My Old Ass (2024)
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An 18-year-old girl on a mushroom trip encounters her 39-year-old self, who offers cryptic advice about her future.
The story
Elliott, an 18-year-old girl living on her parents' cranberry farm in Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, has three weeks left before leaving for university in Toronto. She spends her summer working on the farm and spending time with her friends. During a mushroom trip on her birthday, she encounters a woman who claims to be her 39-year-old self. This older version of herself provides advice and a warning about a boy named Chad. The two remain in contact via phone, and Elliott must navigate her final weeks of summer, her feelings for a local boy, and the reality of her family's plans for the farm.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Elliott, a teenager on a cranberry farm in Muskoka Lakes, Ontario, encounters her 39-year-old self during a mushroom trip. The older version of herself, a PhD student, warns her to avoid a boy named Chad and to cherish her time with family. Despite the warning, Elliott becomes attracted to Chad, a worker on her father's farm. As she learns her parents are selling the farm, she struggles with her identity and her feelings for Chad. After a series of events, including a trip to Maude Island where she hallucinates as Justin Bieber, she decides to follow her heart. She eventually admits her bisexuality and confesses her feelings to Chad. In the end, the older Elliott reappears to explain that she warned her about Chad because he is destined to die, and she didn't want her younger self to suffer. However, the younger Elliott chooses to love him anyway, accepting the risk for the sake of the experience. The older version leaves her with a final message to live for the present.
- First release year
- 2024
- Runtime (minutes)
- 89
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Megan Park
- Writers
- Megan Park · writer
- Cast and characters
- Maisy Stella · Elliott; Percy Hynes White; Maddie Ziegler; Kerrice Brooks; Aubrey Plaza · Older Elliott
- Genres
- coming-of-age; comedy; drama
- Themes
- Coming-of-age; Fate vs. Free Will; Identity; The passage of time
- Tone and mood
- Whimsical; Bittersweet; Sardonic; Wistful
- Premise and plot tags
- Time Travel; Hallucinogens; Farm Life; Bisexual Romance
- Reception
- The film received positive reviews and was praised for its performances, direction, and sense of place.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 74 · scale: 100 · review count: 44
- Awards and nominations
- Critics' Choice Award · Best Young Performer · Win; Independent Spirit Awards · Nomination · Nomination; Gotham Award · Breakthrough Performance · Nomination
- Production trivia
- The film is described as a 'love letter to Canada'.; The production involved a collaboration between LuckyChap Entertainment and Indian Paintbrush.
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