Spitball Army

9.2
[theater]

“Six inches for the Holy Spirit!”

I can’t think of another film that so accurately captures the weird mix of approval-seeking and eye-roll cynicism that exists within the student body of a Catholic high school. The mother-daughter relationship as portrayed by Laurie Metcalf and Saoirse Ronan is similarly spot-on, thanks to their sensitive acting turns, but also due to writer-director Greta Gerwig’s crackling dialogue. Splendid.