movies nowadays are about truths and lies, and this movie is a clever effort at just that ...it even seems to portray religion in a way that pretty accurately reflects reality, which is to say, the film hoists a mocking middle finger at what has been our culture's moral institution for centuries. Generally speaking, it seems to me the real story this film is telling might be a little tricky to grasp, but I'm not spoiling the plot at all when I explain that ...if mocking moral institutions is comfortable for you, as is devaluing masculinity, and meaningless sex, and trivial acquaintances, and generally cheapening your conscience and character, then you're probably having a tough time spotting the lies you're being told. Money is the new God -Wealth Image Status- and women make GREAT consumers once they're trained to worship their vanity and impulsiveness, and lady bird's today have so much decadent gender privilege forced upon them that they have no recourse but to their own undeveloped accountability. "Mother" is the nurturing role that belongs to the whole of natural human maturity, it is NOT the selfish fairytale of spoiled narcissists. As divorce rates and child custody cases make lawyers richer and richer, it’s predominantly obvious that the word “family” is becoming less and less sacred among us, and little kids learn early on that the words “husband” and “father” are being redefined to mean something like “disposable scapegoat”. If you pay attention to the world around you, you'll see how accountability and paying attention are one and the same, and it's tough to sneak a lie past an attention-span that pays attention. Division politics, gender warfare, consumer attention-span, indulgence is normal/depression is a disease, instant-gratification media ...doesn't it seem like the trusty ole machine of ignorance is working overtime to possess the souls of the impressionable? I really like this film; it sorta holds the hand of the intended demographic and reveals various social truths in a friendly way that isn't harsh or condescending, and in so doing, it hints at the generational impacts of entitlement and reveals the challenges modern women face hearing anything outside a fleece-lined echo chamber. One last thing: pay close attention in the movie to the line "I don't like dishonesty", and then watch how telling the truth only works when words and actions match. -Best a luck out there!

The performances are rich and engaging. I can watch Ms. Ronan in anything. Her initial musical audition is classic. The cinematographer achieves an ambitious palette, the sort all too often ignored in indy work, which is unfairly considered light on a cinema-level, perhaps because there are few explosions to admire. The look according to helmer Greta Gerwig mimics the fabric of memory -- now that is ambition I admire -- with a washed-off, remote, nonetheless color-saturated texture influenced by period specific "fanzines" pressed-off at Kinko's in those sweet days. It was also nice to see Sacremento photographed with love for a change, in a way that suggests all life does not die outside of NYC and LA, the problem of entirely too many films. These extra touches make the piece shine. Still, in watching it, with the realization that "The Breakfast Club" has now been collected by the Criterion Collection, (good for them for understanding film; even Eric Rohmer's "Pauline at the Beach" is merely a beach tale. I could not help but consider how a work, such as "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (consider the slowed-down art museum sequence) would have been a Best Picture / Director nominee today, now that American film is starting to better understand cinema. This, too, seems doubly the case when one considers Cameron's meltdown in the John Hughes work. Even "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "Lucas" wear well with age, especially now that multiplexes are dominated by the inane. This film is great. Do not get me wrong. And while standing beside those earlier giants alone bodes well. But I cannot give it a mere four stars for not living up to prior classics, or even the greater Gerwig-penned work, "Frances Ha," or "Miss America," both of which I adore - ADORE. I cannot take away a star, especially in today's film atmosphere, so saturated with spectacle over character. There is something intentionally minor about the work which could, at points, swing for the fences just a bit more, as in the sequence near the close of the film in which Lady Bird visits a church and re-adopts her name - on her terms. BRAVO.

