Lady Bird

In every example where resolution or a character epiphany occurs, you can point to how Gerwig undercuts those moments in ways that less honest, conventional movies would.

Lady Bird combines wisdom and tenderness, humor and grace. It's light-footed without being lightweight. And it captures, with great feeling, the turbulence of a girl growing up. I can't recommend it enough.

Greta Gerwig's directorial debut, Lady Bird, is the millisecond of possibility, the speck of unflinching nerve, which might only occur once in our lives.

It is a female coming-of-age story that is both nostalgic and unflinching, and it will ensnare you deeply in its grasp.

The densely packed detail which makes this such a luminous work shows Gerwig to be an uncommonly alert filmmaker.

One of the finest teen comedies ever. Movie perfection

Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are a dynamic duo that will stick with me for a long time. Gerwig’s direction is astounding for a first-timer in how she demonstrates precision and control...

Greta Gerwig is on fire—if her filmography isn’t proof enough of her seemingly limitless talent, “Lady Bird” will be.

Her comedic timing that makes Lady Bird one of the most earnest coming-of-age films of our time, and also one of the funniest...

Lady Bird is one of the best, realest explorations of the mother daughter relationship ever put to screen.