It is a very good coming of age film though. What is great about it is also what's great about Paterson (although Paterson > Lady Bird) in that its a normal person going through normal person stuff, its low-key, but stands between naturalistic and artful. The novelty that has perhaps brought such a modest film more than usual attention is that its good, and it has a strong femine perspective on young adulthood, that this is somehow still novel is unfortunate (last year's also quite good The Edge of Seventeen trod over much of the same territory).
I too am somewhat flummoxed by its especially high critical placement, but its far from any sort of grandioise Oscar bait (for that see Darkest Hour).
And also, not related, butProud Mary is not good, but its at least baseline competent as a film. That actually works against it, some good ole' B-movie crazy could have really livened things up a bit. C'mon, give Danny Glover an eyepatch and an accent, gimmie something to work with other than this dull assembly of warmed over crime movie cliches.
