MISTRESS AMERICA

Before there was Lady Bird, there was Mistress America. And despite the fact that Mistress America is not a solo project from Greta Gerwig, her artistic footprint is evident in every facet of this movie. Co-written with Noah Baumbach (and directed by Baumbach), Mistress America is about Tracy Fishko (Lola Kirke), an incoming college freshman at Barnard College in New York City. The usual freshman loneliness sets in quickly, and Tracy’s mother encourages her to call her soon-to-be-step-sister, Brooke Cardinas (Greta Gerwig).

Mistress America is quirky and meandering, but never in a bad way. It feels like those days that stretched on forever when you were young. When you had few expectations, all the time in the world, and unshakeable confidence. Mistress America is all of that lit up like a bottle rocket.

– Tina Kakadelis (Beyond the Cinerama Dome)