For Laurie Metcalf in 'Lady Bird,' this is the moment for her kind of honesty

[The Patriot]

For Laurie Metcalf in 'Lady Bird,' this is the moment for her kind of honesty

11-20-2017 06:35 AM

There's a scene in "Lady Bird," this fall's remarkable coming-of-age movie by Greta Gerwig, where the title character, a complicated Sacramento 17-year-old encapsulated by Saoirse Ronan, finds herself in the dressing room of an off-price clothing store with her mother, Marion McPherson, who happens to be played by Laurie Metcalf.


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