Greta Gerwig steps behind the camera to capture all the angst and melodrama of senior year of high school in compelling, painfully realistic detail. Told from the perspective of the self-styled “Lady Bird” (Saoirse Ronan), a strong-willed, pink-haired teen who just wants her to escape her mother (a heartbreaking Laurie Metcalf) and go to college in New York City, Lady Bird will make you want to put Dave Matthews Band’s “Crash into Me” on repeat and call your mom.
