MY OLD ASS – Babes In Arms
Friday 13 December 2024 at 11.00am
2024 | Dir Megan Park | 89m | 
USA
Elliott is ignoring her family, prior to leaving for college, instead hanging out with her two friends. One night on an outdoor camping trip, the three brew up magic mushrooms, and Elliott finds herself talking to her 39 year older self. Her ‘old ass’ tells her of her times as a PhD student, to stop neglecting her family, and to avoid a boy named Chad. Will she heed this advice? Great performances from newcomer Maisy Stella and the ever-dependable Aubrey Plaza.
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Alone and adrift after her mother’s death, Ingrid (Plaza) takes refuge in social media, endlessly ‘liking’ snapshots of other peoples’ lives. Transfixed by rising Instagram star Taylor Sloane (Olsen), Ingrid uses her inheritance to move to LA and inveigle herself into Taylor’s orbit. Desperate to cling to her new-found identity as Taylor’s attention turns elsewhere, Ingrid’s obsessive behaviour is both riotously funny and potentially tragic. A wickedly entertaining morality tale for the social media age.