Both parts of Megan Park’s movie — the coming-of-age tale and the me-visiting-from-the-future tale — work, but maybe not in the same movie, a little like the two different Elliotts. The tone …
They say tripping on psychedelic mushrooms triggers hallucinations, anxiety, paranoia and nervousness. In the case of Elliott, an 18-year-old restless Canadian, they prompt a visitor.
After the older Elliott proves who she is — they share a particular scar, childhood memories and a smaller left boob — the time-travel advice begins: Be nice to your brothers and mom, and stay away from a guy named Chad. The arrival of the older Elliott coincides with her younger self counting down the days until she can flee from her small town of 300 in the Muskoka Lakes region to college in Toronto, where “my life is about to start.” She’s sick of life on a cranberry farm.
Both parts of Park’s movie — the coming-of-age tale and the me-visiting-from-the-future tale — work, but maybe not in the same movie, a little like the two different Elliotts. The tone of each part are different, one wistful, the other zany, and together threaten to pull “My Old Ass” apart.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Movie Review: My Old Ass39-year-old Aubrey Plaza doles out advice to her younger self
Read more »
Enter to Win Two Tickets to the Special Advance Screening of My Old Ass!MY OLD ASS (Amazon/PrimeVideo) ONLY In theaters September 20th watch the trailer here Genre: Comedy/Coming of Age Rated: R screenings: Outdoor screening on Thursday,...
Read more »
Pregnant Margot Robbie Shows Off Baby Bump at My Old Ass PremiereMargot Robbie showed off her baby bump while attending the Los Angeles premiere of ‘My Old Ass,’ which she coproduced with her husband, Tom Ackerley
Read more »
To Make My Old Ass, Megan Park Had to Confront a Teenage DreamPark moved beyond acting roles in The Secret Life of the American Teenager and the Hallmark universe to experience her own coming of age: “I get so much joy from writing and directing that I never really felt being in front of the camera.”
Read more »
How the film ‘My Old Ass’ takes an unlikely premise to a surprising placeThe film features Maisy Stella as a college-bound student who encounters her older self, played by Aubrey Plaza, after taking mushrooms.
Read more »
In ‘My Old Ass,’ Maisy Stella Leaves Child Stardom Far BehindShe got famous alongside her sister on ‘Nashville’ and YouTube—but in her new film costarring Aubrey Plaza, we get to see what Stella can really do.
Read more »