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Ronan (23) was up for the gong for her role in Greta Gerwig's coming of age story Lady Bird, but faced tough competition from McDormand for Three Billboards as well as Annette Bening for Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Margot Robbie for I Tonya, and British actress Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water.

Saoirse (23) is up for the Best Actress BAFTA for her role in Greta Gerwig's coming of age story Lady Bird but faces stiff competition from Annette Bening for Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool, Frances McDormand for Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri, Margot Robbie for I Tonya, and British actress Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water.

Greta Gerwig's acclaimed coming of age story Lady Bird and Steven Spielberg's The Post left empty - handed, though Jordan Peele's Get Out won best original screenplay, prompting a rapturous standing ovation that cemented his elevation to Hollywood's elite.

Not exact matches

Gerwig's warmth as an artist becomes important, because in «Lady Bird» she is dealing in what is often the most self - centered of forms, the coming - of - age story; particularly, the coming - of - age story based on the filmmaker's own life.

Lady Bird, a coming - of - age story starring Saoirse Ronan that The A.V. Club's own A.A. Dowd said is «so funny, perceptive, and truthful that it makes most other films about adolescence look like little more than lessons in cliché.»

Greta Gerwig's directorial debut in Lady Bird is considered one of the best coming - of - age stories in years.

«Lady Bird,» written and directed by Gerwig, and starring Saoirse Ronan, is a coming - of - age story about a high school senior in Sacramento, California in 2002/03, who acts out and searches for her place even as she prepares to take wing.

Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, director & writer) Terrific coming - of - age story written and directed by Greta Gerwig.

Greta Gerwig is only the fifth woman nominated in the best director category for bringing «Lady Bird,» a tender coming - of - age story, to the screen, while «Get Out» s» Jordan Peele became the fifth black man nominated in the best director category.

Also performing well was Greta Gerwig's acclaimed coming - of - age story Lady Bird, which picked up three nominations, for Saoirse Ronan (best female actor), Laurie Metcalf (female supporting actor) and best ensemble.

Jordan Peele, the mastermind of «Get Out,» a social thriller about American racism, became the first African American to earn producer, director and writer nominations for a single film; the academy nominated a female cinematographer, «Mudbound's» Rachel Morrison, for the first time in its 90 - year history; and Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman recognized as a director, feted for her wry, observational coming - of - age story «Lady Bird.»

Lady Bird is a coming of age story starring Irish actress Saoirse Ronan as Christine «Lady Bird» McPherson, a high school senior growing up in Sacramento, California and dealing with a strained relationship with her mother (Golden Globe - nominated Laurie Metcalf).

In her solo directorial debut Lady Bird, mumblecore pioneer Greta Gerwig delivers a coming - of - age story that soars above its peers.

Lady Bird: Yes, it's a genuinely funny coming - of - age story, with Saoirse Ronan killing it as a precocious high - school senior convinced she's better than her home town of Sacramento.

Greta Gerwig's coming - of - age story, Lady Bird, has officially become the best - reviewed movie ever on Rotten Tomatoes, beating out the beloved classic Toy Stostory, Lady Bird, has officially become the best - reviewed movie ever on Rotten Tomatoes, beating out the beloved classic Toy StoryStory 2.

From Greta Gerwig's buzzy coming - of - age dramedy Lady Bird to riveting documentaries like Nancy Buirski's The Rape of Recy Taylor, the diversity of stories being told by female filmmakers at this year's festival was difficult to narrow down.

Writer - director Greta Gerwig's coming - of - age story follows a free - thinking high school senior, Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan), looking to escape Sacramento (or as she calls it «the Midwest of California»).

What makes Lady Bird such a stand out coming of age story is that the film is grounded in reality with several authentic moments where you know watching it that it came directly from Gerwig's own life.

Though Lady Bird is a coming - of - age story with familiar tropes such as prom night and a disappointing first sexual experience, it's really a film about teenage aspiration.

It's a lesson the coming - of - age stories that linger in your memory apply to vivid effect, and «Lady Bird,» Greta Gerwig's solo feature directing debut, is a good coming - of - age story.

Lady Bird is an absolute gem of human comedy and personal drama, a coming - of - age story turned on its ear by virtue of its intense female gaze and crushing human subtlety.

Starring Saoirse Ronan as Lady Bird, along with the delightful and talented Laurie Metcalf as the teen's passive aggressive mum, the film is a coming of age story set in a Catholic school in Sacramento.

Chalk Lady Bird up as another essential modern coming of age story.

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A coming - of - age story about a high school senior in Sacramento, California, Lady Bird isn't the sort of movie the Oscars have typically honored.

It's a 2002 / 2003 - era story and coming - of - age movie starring Saoirse as Christine or «Lady Bird,» who has dyed hair and is in her final year of Catholic school.

Fresh: The film is not so much a coming - of - age story... [it] aims for a deeper truth, being that life's most important lessons come incrementally, in small, touching moments, something Lady Bird comes to appreciate, however reluctantly.

Lady Bird never hits a false note, each beat of the story building one upon the next to produce a melodious coming of age symphony that's absolutely sensational.

Fresh: Lady Bird might just be the new classic of the comic of age story.

Lady Bird (****) Funny, touching coming - of - age story about a Sacramento high school senior (Saoirse Ronan) who quarrels with her mother (Laurie Metcalf) about her determination to leave California for a more sophisticated life at an Eastern college.

«Lady Bird» is a coming - of - age story about a teenager living in Sacramento whose fraught relationship with her mother provides the spine to her year fumbling toward some kind of self - reckoning.

His men, anachronistically called «knights» (knights won't actually become a thing for another 500 years or so, after the Norman conquest; this is an example of an acceptable anachronism, especially since the Arthurian legends, composed in the age of chivalry, have already imposed knighthood on the historical story (if there was one, more about that later)-RRB- are Sarmatians, drafted into Imperial service as part of a 3rd Century surrender agreement between their people and the Empire (not historical: the Sarmatians remained a power in the Ukraine and Balkan regions through the end of the Western Empire, though there is a theory that the Arthurian legends are influenced by or even sourced in, similar Sarmatian stories (notably one about a lady with a sword in a lake), the influence purported to have come from a community of Sarmatian veterans in Lancashire).

Greta Gerwig, who wrote and directed one of the best coming - of - age stories The A.V. Club has seen in a while, had a typically heartwarming response to the accolades Lady Bird has received.

Greta Gerwig's coming - of - age tale Lady Bird has been nominated for multiple Oscars and one key thread of that successful awards narrative was that it was Rotten Tomatoes» new top - rated movie, beating Toy Story 2's record for consecutive positive reviews.

Lady Birdis a semi-autobiographical coming - of - age story written and directed by Greta Gerwig, my favorite kooky character actress.

Although dramatically flat, Greta Gerwig's coming - of - age directorial debut covers its Mumblecore tracks with jabs of humor and a breeze of earthy authenticity.Set in Sacramento, California (Gerwig's hometown), the story focuses on the fraught relationship between Lady Bird (a.k.a. Christine — played by Saoirse Ronan) and her overworked mother Marion (Laurie Metcalf), whose emotions run hot or cold.

Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig, 2017)-- a coming of age story with real depth, compassion, detail and insight; and finally

Lady Bird may be the star of this story — a star in general, she would tell you — but the movie is more than simply the coming - of - age of a discontented creative type.

So says Ana Maria Pacheco in this story about all the prominent lady artists of a certain age making their presence known right now — especially Bridget Riley who has big show in Paris and a couple of big pictures here and here for sale in London.