Published 09/11/2024 1:50:00 p.m.

‘My Old Ass’ Review: Poignant Coming of Age Story With A Time Traveling Twist

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If our older, wiser self returned to dole out advice, would we listen? That’s the question at the heart of My Old Ass, a charmingly thoughtful film written and directed by Megan Park. Park’s angle on the universal query is notably intimate, focusing on an 18-year-old girl named Elliott Labrant (Maisy Stella) who finds herself at a crossroads. She’s on the cusp of leaving home, but during her final summer before college Elliott comes face to face…

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‘My Old Ass’ Review: Poignant Coming of Age Story With A Time Traveling Twist

09/11/2024 1:50:00 p.m.·New York, United States

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Movie review: 'My Old Ass' a coming-of-age story with sincerity, charm

Megan Park’s “My Old Ass” is premised on a familiar conversation starter: if you could tell your younger self anything, what would it be? Writer/director Park dreams up a supernatural scenario in which this actually comes true for protagonist Elliott, played at age 18 by Maisy Stella (in her film debut) and at age 39 by Aubrey Plaza.

09/11/2024 10:09:00 a.m.

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