Lady Bird

20172017
RR
1h 34min

Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird (2017)

Official Trailer

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In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

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Nominated for 5 Oscars
- 118 wins & 227 nominations total

Saoirse Ronan, Greta Gerwig, and Beanie Feldstein in Lady Bird (2017)

Greta Gerwig and Timothée Chalamet in Lady Bird (2017)

Greta Gerwig at an event for Lady Bird (2017)

Timothée Chalamet at an event for Lady Bird (2017)

Tracy Letts at an event for Lady Bird (2017)

Tracy Letts and Laurie Metcalf at an event for Lady Bird (2017)

Timothée Chalamet at an event for Lady Bird (2017)

Lois Smith at an event for Lady Bird (2017)

Greta Gerwig, Beanie Feldstein, and Odeya Rush at an event for Lady Bird (2017)

Greta Gerwig at an event for Lady Bird (2017)

Odeya Rush at an event for Lady Bird (2017)

Lois Smith at an event for Lady Bird (2017)

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Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) 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. This movie follows the title character's senior year in high school, including her first romance, her participation in the school play, and most importantly, her applying for college. —Dehlia

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Taglines
- Time to Fly.
Genres
- Comedy
- Drama
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for language, sexual content, brief graphic nudity and teen partying
Parents guide

Trivia
Saoirse Ronan had done some stage work prior to filming this movie, and the heavy make-up combined with hot stage lights had caused some spontaneous eruptions of acne. Rather than covering it up, Make-up Artist Jacqueline Knowlton and Ronan convinced Writer and Director Greta Gerwig to leave it visible, to differentiate this movie from most other coming-of-age dramas full of teenagers with perfect skin. Gerwig concurred.

Goofs
When Lady Bird is in her brother's room, the PC shows Windows 7 background and taskbar. The scene takes place in 2002 but Windows 7 was released in 2009, seven years in the future.

Quotes
Marion McPherson: I want you to be the very best version of yourself that you can be.
Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson: What if this is the best version?

Crazy credits
SHOWN AT THE BEGINNING: "Anybody who talks about California hedonism has never spent a Christmas in Sacramento." -Joan Didion

Alternate versions
The Australian release was censored, after the original uncut version of the film was passed MA15+ uncut the distributor chose to remove use of the strongest language ('c**t') as well as a brief sexual image from a pornographic novel in order to obtain an M rating. This edited version was then released into theaters throughout Australia.

Connections
Featured in To Be Continued (2017)

Soundtracks
With Fun in My Life
Written by Ellis Clarance Taylor Sr.
Performed by James Whitney
Courtesy of The Numero Group
By arrangement with Bank Robber Music

Top review

7/10

A girl fighting against her identity and origins

The girl protagonist of this movie comes from a town in California called Sacramento, her family is not rich but also not extremely poor and she has no special skills to be noticed by the other guys of the shool. Although she loves her family and her best friend, she is living an interior (and in some cases also exterior) fight against herself, her origins and the place in which she lives. For this reason, she dreams to attend the college in New York City, escaping from her life, but it is not easy... This is a funny and nice movie, an interesting story in which many of us can recognize themselves; furthermore, the characters are well laid out. I liked it!

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Jan 21, 2019

Release date
- December 1, 2017 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Official sites
- Official Facebook
- Official Instagram
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Also known as
- Lady Bird: Tuổi Nổi Loạn
Filming locations
- Sacramento, California, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $48,958,273
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $364,437
- Nov 5, 2017
Gross worldwide
- $78,966,486

See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

Runtime
- 1h 34min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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