Omggg why do I need this Cos i thought it would 😣

when i first realised this is was so depressing but also comforting at the same time

But I really like public transportation like trains

or people can be happy anywhere

Oh gosh i was putting all my hope in moving to a big city for college

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It's just so much more powerful that she's alone when she has the revelation and then reconciles alone.

You’re all gonna hate me for saying this. But i do not like this ending. It’s way too vague. I usually don’t have a problem with vague endings in films. But this is one of those films where it doesn’t work. Throughout the whole film, Lady Bird’s mother had done nothing but treat her daughter like crap. I’m sorry, but if your child applying for and getting into a great college without telling you pisses you off to the point where you pretend they’re invisible, then you shouldn’t be a parent. How do we know this message reconciled everything? For all we know, her mom could’ve erased it immediately after listening to it and forgetting all about it

@@superjackster0165 The movie is so relatable I have the same relationship with my mother. It’s toxic but also in a positive in a way. In the end of the day we’re all humans. Probably you have different relationship with your mother.

@@lovescoffee7189 Still a dumb excuse. If she had avoided talking to Lady Bird for a couple days, i might’ve understood it. But the fact that it was an entire summer is just too unbelievable. Even then, if she felt that Lady Bird passed the limit or felt excluded, why didn’t she just tell her this instead of acting like she was deaf around her? Honestly, the relationship between Lady Bird and her mom just pissed me off. It doesn’t even get resolved

@@superjackster0165 I understand where you're coming from, but mothers are humans with flaws as well. Her mother didn't abuse her, she didn't treat her like crap really, she just didn't know how to show her love. She crumpled up about 10 letters where she expressed her love to her daughter. She broke down crying in the car and went back so she could talk to her but didn't get there in time. These are all realistic, honestly, I wish I had a father like Christine's. My relationship with my mother is the same as Christine's and the ending was perfect. As someone stated above, if we hadn't seen the mother cry and hurry back, I'd probably agree with you.

Good analysis 👍

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That's all nice but Christine was still very selfish and immature, even during that phone call she didn't have the balls to overtly say "I'm sorry I was a brat who couldn't appreciate what you'd done for me." She's a very annoying character, I didn't feel much sympathy for her, just for her parents, especially the mother.

​@@bartoszwojciechowski2270man, we've all been teenagers.

I cried at the end of this scene and I'm a boy xD Well... I think I experienced the same situation (I even went to the church).

@@oscaraquite5655 it's so nice when boys show feelings

i literally came here to watch this scene because i just randomly remembered it and started crying

Me too

Yeah, same.

I hated that she forgave her mother when what her mother was doing was unbelievable.

​@@foolslayer9416 that's why mother daughter relationship is complicated. even if ladybird was hurting, all she could see was her mother's love for her and that marion wanted nothing but the best for her

@@iwasshockedhoneyiwasintearsMarion still did wrong by her regardless

@@foolslayer9416 Exactly my point, the mom was doing every thing right, yes LB wanted something more and that's awesome, but the mom working double shifts and making every thing works is ny NO means the bad one;

Same thing as when she says she's from Sacramento and the guy asks again where she's from and she replies "San Francisco"

I actually think she went to say “I’m gonna be alright” but realized it was pointless. Anytime she tried to share herself with her mom, who she really was I mean, she just got shot down. I think she went to say that and probably realized her mom would just disagree. So she left it at thank you and moved on.

actually she apologized a lot when her mom found out

But what does she need to apologize for?

she had already said sorry Manu times to her mother, came like a crashing. what she did not say very often was a thank you. A sorry was not what her parents needed to hear, everyone knows she is sorry. what the movie wanted and her parents wanted was for her to be a bit grateful. that's why it was a thank you.

was NYC what u imagined it to be?

@@dromeda6066 yes and no… I’m having a great time and I do love it, but it makes you appreciate/miss suburb life if that’s where you originally grew up :)

Yes! Ngl, i hated alot of scenes in thid movie (her doing it with kyle, being blasphemous, and ditching Julie), but the ending really brought the whole story together, and its way better upon rewatch!

