Lady Bird. Time to fly

It's amazing how a picture can fall in love with itself in seemingly and not clearly understandable reason. It seems just a story about a teenage girl trying to get out of her seedy Sacramento, who wants something different, sometimes falls in love, tries to seem not herself and always quarrels with her mother. Or is it something more? Greta Gerwig presents this at first sight simple story with such sincerity and touching sincerity that immediately captivates the viewer's heart and fills it with understandable and intimate motives, unambiguously showing the complexity of this simplicity.

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Here is Sacramento. And here is Christine. Well, it would be more correct to say Lady Bird. There is not a very rich family and an old house, when around the houses are more chic. And that's how you do not want to get out of it all? That's what this can be in these streets, familiar from childhood, and these stores, which you see all the time for the day? They are already bored. There is a Catholic school that you do not like. And there's a pretty cool guy at this school. More precisely, there is another, but there somehow it did not work out. But this one! With him, for sure you will be fine! True, he hangs out among the same tough guys, and you and your girlfriend clearly do not look that way, so you have to try to be cooler, right? And then there's Mom, who somehow can not accept your behavior. And how does she like it, because she only criticizes? And again, people always say that you can not have a cool college, but only a local school, maybe they are right? And you are all called by the name that your parents called you, and you do not like it, you have something different. Why can not they just call you that? And of course there are a lot of worries in the head, from which there is no peace in the soul.

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And how do you ask yourself how to find your place in life? After all, the guys do not get along well, and with Mama there's always a quarrel. Honestly, I already got this Sacramento. And now you can get out of it, yes, yes, finally! A dream came true, for now, a native town. But, passing by, suddenly, to the surprise, you notice that these bothersome streets are pleasantly familiar and lovely, the shops look quite comfortable, and for some reason everything here is so beautiful? As before it was not possible to notice it? Or maybe you noticed, but did not betray it? And what to do with the new cool girlfriend and cool guy who do not want to go to the same prom, who you want so much? Maybe you do not want to be in such a company, just need to be brave and say it to yourself? And suddenly you realize again that it's more important to be yourself, not trying to be someone else. But what about mother? You're about to leave, and you quarrel with her again. But maybe she just looks so much like you, and also does everything in her own way? Maybe she, like you, it is difficult? After all, everything she does, she does only for you, because she has such a sensitive and caring heart. She wants for you only the best, but she does not get it only this best and give, about which she is exactly going through. And you sometimes forget about it, do not attach importance to feelings and thoughts of parents, all trying to follow that strange path on the other side of the rails. But you still understand all this love, despite all the quarrels, from which bitterly like to her, so to you. Just need to pick up the necessary words, even for this, and have to write a lot of leaves. But this is your way forward, here it is a new life, as you wanted, and the most important thing in this new life is just not to forget about what was and undoubtedly remains important to you. And sometimes one reminder and a ring will suffice to make it clear to those who are dear to you. And then Lady Bird suddenly becomes Christine, who always was.

This is the secret of Gerwig and her tapes. In its simple history there are so many complex, intimate and understandable, told with such pure sincerity and sensuality that it gets to the innermost. This simplicity was conquered by "Paterson" from Dzharmush, and Greta acts the same motive, so beautifully capturing all the thoughts and feelings of the viewer. She manages and cheer, and make you sad, somewhere to remember and ponastolgirovat, and somewhere even to pierce a mean tear of joy.

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And of course "Lady Bird" can not help making Searsha Ronan like her whole heart. The sir does not play, but Christine lives with such honesty and intimacy, which more and more conquers as you watch. Absolutely wonderful Ronan puts in the picture of Gerwig some special particle, which gives her even more soulfulness.

But "Lady Bird" is over. And the viewer was somewhere else in that same Sacramento with Sirsha alone. And he continues to be touched by her sincere naivety and sensuality to all. She continues to laugh and feel sad with her, rejoice that you can finally buy magazines and cigarettes and it's unreasonable to hope that she will understand all the most important things. And like the same star in the same sky, and you're already gone. And now not Lady Bird, but Christine. And Christine understands it like no other. And maybe she will always be to her, just a little bit different, much more adult, but still as beautiful. And with warmth, she eventually utters cherished words that are so close to each of us, and Greta Gerwig will leave the viewer with a slight smile and a pleasant sensation on the soul. And of course, he will leave with that same sincere love for this Sacramento and one very very wonderful actress.

Thank you for atention!