My rating is more of a 3.5 Thank you for reading Lady Bird is a 2017 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Greta Gerwig in her solo directorial debut. The cast includes Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Lois Smith. Set in Sacramento, California, between the fall of 2002 and the summer of 2003, it is a coming-of-age story of a high school senior and her strained relationship with her mother. As someone that isn’t a huge fan of coming-of-age films I was pleasantly surprised by how easy this one is to enjoy; the simplicity of the plot compliments the tone embraced by Gerwig’s directing style, and is one that most - if not all audience members - can easily relate to without strain or an inflated sense of imagination. There’s nothing new about the plot of this film when you start stipping the meat off of it: Daughter despises parents. Daughter is in her senior year of high school. Daughter has aspirations that **happen** to physically separate her from the environment she is currently in. Regardless, ‘Lady Bird’ grounds itself through characters that are authentically flawed and unapologetically jagged; the awkward manner in which Christine explores her identity and comes to terms with her reality is wholesomely transparent and ultimately feels natural. if one accepts this as an average coming-of-age film then it's easy to watch without much criticism; however, what I expected this movie to be and what it ended up turning into are seemingly separate entities from one another. The trailer and description sell this film as having the relationship between ‘Lady Bird’ and her mom at the center, but it would be fair to call this false advertising. For one, there is a never-ending integration of pressures that Christine is dealing with that act as points of contention in this film such as trying to get into college, dealing with some amount of peer pressure, exploring the expectations (sometimes sexual) of intimate relationships…….I think you get the point. This is certainly a responsible and respectful representation of the totality of this experience of being on the edge of Independence with so much still left to learn, but this makes the relationship she has with her mom seem like a part of her life that is easily forgotten about or ignored. At the end of the day, it is just particularly hard to discern how much of an influence this relationship with her mom has on the decisions the primary character ultimately makes. Secondly, the interactions that ‘Lady Bird’ has with her mom are seemingly normal in the grand scheme of things. At times they get into little verbal spats and say things that aren't so nice to one another, but I can't say I've always been a little angel when speaking to my own parents or that they haven't ever said anything to me that was particularly rude. I can only wish that I had sensed a little more of the tension that is meant to be between them through the use of even the tiniest gestures - like eyes widening or inexplicable flinching - And I imagine other audience members will feel the same. Regardless, the melodramatic nature of the dialogue adds a certain amount of character to this story that is unexpected and delightful. On one hand, a majority of the conversations sound like ones we have had in our own households or are one we can imagine having with our own friends and acquaintances. This is paired with lines that seem unbelievably scripted and yet they are remarkably clever and wonderfully original. Fans of zippy one-liners and quick-witted humor alike will find the experience of watching ‘Lady Bird’ as being both entertaining and worthwhile. If I was to rate this movie based on how close or how accurately it reflects its description it would easily be a 3; My shamelessly biased opinion of Chalamet (I think he’s just naturally alluring. He’s hard not to like!) And appreciation of the performances put on by Ronin and Metcalf bump it up to a 3.5. Won’t blow your mind by any means but is well worth your while: I would recommend!

I enjoyed this movie, im 21 and saw some similarities with my own life as a teenager. This is a story about a young teenager thats goes by Ladybird, shes trying to go through life, new experiences, trying to create independence for herself while her mother stills has the strings to pull emotional manipulative behavior over and over again on her daughter, and eventually her daughters behavior as a teen comes out in big growth steps for ladybird, but the way ladybird makes decisions is based off fantasy and idealization as well as the escapism of going to college in a big "wonderful" city and this mainly because her mother doesnt feel like home to her and doesn't give ladybird the support she needs. I think quite a lot of people were disappointed on how spot on this movie showed an abusive narcissistic relationship between the mother and daughter, where the mother is constantly passive-aggressive, manipulative, and emotionally abusive to her daughter. Now if you pay attention to these small details you'll realize why her mother is the way she is, and this is because the mother had an abusive alcoholic mother. Pay attention you will realize alcohol is very common and symbolic within this movie, you'll notice the daughter eventually drinks more as her mother becomes more like the abusive mother she had, passing it down to ladybird. Interesting enough I noticed many reviewers were disappointed in this movie because they said the teenager is "self-entitled, selfish, and disrespectful towards her mother, which is exactly what someone would say when they have normalized manipulative behavior which says something very clearly that the viewers side with an emotionally abusive mother, which blatantly shows how brainwashed people have become by their parents control issues and manipulative behavior masked as "warm" and they just "cares deeply" you will notice these were words used by Lady bird to save her emotionally manipulative mother at times because she is "soft" at the times when it only meets her emotional needs and not ladybirds needs from a motherly figure. Ladybird has no other natural way to be in her situation then exactly the way she is in this movie, in fact is was beautifully spot on. If you think that the mother's behavior towards her daughter and her husband is acceptable well to break it to you, you had narcissistic manipulative a parent/parents. I almost gave this 4 stars instead of 5 at first because of the way it ended, I "fantasized" for closure and an apology from the mother in person, but at the same time this movie is REALISTIC and there's much work to be done within the mother to heal and for the daughter to heal and for ladybird to set healthy boundaries with her mother with time and usually that doesnt just happen at 18 years old.

