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The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 5, ‘Lady Bird’

The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 5, ‘Lady Bird’

Best Movies of the Century: 'Lady Bird’

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Sean and Amanda return to continue their yearlong project of listing the 25 best movies of the 21st century so far. Today, they discuss Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird, one of the greatest coming-of-age films ever made. They explain why this is the most defining millennial movie of all time, unpack its quintessential portrayal of a complicated mother-daughter dynamic, and sort through the difficult decision to choose this as the official Gerwig selection over Little Women and Frances Ha.

Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Producer: Jack Sanders

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