What would you say to your younger self, if you could? Anything at all?
My Old Ass knows that we’ve all asked ourselves these kinds of questions before, and it builds a whole story around the idea. How funny, sad, deep, and wonderful it is.
We’ll follow young-adult Elliott as she prepares to move from home to the big city—and then just before, somehow, comes into contact with an older version of herself.
It’s, like, so weird! And honestly, pathetic! How her old ass still hasn’t settled down. I mean, she’s had so many years . . . Why is she being so cagey?
Part of what makes this watch so fun and charming is that these are different people with different senses of humor and life experiences—but also, not. The extraordinarily realistic performance by young-Elliott pulls at our heartstrings just as much as old-Elliott’s more muted, knowing facial expressions do.
Other technical aspects like the editing, direction, and location-managing are fantastic, too, but kudos go above all to the idea; to the writing. In the veins of time passing, people changing, and family aging, this movie finds gold.