凯瑟琳(洛丽泰·扬 Loretta Young 饰)出生在一个平凡的农户家中,为了能够走进更高一层的阶级中去,凯瑟琳决定前往大城市学习医务护理以便成为一名护士。然而,梦想刚刚扬帆起航便遭遇了海啸,凯瑟琳的全部积蓄都被骗子骗走,她甚至要面临流落街头的悲惨命运。幸运的是,凯瑟琳看到了一则招聘广告,年轻的议员格兰(约瑟夫·科顿 Joseph Cotten 饰)正在为他的豪宅雇佣一名女佣,就这样,凯瑟琳去应聘了。 聪明可爱的凯瑟琳很快就赢得了格兰家人的信赖,她的出现给这幢死气沉沉的大房子带来了一丝快乐的意味。不仅如此,格兰也渐渐爱上了这个古灵精怪又诚实肯干的姑娘。
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