劳伦斯(丹尼斯·奎德 Dennis Quaid 饰)是一名要求严苛的中年教授,虽然心地善良,但他拒人千里的气质使得学生对其厌烦,儿子和女儿也日渐对其冷淡。自从妻子去世后,独自抚养两个孩子的他就变得更加烦躁和无奈。一天,劳伦斯意外从栅栏上摔下来,被送进了医院,并得知负责他康复的女医生珍妮特(莎拉·杰茜卡·帕克 Sarah Jessica Parker 饰)原来是他曾经教过的学生,不过他已经记不清楚了。在频频约会后,劳伦斯发现自己似乎爱上了珍妮特,然而却深知自己仍在妻子逝世的阴影之下徘徊。面对眼前他不舍放弃的女子,似乎是爱情让这个老男人又开始尝试改变,尝试敞开心扉,尝试一个新的自己……
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