布斯(麦察蓉普拉 Mai Charoenpura 饰)经营着一家米粉摊,丈夫和年轻漂亮的打工女私奔了,留给布斯的除了年幼病重的女儿布尔外还有一大笔债务。布斯没有钱带女儿去看病,只能够买一些最基本的药物来维持女儿的生命,可即便如此,也花光了她几乎全部的积蓄。糟糕的财政状况之下布斯再也无法购买肉类来维系米粉摊的经营了。
这一天,布斯推着摊子回家,路上偶遇政府武力镇压示威游行活动的场面,一位受了伤的学生偷偷躲进了布斯的摊子里,当布斯发现他的时候,他已经死去多时了。布斯灵机一动,决定拿学生的肉来充当米粉里的食材肉末,哪知道却因为口味奇佳而造成了食客的哄抢,布斯就此发现了商机。
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