1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: Read the flick with Ben oshe what movie have you 2 00:00:04,240 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: got for us today? So this film is called My 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: Old Ass from the Old Mug to My Yes exactly, 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: and it tackles the subject which is pretty well worn 5 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: in American cinema. It's that period of life where you've 6 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: just finished high school and you've got one summer at 7 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,319 Speaker 1: home with your friends and family before you leave and 8 00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:30,760 Speaker 1: go to college. Right, so it's you. You for the 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:34,080 Speaker 1: classics like Dazed and Confused, Pretty and Pink, they've all 10 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 1: covered this particular era. You've more recently Super Bad, Ladybird, Books, Smart, 11 00:00:41,680 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: Every second movie is in America is a coming of 12 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,159 Speaker 1: age movie about the end of high school. And it's 13 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: a good it's a good period to kind of examine 14 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:53,159 Speaker 1: because you know, you're kind of coming into adulthood. You've 15 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: got to say goodbye to maybe your childhood friends. You've 16 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: got these big changes coming down the line, you're moving 17 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:03,120 Speaker 1: out of home for the first time, and so at 18 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:05,319 Speaker 1: this point there's not really new, much new that you 19 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:08,039 Speaker 1: can add to this genre of coming of age movies. 20 00:01:08,080 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 1: My Old Ass does it though, by bringing in almost 21 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: a sci fi element, and it's a premise that some 22 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,680 Speaker 1: people like if you can't get on board the premise, 23 00:01:16,360 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: don't even bother going along, Okay, But I encourage those 24 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: people that you know, like we go and watch Hugh 25 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: Jackman as Wolverine he's got giant claws coming out of 26 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,440 Speaker 1: his hands, and talk about how great he is, and 27 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: no one says, is that really realistic? And so you 28 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: certain have to lean into it, and so basically it does. 29 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 1: Mazie Stella in her first movie. She's a Canadian singer. 30 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: No one's ever really heard of her as an actor, 31 00:01:40,360 --> 00:01:44,559 Speaker 1: and she plays an eighteen year old who is going 32 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,120 Speaker 1: through this phase in life. She's going off to college, 33 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: she's leaving the family farm in the beautiful sort of 34 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: Ontario in Canada, and she's kind of like her sexuality 35 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 1: is awakening. All this kind of stuff is happening. And 36 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: then one day, as kind of a last with her friends, 37 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: they go into the woods overnight and take magic mushrooms 38 00:02:05,120 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: and she has this she has this crazy wild trip 39 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:12,120 Speaker 1: where she imagines that she sees her future self, who's 40 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: played by the Great Aubrey Plaza, and so Aubrey is 41 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 1: thirty eight, twenty years older, and so they kind of interact. 42 00:02:19,160 --> 00:02:22,480 Speaker 1: They have this conversation where they're where Aubrey is sort 43 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:25,160 Speaker 1: of looking back at her younger self with nostalgia, going, oh, 44 00:02:25,200 --> 00:02:27,239 Speaker 1: you know, you're so young and you've got your life 45 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 1: ahead of you, and and Mazie's character is looking at 46 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,480 Speaker 1: the older version going, oh, our life seems pretty sad, 47 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: Like you're still a PhD student. I thought i'd be 48 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,200 Speaker 1: married with kids at this point, you like living by 49 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,399 Speaker 1: yourself with like a bunch of cats. And so they're 50 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 1: kind of comparing each other's lives, and the older version 51 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: kind of disappears with one final word of wisdom, stay 52 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: away from Chad. Oh that's it. And she's never met 53 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 1: a Chad. She doesn't know. She doesn't know how Chad 54 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,680 Speaker 1: is going to factor into it. Is this something she's 55 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: going to meet in ten years time? Is this going 56 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 1: to be a boss? Who is Chad going to be? 57 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: Of course, she meets Chad the next day. He's a 58 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: young farm hand who's there working for the summer, and 59 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 1: so straight away she's like, hang on a minute, I 60 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:13,600 Speaker 1: thought that was just a weird mushroom tip that I had, 61 00:03:13,919 --> 00:03:16,679 Speaker 1: But now his real life, Chad, what's going on here? 62 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,960 Speaker 1: And she realizes she's saved her future self's number in 63 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: her phone, and so there, for some reason that's not 64 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:27,560 Speaker 1: fully explained in the film, they're allowed to they're they're 65 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: able to text each other and just kind of compare 66 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,160 Speaker 1: notes on what's going on. And so then of course, 67 00:03:33,240 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 1: you know, this mysterious Chad comes into the picture, maybe 68 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:39,000 Speaker 1: some feelings start to develop, and so you go, okay, 69 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:41,840 Speaker 1: so this all seems great, this seems lovely. Why is 70 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 1: Chad going to be a big problem? And so then 71 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 1: the film kind of unfolds from there and it is 72 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: so sweet. It's directed by Canadian director Meghan Park. The 73 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:57,600 Speaker 1: film is so touching and poignant and cute and also 74 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: beautifully filmed cinematography and the landscapes in this part of 75 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: Canada are just absolutely beautiful. So it's just a really 76 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: sweet coming of age film. But with Aubrey Plaza, who's hilarious, 77 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: it's also brings some of that humor in there as well, 78 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 1: So I think, you know, I think older viewers may 79 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,559 Speaker 1: be a little bit challenged by some of the humor, 80 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,359 Speaker 1: which is very much you know, Today's kind of you 81 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:28,680 Speaker 1: know jen Z style of humor. Scene. Yeah, well exactly, 82 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 1: people like us people, Yeah, people who are young and 83 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: who are young at heart like us always say hip 84 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 1: to the scene. That's what the kids are saying on 85 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 1: tikety top and hashtag hip to the scene. It's trending. 86 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:52,200 Speaker 1: It is trending right now. And so you've got all 87 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,960 Speaker 1: of those elements coming together and you and you're thinking, Okay, 88 00:04:54,960 --> 00:04:57,000 Speaker 1: this is very nice. And then the final the final 89 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 1: kind of moments of this film actually wallop you with 90 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:04,039 Speaker 1: a big emotional punch at the end. So this this 91 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 1: was a surprise packet to me. Initially, I wasn't sure 92 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:09,039 Speaker 1: if I was going to buy into the premise, but 93 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: you do, you do because the performance is a great 94 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,680 Speaker 1: and Mazie Stella she's like an early career Florence Peugh like, 95 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:18,200 Speaker 1: she has such a bright career ahead of her. Yep, yep. 96 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:21,919 Speaker 1: So lots of things. Yeah, coming of age film with 97 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:26,080 Speaker 1: Love and No Stiff No MC love it. And it 98 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 1: also is a really fun way to look at I 99 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: guess how we get older and how our childhood dreams 100 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,040 Speaker 1: change as we go into adulthood, and how maybe some 101 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: of those dreams unfulfilled influencer who we are as adults. Interesting, 102 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: there's a lot, there's a lot to dig into Okay, 103 00:05:39,560 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: well how many girl, you'll be a woman soon. I'm 104 00:05:48,839 --> 00:05:50,960 Speaker 1: going to give this one three and a half. Okay, 105 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:56,599 Speaker 1: all right, I love that. Thanks man, See you guys.