My Old Ass – Monday 7th April 2025

I only watched this film because of Aubrey Plaza, and she’s barely in it!

That aside, I have mixed-feelings. It’s not a bad movie, but it’s not great either. The protagonist, for instance, is a pretty accurate representation of an 18 year old white girl in ‘the West’, with her gender politics, sexual fluidity, promiscuity, and casual drug-use. So if you find the glamorisation of those traits annoying, then you probably won’t enjoy this film.

That said, the film’s general coming of age themes about the burden of adulthood, appreciating your family (not something non-white people generally need to worry about), and the beauty of being young and dumb, are done very well.

I did find myself pondering my own life, and how it has managed to fly by, without even a postcard to show for it. I mean, I do that anyway, but this film definitely made me more aware of that fact!

So to conclude, if you watched this film purely for Aubrey Plaza, you’ll probably be disappointed, but if you want to see a coming of age story about a modern 18 year old Canadian white girl, who often acts like a brat, then this is the film for you!