Here’s a chance to not only see a Greta Gerwig double feature, but also get to hear from (now Oscar nominated director) Gerwig herself.
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Yes, Lady Bird just set a new record for Rotten Tomatoes for being the best reviewed movie in the site’s history, which comes as no surprise to us for how much it really does live up to its own hype.
Yet, Lady Bird is not the only comedy movie receiving heaps of praise as well as multiple award nominations and award wins (Spirit Awards, Gotham Awards, National Board of Review).
Comedy, just like horror, is having a banner year in movie theaters.
The Disaster Artist has won at The Gotham Awards and the Hollywood Film Awards as well as gained nominations at the Film Independent Spirit Awards and the Toronto International Film Festival.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has won at the Venice Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Hollywood Film Awards, British Independent Film Awards and been nominated in multiple categories for both British Independent Film Awards and the Spirit Awards.
The Big Sick has won at The Gotham Awards, Hollywood Film Awards, and SXSW and is also nominated at The Spirit Awards.
Nominations have been handed out to the likes of Ingrid Goes West and Beatriz at Dinner as well. You should also not forget that Ruben Östlund’s The Square, a hilariously scathing satire of the high art world, landed the Palme d’Or at Cannes, a rare honor for something so funny.
It’s nice to see that a year that had horror do so well (Get Out, It, Trump), that something so sweet, tender, honest, and so, so, so damn funny can find its way into your local multiplex this Thanksgiving weekend.
Apparently, we’ve all still got a bit of humanity left in us and Greta Gerwig, in her writer-director debut, not only knows how to coax it out, but also make you enjoy getting teary-eyed while doing so.
The whole cast makes the movie feel so real, as if you almost know all of them or facsimile thereof, whether you grew up in turn-of-the-millennium Sacramento, CA or not.
If it wasn’t clear already, go see it whenever and wherever you can.
Also, being a fan of Saoirse Ronan, we enjoyed imagining that her character in Atonement grew up to be Lady Bird.
Seems like the very positive murmurs from the film festival circuit about Greta Gerwig’s indie comedy-of-age dramedy starring Saoirse Ronan are true.
On a weekend where Thor: Ragnarok took in a massive haul, Lady Bird scored the best limited theatrical release for 2017, which we can only hope means that the film will follow a similar path to The Big Sick (i.e. great reviews and high $-per-screen average will lead to great box office nationwide).
Look for Lady Bird to play in more theaters in the coming weeks leading up to said nationwide expansion.