I am finally late in its viewing. I however have the musical CD in my car. Not sure my delay, but perhaps all the hype for many reasons. I like viewing with a critical lens while rooting for a hometown girl. This made me cry, laugh, and bring down memory lane. Some comments I would swear I wrote!!! I went to this school (name change), was in drama and plays, and a Sacramento girl who couldn’t wait to leave. 35 years later? I can’t wait to visit and perhaps move back. It’s a city with much history and yet it’s a city that many poke fun of. As an adult I’ve learned more about SacTown and all its glory. If you love tree varieties…google. I’m glad the catholic school experience was played the way it was for me. Yes there are hysterical nuns and priests. Mentors, Pretentious, Rebellious, Fabulous Friends, Critical Mothers, all in the name of a stellar education? This movie has it all. Thank you!! Well done. I called my Mom immediately after I watched. She too recently wrote me a letter. Wild! Watch this. You won’t be disappointed and you might learn a thing or two in the complexity of people.

I see a lot of reviews talking about how this movie is "overhyped" and "badly written" and the mother/daughter relationship is "abusive and unrealistic" and I think it's all about how you look at it. This movie isn't supposed to be a simple story that follows a plot diagram that ties up all its loose ends by the credits - it's a peek into a year in the life of a teenage girl, where we can see that her life, her story, had already begun before the film started and will continue after the credits roll. Life isn't black and white, and the characters and relationships of the film accurately reflect that. The characters felt like real people, their thoughts and actions like what actual teenagers who are still trying to grasp their sense of the world and their identity are like. This film isn't for everybody: I watched this film with a friend, and we both had very different impressions post-viewing. I ended up crying while my friend ended up confused on what there was for me to cry about. I think in the end, your personal background will impact what you think about the movie. I really related to the tough love Lady Bird's mother gave as it felt like a replaying of my childhood, when someone you admire loves you and pushes you because of it. You don't have to have a mother like that to enjoy this film though, that was just what was strongest for me personally. In the end, all I can tell you is to watch the film - it's an experience worth having, and you can form you own thoughts about it afterwards.

