Lady Bird (2017)

High school senior Christine is longing leave her low-rent family and her boring town behind to attend school in New York. She’s self-centered, opportunistic, and willing to do whatever it takes to get what she wants, which means that she often hurts those who are closest to her. But somehow Ronan manages to make Lady Bird (the name she’s given herself) sympathetic. I could see the drive and the fear in her and was rooting for her to succeed.

B+