Justin Timberlake can play in the background of a party in Lady Bird; Eighth Grade‘s Kayla can feel insecure about her body; and Booksmart’s Amy and Molly can sing the praises of Ruth Bader Ginsburg every morning. Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, for instance, was nominated for five Oscars, and can be seen as the kick-starter for this newfound interest in honest stories about teenage girls. When Lady Bird finds herself in a maddening love triangle, she eventually loses her virginity to bad boy Kyle. It’s supremely awkward, as things were back then, but it’s also profoundly moving because, like Booksmart and Lady Bird, there’s an empathy to the way the series approaches teenage wants and needs. Lady Bird, too, ends with the titular character and her best friend reuniting at their prom after a rift, arm in arm, as the promise of a forever friendship lingers in the air between them.

Source: National Post June 13, 2019 18:11 UTC