This film is basically a sympathetic look at a girl's coming of age experience while attending a modern Catholic school. She has a troubled relationship with her overbearing mother, she acts out a bit, shop lifts, has anti-climatic sex with some dumb guy, and manages to get into a university across the country. None of the characters are particularly well thought out; the actors were competent, but the writing was so mediocre that they couldn't rise above. Overweight Julie pops in and out of her life in a lame attempt to illustrate the faithful but abandoned friend who gets redemption in the end. She was an interesting character but we never really got to understand what makes her tick, or what Lady Bird loved about her, or what she loved about Lady Bird. The rich girl that Lady Bird befriends during her rebel phase is initially presented as a kind of Mean Girls rich anti-hero type, wearing the obligatory overly-short skirt to show her rebellious/don't-care attitude, yet she surprisingly and uncharacteristically comes out with some moralistic preachings "I don't like liars" and "I don't care what kind of house you live in". Then she fades into the background when her role as rebel/temptress is no longer required to advance the plot. The Catholic school is depicted quite sympathetically; the nuns & teachers and priests all come across as real people, kind, generous, and understanding. Not quite the experience of many Catholic grads I have spoken with, but okay, maybe it's genuine, I can't say. The Catholic services were beautiful and compelling. This movie was written by a Catholic or at least someone who greatly sympathizes with Catholic society. It's actually refreshing, given the amount of bashing that Catholicism has gotten in recent decades. The mother-daughter relationship is the centerpiece of the story, yet never really gets fully fleshed out. The mom is a psychiatric nurse working double shifts to pay the bills, guilt tripping her daughter ("do you have any idea how much you cost us?") and putting her down in bizarre and rather cruel ways ("you'll never have a job where you make that much money"). Overall the mom comes across as a borderline sociopath whose job is to hurt Lady Bird and put her down as much as possible, yet simultaneously uplift her with surprising and uncharacteristic moments of tenderness. As dad of a 15-year-old, I have some sympathy for the parents; the mother daughter relationship is indeed fraught, and fathers and daughters tend to get along quite well; it's real, not just a Hollywood stereotype. As in other films, though, it's all rather exaggerated for effect. Overall, a B- for effort. Saoirse Ronan is a decent actor who played the role bravely. At age 22, she manages to pull off a 17-year-old confused high school student well enough. One bit of revealed trivia: the intense lighting caused her face to break out in acne during production, and she persuaded the director not to cover it up. Many high school kids have acne, and look and move and talk awkwardly, not like the smooth, handsome 25-year-olds usually employed in Hollywood high school depictions, so kudos to Saoirse for at least trying to put some realism back into an otherwise rather plastic and stereotypical effort. There is potential for this to have been a great film; they could have more thoroughly explored the tensions between Catholic society and mainstream society, especially given the film's setting in California. They could have gone more deeply into the mysterious personal issues of the drama teacher, a sympathetic character who disappears halfway through the movie. They could have been a bit more realistic with the wealth gap; Lady Bird's parents were not wealthy people, and Lady Bird is ashamed of their poverty, we are repeatedly told, yet their house looked huge from the outside, certainly not a working class structure from the "other side of the tracks". A missed opportunity in my opinion, but still some nice moments and they managed to avoid the excesses of nudity, profanity, and violence that seem to beset most coming of age films these days.

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I bought this as a used product and it came in great condition, the dvd works well. It's also one of my favourite films.

