Ronan shines in subtle masterpiece

Deftly juggling characters and storylines, first-time director Greta Gerwig finds authentic laughs with subtle touches

Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird

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Lady Bird: Directed by Greta Gerwig, Nationwide, 15A,Rating:*****

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Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are tremendous in Greta Gerwig’s moving and gloriously funnyLady Bird, a film about growing up, mother-daughter relationships and the anxiety of separation. Loosely based on Gerwig’s experiences of adolescence in her hometown of Sacramento, California around the turn of the millennium, the film is centred on Ronan’s 17-year-old Christine McPherson, who ...