我的老屁友

　The summ
er befor  e c olleg e, bright-yet-irrev erent Elli
 ott c

omes  
fa  c e
-to-face with h er older self during a mushroo m trip.
The enco unter spurs a funny and heartfelt journe
y of self-disco ver y and first
 love a s
 Elli ott pre
pares to leave her childhood home.　　  Wri
ter-director Megan P ark’s tender, surprising so ph o

more   feature cleverly uses its hig h-conc ept premise of a visit from one’s 
futur
e self t o launch a refreshing, nuanced explora tion of the unc
ertaintie s of young roman ce a nd co
ming of age. My Old Ass  is a s
weet t eena ge love  story,
a live ly cont emporary
 comedy, and a q 
uirky r if

f  on tim
 e-travel films all in one.　　
Maisy
 Stella and Aubrey Plaza h ave a terrific unlikely c
h

emistry, as the s ass and self-ass
ure dness of the yo ung Elliott, as pla yed by
Stella, bl
ends and overlaps
with Plaza’ s sardonic hu mor as a more mature  Elliott
. The ca  re and af fection show 
n in the film’s depict ion  of Elliott’s rural hometown in her last days b ef ore t  aking 
off 
fo r adulth
ood visually highlights her emotional journey, evo
king a n
ostalg ia for days that haven’t even ended  yet.—
HZ