沃特.密提(本·斯蒂勒 Ben Stiller 饰)是一名在《生活》杂志工作了16年的胶片洗印经理,他性格内向,甚至无法跟心仪的同事谢莉尔(克里斯汀·韦格 Kristen Wiig 饰)开口搭讪,面对生活他像个旁观者,时常“放空”做白日英雄梦。直到有一天公司被并购,杂志需要做最后一期的封面,而封面成功与否的关键是找到狂野摄影师尚恩(西恩·潘 Sean Penn)的一卷胶片,沃特终于开口搭讪谢莉尔,并在她和母亲(雪莉·麦克雷恩 Shirley MacLaine 饰)的鼓励下踏上真正的冒险之旅,冰原、大海、喜马拉雅山……沃特的白日梦远不及现实壮丽。
The summer before college, bright-yet-irreverent Elliott comes face-to-face with her older self during a mushroom trip. The encounter spurs a funny and heartfelt journey of self-discovery and first love as Elliott prepares to leave her childhood home.
Writer-director Megan Park’s tender, surprising sophomore feature cleverly uses its high-concept premise of a visit from one’s future self to launch a refreshing, nuanced exploration of the uncertainties of young romance and coming of age. My Old Ass is a sweet teenage love story, a lively contemporary comedy, and a quirky riff on time-travel films all in one.
Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza have a terrific unlikely chemistry, as the sass and self-assuredness of the young Elliott, as played by Stella, blends and overlaps with Plaza’s sardonic humor as a more mature Elliott. The care and affection shown in the film’s depiction of Elliott’s rural hometown in her last days before taking off for adulthood visually highlights her emotional journey, evoking a nostalgia for days that haven’t even ended yet.—HZ