Review: My Old Ass

-


Official Synopsis: A mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott (Maisy Stella) face-to-face with her 39-year-old self. (Aubrey Plaza) But when Elliott's "old ass" delivers warnings to her younger self, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about her family, life and love.

Never would I have expected to be crying at the end of a film called "My Old Ass" but there I was, sobbing over it on a Saturday night. Considering this film had the lighter subject matter of Director Megan Park's works so far, (the first being The Fallout) that's pretty incredible.

Stella and Plaza may not look alike, but in Maisy's performance you can see how she could grow up to become Plaza later on. Elliott is so thirsty for life and all it has to offer. Her relentless optimism was much needed for me in particular during times like these. I think she's wonderful here and I look forward to what she does in the future. If you're watching for Aubrey Plaza, just know she's only in this for about 10 minutes or so.

I wouldn't say the film is groundbreaking by any means, but it doesn't need to be. It's a funny take on "time travel" and it doesn't need to explain the mechanics. That's not what the moral of the story is anyways. It's surprisingly emotional ending is what raised it up for me. I love what Park is doing so far. She's definitely one to watch.

Grade: B-

Comments

  1. RuthNovember 4, 2024 at 7:38 PM

    My friend reviewed MY OLD ASS for me and he enjoyed it! I just got the screener from Amazon so I'm looking forward to seeing this later this week, it sounds like the perfect role for Plaza!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Brittani BurnhamNovember 6, 2024 at 9:12 AM

      I hope you like it too! I was happy to see that screener come through since I missed it in theaters.

      Delete
  2. thevoid99November 4, 2024 at 10:55 PM

    I've heard good things about this. I do want to see this and The Fallout.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Thanks for stopping by, let's talk movies!
(comments are moderated to reduce spam)

Popular posts from this blog

Random Ramblings: The Radio Flyer Conundrum

-
Image
Recently, I was talking to someone about who I thought were the best child actors when I was also a child.  Two that really stood out to me were Elijah Wood and Joseph Mazello, and one film those two were in together was called Radio Flyer.  Then I was reminded about the uniqueness of this film. Instead of reviewing the film, I wanted to have an open discussion about the ending. It deals with a tough issue; child abuse. What I’ve noticed is the way that the film ends is interpreted many different ways, and the filmmakers never came forward to say what was right and wrong. I’m interested in hearing everyone’s opinions on it. How did you interpret the ending? Obviously spoiler alerts will follow.. For those of you who haven’t seen the film, the basic premise is this: Two young boys, Mikey (Wood) and Bobby (Mazello) move in with their single mother and her boyfriend, who refers to himself as ‘The King’. It doesn’t take long for The King to start physically abusing ...
Read more

Indie Gems: Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon

-
Image
Passionate about your profession? I had never heard of this film until it ended up on one of Jason's favorite horror movie lists around Halloween. It immediately sounded interesting to me, so of course I threw it in my Netflix queue. (and if I'm just now watching it after adding it around Halloween, you know how ridiculous my queue is) Taylor (Angela Goethals) is a journalist who, along with a film crew decides to follow around a serial killer named Leslie Vernon. (Nathan Baesel) He plans on doing the typical slasher thing - getting a bunch of drunk teens in an abandoned house and knocking them off one by one. He gets advice from a retired serial killer, Eugene (Scott Wilson) and is threatened by a man who's on to him, Doc Holloran (Robert Englund) Taylor and crew are there capturing it all. Leslie Vernon is fucking hilarious to start with, and clearly very passionate about what he does. He tells Taylor all of his secrets and can barely contain his excitemen...
Read more

My Favorite Movie Youtube Channels

-
Image
Starting around 2018, I started watching Youtube for more than just movie trailers or music videos whenever a new one dropped. Now I'm in full blown subscription mode and don't bat an eyelash at watching a Youtube video that's over an hour long. I watch Youtube for a few different categories of content, but one of them that I love most is movie/TV essays and commentary, and that's what I'm going to talk about today. Below is a list of my favorite movie related Youtube channels. Let me know if you're familiar with them too, or if you have any you'd like to recommend to me.  Double Toasted - I'm honestly surprised this channel isn't bigger. I first came across Korey and Martin when they reviewed War for the Planet of the Apes a few months before it hit theaters and I thought they were hysterical. While their full length videos stream on Twitch, they often upload their movie reviews and commentary on youtube and they're always hilarious. They've...
Read more