@@greenergrass4060 That's how the character is made... Nobody is perfect... Even the protagonist

@@greenergrass4060 The movie is realistic maybe that’s why you hate it

@@greenergrass4060 that’s not what he meant 😂

@@greenergrass4060 "Being blasphemous" lol God isn't real

Yes! I thought the music felt (not just sounded) familiar, then I rewatched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind the other day and was like THAT’S IT! It’s truly magical, how he evokes such emotion with song

Wow! Beautifully explained

One way I see it is that she feels super bad and embarrassed about being in the hospital for being too drunk while there are some people who get way more serious injuries

u sound like every english teacher ever

Thank you for selling me on this! I expected any second to see the movie disrespect our faith, and was bent on tracking down the moment so as to not waste my time. Sounds much more nuanced and refreshing than your average Hollywood movie.

I love how this whole film she's obsessing over wealth, partying, rude to her mom, and sleeping around But literally ends with her realizing the error of her ways and apologizing to her mom. Yall, the religious themes in this movie 😭 for a teen movie this , is so good. This literally resonated with me as a believer

What exactly happened in the end i didn't understand ?

@@shreyapathak4452 she realized she loved sacramento

@ Phantom1641 if you haven’t already watch Perks of being a wallflower, the fault in our stars, etc. you’d like those if you watched this movie.

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@@jaylahall5712 why?

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@@Whofuckencares808 thank you. I hope everyone else can too.

I understand why you could feel like that way but I don’t think the phone call is her saying her mother was right all along. Personally, I have a similar relationship with my mother (we disagree a lot and can go days not talking then suddenly we’re best friends then she’ll make a snide comment or I’ll say something she doesn’t like and the cycle resets.) I went through a period of my life where I was so certain I hated her and she hated me and I was willing to accept that but (I know it’s cliche) as I got older things changed. I had a moment of clarity like ladybird in this scene. The relationship between parent and child is so strange but so beautiful. Our mothers are meant to care for us and we grow up knowing them our whole lives but only in the way they fit into ours. We don’t actually begin to know them as people till we get older and start to think about what they were like before us. And sometimes it takes leaving them to realise who they are and how similar we actually are to them. How parts of them are in pieces of us. Ladybird and her mother are so similar like me and mine. And I think the phone call is her realising that though her mother is not perfect (neither is she) that’s not entirely her fault. She’s human and she’s flawed just like everyone. She says mindless and hurtful things. But at the same time she cares for her. In such a simple way that lady bird never stopped to realise it. I think that the phone call doesn’t mean they won’t fight again (they will as I still do with my mother at times) but not in the same way. Lady bird grows up and I’m sure her mother has a similar revelation though it’s not shown on screen.

I mean, to me, no one is really right or wrong. They both are learning how to grow together and how to be more considerate of each other. That tends to happen in families. Everyone have their own goals and problems that are going to affect each other no matter what, specially in the McPhersons' situation. However, even though they might argue, they love and need each other still. As we see it here and in the airport scene. So to me is not much of a "Mom, you were right all along" and more of a "Mom, I will always need you" (I might've projected a little, idk. I'm really close with my mom and I relate a lot to LadyBird as a son so that's how I see the movie. Even though the movie explores a lot more themes. )

@@UwU-jw6ph one of the best explanations of the film

I completely agree and I've seen other people express the same things. Giving your daughter the silent treatment for moving away isn't okay. It's such a beautiful movie, the cinematography, the dialogue, Greta Gerwig does it all so well and seemingly effortlessly. But this relationship is too hard for me to watch. The ending is basically her apologizing, forgiving, and to me it's the continuation of an abusive cycle she's stuck in. It would've been different if that's acknowledged, but it isn't, instead her mother's behaviour is normalized. And it worries me, that so many daughters find it relatable, think they're both equally guilty.

The ending wasn’t rly about the religious aspect though, the church scene was there as a reminder of Sacramento and the feeling of home, not necessarily because she had some holy moment of faith.

Gathered that as well