Princess Of The Row is the narrative feature film debut from Van Maximilian Carlson, who also co-wrote the screenplay with newcomer A. Shawn Austin. Familiar, yet effective, and a bit tonally mixed up, Princess Of The Row blends the starkness of reality with light fantasy elements with a fair degree of success, shining a light on some important topics while tugging the heart strings along the way.
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A24 continue to astonish with Lady Bird, the directorial debut of actress Greta Gerwig. It's an honest and poignant depiction of late adolescence whose universality is sure to land with most, if not all, moviegoers. Gerwig, who has also co-wrote several scripts with Noam Baumbach prior to Lady Bird, has taken a few pages from Baumbach's book, but in such a way as to not become derivative; her film emanates indisputable freshness, finding roots in Gerwig's crisp script and taken to new heights by the mesmerizing performance of Saoirse Ronan.
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