Lady Bird

Time to fly.


Lady Bird
Christine ’Lady Bird’ MacPherson is a high school senior from the wrong side of the tracks. She longs for adventure, sophistication, and opportunity, but finds none of that in her Sacramento Catholic high school. We follow her final year in high school, including her first romance, her participation in the school play, and most importantly, her applying for college. The film has numerous awards and nominations, including five Oscar noms.

95 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Drug abuse).
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast
Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Lois Smith
Director
Greta Gerwig
ScreenplayGreta Gerwig
MusicJon Brion
CinematographySam Levy
EditingNick Houy
Sound formatsDolby Digital
SoundtrackAvailable
Made in2017
Produced byScott Rudin Productions, Entertainment 360, IAC Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

GenreDrama
LanguageThe material contains frequent strong impact language used in the context of frustration, expression and sometimes demeaning.
NudityThe material contains infrequent and brief low impact scene of exposing a male member in a magazine in a non-sexual context.
SexNone (sic)
ViolenceNone
PrejudiceNone
BlasphemyThe material contains a low impact infrequent instances that may be offensive to catholics but wrere presented in a comedic context with no intention to cause harm.
Drug abuseNone (sic)
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

R: RestrictedRated R for language, sexual content, brief graphic nudity and teen partying
Runtime94
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity
5
Violence
1
Blood / Gore / Gross
3
Guns / Weapons
1
Profanity
5
Alcohol / Drugs
4
Smoking
3
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude
4
Imitative Behaviour
5
Frightening / Tense Scenes
0
Jump Scenes
0
Tense Family Scenes
4
Music (Scary/Tense)
0
Music (Inappropriate)
0
Topics to talk about
4

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit
16 +
Positive messages
2
Positive role models
2
Violence
1
Sex
5
Language
4
Consumerism
1
Drinking, drugs, smoking
4

Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus / The Star
Masego Panyane quote icon'Lady Bird' buzzes through young love.
15
24.com
Marisa Crous quote iconBoth raw and comforting, it shows the ups and downs of a time that is so unsure, even unsafe at times; and dissects how relationships are formed and sustained while put in pressure-filled situations.
15
ScreenIt
Jim Judy
13
Metacritic.com
48 critics
19
Rottentomatoes critics
228 critics
18
Rottentomatoes tomatometer
Tomatometer quote icon Lady Bird delivers fresh insights about the turmoil of adolescence -- and reveals writer-director Greta Gerwig as a fully formed filmmaking talent.
20
Movie Review Query Engine
MRQE critics quote icon
16
CommonSenseMedia
Staff evaluation quote iconTouching, funny, personal, and mature coming-of-age comedy.
15

What the People say

Metacritic.com users
401 users
14
Rottentomatoes users
15476 users
15
IMDB
44137 Netizens
16
The Movie DB
Community
16

Average .. 80%

16

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