My Old Ass - Review

Aubrey Plaza and Maisy Stella play two versions of the same person in this coming-of-age comedy that was a festival circuit hit.

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[Welles]

This may be the happiest I've seen Dan look in a movie review thumbnail.

[vintagevegan]

Such a sweet movie. I thought it was going to be a comedy but it’s very emotional, even my husband cried 😭

[bluescat]

This one hit me hard in the feels. Lost my father last month so the themes of being nice to family really hammered me .
The timeless theme of enjoying the present, without knowing the future, never gets old. We all wish our old ass could have told our young asses what’s important.

[stagewalker]

I literally told my couples counselor in the last session that what made me the saddest was that I knew that if I could go back to my younger self and warn myself, younger me wouldn't listen.

[waywardmind]

My old ass has rolled out to Dan's old ass rolling out to My Old Ass.

[zirconic]

Sounds like it touches on some of the same themes as "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, " where the question is about impulses vs. logic, and how even our bad decisions are still important in defining us.

[markgarrity]

Saw it yesterday. Loved it. Brilliant acting and great succinct story. Dan is right. It doesn't answer every question raised and doesn't need to.

[brianalice]

Critics: what a creative premise executed with comedy and heart.
Julie Nolke: *Glares*

[tomheadland]

Saw it last night with my wife. She loved it. I was expecting more until the end. What a gut punch. Not that it wasn’t pleasant all the way thru. I read it was the best coming of age film and my expectations were too high thru 2/3rd of the movie. The final act brought it home

[Cash]

Just watched it on prime, it never came to theaters near me, but this was such a great movie! Missy Stella & Aubrey Plaza were phenomenal

[Jogwheel]

Loved this review! You're so enthusiastic and personal with your thoughts / reflections. Definitely convinced me to check this one out! Thanks for the upload 🙂

[halane]

Pretty sure this will go to streaming in my country, i will keep an eye out for it! Thanks for the rec, I knew nothing about it!

[AlMoSiCe]

My old ass saw this last week & and thoroughly enjoyed it so much my old ass may go see it again

[kstepko]

My old ass might go and see this! Thanks!

[GeekFactor]

I'm actually in my last weeks of being 39 (I turn 40 in less than a month) and if I were to visit myself at 18 ... the reaction would probably be a mixed bag ... I would definitely be thrilled to hear that I have an amazing wife that I love and 3 awesome kids that I'm crazy about. Probably would not be too crazy about my career ... less-than-exciting corporate desk job and a very small youtube channel would probbably not go over great :D
Holy crap, I haven't seen the movie yet and it's already giving me stuff to think about :D

[dogtrainer]

I just saw this movie tonight with a group and we all really enjoyed it. Maisy was very good and had great chemistry with Percy. It was funny, had great pacing, was a little thought provoking, had some sad moments and the scenery was beautiful.

[obizhot]

I only just caught the trailer a few days ago and was interested. NOW I can't wait to see it, thanks Dan!

[EppyGibbon]

I saw 'My Old Ass' at a film festival last week and loved it. It's a real hormone hitter - I got a real real feeling of warmth, love and cathartic release from watching it.

[fps]

The movie is basically Arrival without aliens. (Not meant to be an insult--the movie is very cute and heartfelt--but it does bring up pretty similar themes so my brain couldn't not make the comparison after the ending.)

[thinshadow]

Got to see an advance screening of it last night and it was phenomenal. I cannot recommend it highly enough. I do think a lot of the festival favorites are overrated but this one delivers.