Faith and Film: Lady Bird
Movie Review by Fr. Tom Condon, O.P.
Anyone who went to a Catholic high school will recognize many scenes from the new movie Lady Bird. Lady Bird tells the story of Christine McPherson’s 2002-2003 senior year in Catholic girls’ high school in Sacramento. It’s in close proximity to a Catholic boys’ high school, so that the boys and girls go to Mass together, and participate in extra-curricular activities, such as a drama club. Christine, well played by Saoirse Ronan, announces at every opportunity that she no longer wants to be called the name her parents gave her. Instead, she wishes to be called Lady Bird, a name she gives herself. Most of her teachers, friends, and family members oblige.
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