My Old Ass (2024)

[StatisticalOutlier]

Well this one caught me by surprise.  I expected to like it based on the trailer, but...wow.  The last 10 minutes turned me into a blubbering fool.

 

Edited October 1 by StatisticalOutlier

[Palimelon]

You need to edit the tittle to 2024...

[SeanC]

Stella and Plaza have only slightly more resemblance than did Tony Revolori and F. Murray Abraham in The Grand Budapest Hotel, but as the latter film showed, if the performances are good it doesn't matter terribly much. And they work well opposite each other here, while the script is both sensitively written and pretty funny when it wants to be.

A pleasant and all-too-rare instance of a Canadian director actually getting to make films set in Canada when working outside the Canadian film industry.

[AimingforYoko]

On 10/1/2024 at 11:08 AM, StatisticalOutlier said:

The last 10 minutes turned me into a blubbering fool.

The scene where Aubrey hugs Chad was some of her best acting.

[StatisticalOutlier]

1 hour ago, AimingforYoko said:

The scene where Aubrey hugs Chad was some of her best acting.

I certainly bought it.

I thought all of the performances were fantastic.  I kind of fell in love Chad myself.

[SoMuchTV]

Just watched this on Prime. So much better than I was expecting!

[methodwriter85]

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I feel like we're on the edge of the major rebellion and breakdowns I can see Daphne having. God, I keep wishing she were a little older because I bet she's the more compelling actress than her sister.

I wrote this about Maisy Stella in 2017 and I feel vindicated by this movie. She is damn good, and I am really glad that she came back to acting after doing the regular school kid thing.

Edited November 12 by methodwriter85

[Fukui San]

I just watched this twice in a row over the last two days. Loved this so much. Loved how Aubrey Plaza just dropped these little bits of world building that her younger self never picks up on. 

[methodwriter85]

17 hours ago, Fukui San said:

I just watched this twice in a row over the last two days. Loved this so much. Loved how Aubrey Plaza just dropped these little bits of world building that her younger self never picks up on. 

I loved the foreshadowing where she mentions how some rich asshole bought up the at-the-time uninhabited small island where Elliot camped overnight with her friends. Then we learn that her family is selling the cranberry farm, presumably to the same rich asshole that later buys up the small island.

I kind of wanted this to be a 2000's period piece, but you're right though- setting this "now" and Aubrey Plaza being from the 2040's meant the movie could mention all these little bits about the serious environmental disaster that she's clearly living in, like salmon no longer existing. (It also ties into the very clear insinuation that the idyllic environment where Elliot grew up becomes some big developed resort/rich people's playground by Aubrey's time.) 

Edited November 13 by methodwriter85

[heatherchandler]

This movie has a weird premise, I thought it would be kind of dumb but I was sobbing at the end.  And movies rarely get me to sob.  

I’m also in love with Chad.  And I didn’t see that coming.

[luna1122again]

One of my faves of the year. It's just bittersweet and beautiful, and and the sweet, simple message at its heart could have been cheesy but wasn't. 

I knew Maisy from Nashville and this was such a confident,  charming big screen debut for her. And Aubrey's already kind of a legend, but the scene with the hug between her and Chad...that was some phenomenal, subtle acting on her part. I was already crying, but I quite frankly lost my shit. 

Lovely film. 

[methodwriter85]

12 hours ago, luna1122again said:

And Aubrey's already kind of a legend, but the scene with the hug between her and Chad...that was some phenomenal, subtle acting on her part. I was already crying, but I quite frankly lost my shit. 

My personal fan wank is that Chad died of natural causes (cancer? Maybe he needed an organ transplant that just didn't arrive in time?) when they were in grad school. I don't think it was something Elliot could have tried to prevent, like a car accident or a murder. I think Elliot dropped out due to her grief but finally went back to her PhD program after 15 years, hence her being a PhD candidate at 39 years old.