Lady Bird (2017)
Fly away home.
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
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| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 1 September 2017 |
| Genre | Drama, Comedy |
| Director | Greta Gerwig |
| Starring | Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf and Tracy Letts |
| Runtime | 94 min |
| Rated | R |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 8.8/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 99% · Metacritic 93/100 · IMDb 7.4/10 · TMDB users 7.2/10 |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $79 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
Lady Bird is a 94-minute drama-comedy directed by Greta Gerwig, centered on a 17-year-old in Sacramento who wants to leave before her own life has truly started. The film does not treat this ambition as a plot point but as a physical weight, pressing against the domestic details of a home she finds both suffocating and familiar. Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf trade barbs with a precision that makes the audience flinch. It captures the specific ache of realizing your parents are just people, not characters. The tagline is "Fly away home," which sounds like a contradiction until you have lived it.
What the critics said
Critics didn’t just like it; they treated it as a benchmark. Rotten Tomatoes sits at 99% approval as of August 2024, backed by an average score of 8.8/10. Metacritic lands on 93 out of 100 as of July 2025, signaling universal acclaim. A. O. Scott of The New York Times called it "big-screen perfection," while Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter found it "succeeds on its own terms." A dissent did emerge, but it was engineered rather than accidental.
How it did with audiences
It cost $10 million and made $49 million in the United States and Canada. Worldwide, the total reached $79 million. That is a solid return on investment, or at least a respectable one by studio standards. On TMDB, users rate it 7.2 out of 10. IMDb lists a 7.4/10 weighted average as of March 2026.
What came next for the cast
Saoirse Ronan had The Grand Budapest Hotel before, then took Little Women after. Lucas Hedges moved from Manchester by the Sea to a string of 2018 titles. Laurie Metcalf went from Scream 2 to Scream 7, a span that defies easy summary. The credits show a trajectory, but not a cause. Lady Bird did not build these careers; it merely marked a point on the map.
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Sources
- Lady Bird on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q27480769 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “Lady Bird (film)” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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