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"Lady Bird" ist ein sehr stimmiger Coming of Age Beitrag, der es bei der Oscarwahl 2018 auf fünf Nominierugen brachte. Die Hauptdarstellerin Saoirse Ronan schaffte es damit zum dritten Mal für einen Oscar nominiert zu werden. Als beste Nebendarstellerin ging sie bereits 2008 mit "Abbitte" ins Rennen. Im letzten Jahr schaffte sie es erneut mit "Brooklyn - Eine Liebe zwischen zwei Welten" - diesmal in der Kategoriei Hauptdarstellerin. Bisher ging die irischstämmige Aktrice leer aus, aber man hat das Gefühl, dass sie ihre beste Zeit noch vor sich haben könnte. Genauso überzeugend ist auch Laurie Metcalf als Mutter von Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson. Auch sie wurde mit einer Nominierung belohnt. Ebenso erfolgreich lief es in den Kategorien "Bester Film", beste Regie und bestes Originaldrehbuch - beide Male Greta Gerwig. Die Filmemacherin hat ihren Independent Film auch selbst produziert. Obwohl das Drehbuch zahlreiche Elemente ihrer eigenen Jugend aufgreift, möchte Greta Gerwig ihren Film "Lady Bird" nicht als autobiographisches Werk verstanden wissen. Ein bisschen erinnert ihr etwas vor sich hinplätschender Film mit lauter kleinen Episoden an "Edge of Seventeen" von Kelly Freemon Craig aus dem Jahr 2016, der ebenfalls sehr viele gute Kritiken erhielt. Der Unterschied beider Filme liegt vielleicht in der Wirkung - während Craigs Film ausgelassener und lockerer wirkt, ist "Lady Bird" weitaus melancholischer und setzt auch auf eine Menge poetischer Anteile im Sinne von "Erwachsen werden ist nichts für Weicheier". Saoirse Ronan haucht ihrer Figur eine Menge Seele ein, sie trägt den Film. Unterstützt wird sie von einem famosen Ensemble. Die beiden männlichen Jungstars Thimothee Chalamet und Lucas Hedges sind beide schon für andere Rollen mit einer Oscar-Nominierung bedacht worden. Auch Tracy Letts und Laurie Metcalf als Eltern überzeugen auf ganzer Linie. Lois Smith als Schwester Sarah Joan, Beanie Feldstein und Odeya Rush als Christines Freundin oder Stephen Henderson als Priester bleiben positiv in Erinnerung. Ein kleiner, aber feiner Film und der Zuschauer bekommt einen Einblick in eine katholische Highschool in Sacramento. Dort legt man Wert auf Disziplin, auf Fleiß und Ordnung. Nur für Christine, die möchte, dass man sie "Lady Bird" nennt, hat genug von dieser etwas beengten Welt. Sie würde gerne ihre Heimatstadt verlassen und an der US-Ostküste studieren, dort soll alles moderner und gelassener ablaufen. Sie liebt ihre Mutter, hat aber mit ihr ständige Konflikte. Denn Marion McPherson (Laurie Metcalf) ist eine genauso starke Persönlichkeit wie ihre aufmüpfige, manchmal etwas rebellsiche Tochter und hat darüberhinaus einen harten Job im Krankenhaus. Zur Familie gehört auch der etwas stillere Vater und Christines Adoptivbruder Miguel (Jordan Rodriguez). In der Theatergruppe ihrer Schule lernt sie den etwas schüchternen Danny O'Neill (Lucas Hedges) kennen und verliebt sich in ihn. Aber auch der etwas wildere Kyle Scheible (Thimothee Chalamet), Gitarrist in einer Indieband, könnte ihr gefallen. Ansonsten hängt sie meistens mit ihrer Freundin Julie (Beanie Feldstein) rum und ist etwas eifersüchtig auf die hübsche Jenny Walton (Odeya Rush), denn deren Eltern sind um einiges vermögender als Christines Eltern... "Lady Bird" ist ein interessanter Beitrag des Coming of Age Bereichs, denn der Film bietet auch ein Stück weit realistisches Leben mit echten Typen. Ein großer Vorteil dieser Geschichte im Mosaik-Style, denn erst die vielen kleinen Epsioden fügen sich am Ende dann zum großen Ganzen und dort kommt dann auch das Plädoyer für die Indiviualisten, für die Aussenseiter voll zum Tragen. Auch besinnt sich die Hauptfigur wieder auf ihre wirklichen Bedürfnisse, nachdem sie es vorher ein bisschen ausprobiert hat wie es ist eine andere zu sein. So kehrt sie am Ende zu ihrer besten Freundin zurück und erkennt auch in den Konflikten mit ihrer Mutter die starke Bindung und Liebe, die sie mit ihr verbindet. "Lady bird" bezeichnet im Englischen auch einen Marienkäfer, was gut zur Geschichte passt. Denn wie dieser putzigen Insekten mit den schwarzen Punkten auf dem roten Panzer hat Christine den Drang einfach mal wegzufliegen. Natürlich ist der Marienkäfer auch immer wieder ein echter Glücksbringer, wie man sagt - damit steht fest, dass die Haupfigur sich selbst auch das beste für die Zukunft wünscht, wenn aus dem Mädchen irgendwann die Frau wird. Ein kleiner, aber feiner Film. Zwischen 4 und 5 Sternen.