• In Gerwig it marks the arrival of a fresh new storytelling voice. The Oscar love is deserving.

  • Anupama Chopra
    Anupama Chopra
    Film Companion

    8

    Lady Bird combines wisdom and tenderness, humor and grace. It’s light-footed without being lightweight. And it captures, with great feeling, the turbulence of a girl growing up. I can’t recommend it enough.

  • Shalini Langer
    Shalini Langer
    Indian Express

    8

    In one of the warmest affirmations of love, family and friendships on screen, Greta Gerwig tells the story of a 17-year-old’s one year from high school to college, as she rediscovers who and what she is.

  • Rohan Naahar
    Rohan Naahar
    Hindustan Times

    7

    With 3 Academy Award nods, Saoirse Ronan, 23, is one of the finest actors of her generation. Lady Bird, however, can’t help but feel like the token nominee at the Oscars.

  • Deccan Chronicle Team
    Deccan Chronicle Team
    Deccan Chronicle

    5

    There’s simply not enough conflict and the characters are not fleshed out, rendering them little more than stereotypes.

  • Neil Soans
    Neil Soans
    Times Of India

    8

    Just like the protagonist, ‘Lady Bird’ is awkwardly funny yet bittersweet, making it one of Hollywood’s most original and refreshingly honest films about growing up.

  • It is ultimately quite an achievement to render something fresh in the vastly milked ‘coming of age’ genre. It is nice to see Gerwig break through as a director and it makes one excited about what film she makes next – it is rare to see a filmmaker with such a grasp on a story’s soul, although one does hope she tackles a story with a little more depth next.

  • IANS
    IANS
    Sify

    7

    The film is fast-paced, emotionally honest, well-performed and intelligently structured.

  • FullyHyd Team
    FullyHyd Team
    Fully Hyderabad

    7

    The film, like life itself, cannot attain perfection even though it tries exceedingly hard. But the fact that its story found some originality in those of the seven billion that inhabit the world is commendable.