Do not sit out on Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird”

Saoirse Ronan and Beanie Feldstein in Lady Bird. ®A24
Really. Don’t. Don’t sit out on Greta Gerwig’s unabashedly perfect solo writing and directing debut, a brilliantly observant coming-of-age story starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Beanie Feldstein, and Tracy Letts. It’s a long-awaited project from the writer and actress – who usually works alongside her longtime partner Noah Baumbach – and even in its first week the film already has critics and aud