My Old Ass
Directed by Megan Park
Written by Megan Park
Starring Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Percy Hynes White
Release Date September 27th, 2024
Published September 30th, 2024
“I’d wish you a happy birthday but cis white men have had enough happiness.”
That’s a line in the new comedy My Old Ass and, even as I am a cis white man, the line, as delivered by fresh faced, new star Maisy Stella made me chuckle. It’s a little clunky but modern. My description of the line and my reaction to it is a perfect summation of the movie My Old Ass, it’s a little clunky but quite modern in perspective. And, quite often, it made me chuckle. My Old Ass is a high concept, low key comedy about growing up, making mistakes and realizing that our mistakes inform our life as much as our successes.
My Old Ass stars Maisy Stella as Elliott, a teenager just about to leave the nest. Elliott is leaving behind her family cranberry farm for the big city of Toronto, Canada for college and she’s not looking back. On her 18th birthday, Elliott and her two closest friends go to a remote part of their lakeside hometown and take drugs, specifically, psychedelic mushrooms. While tripping balls, Elliott encounters her 39 year old self, played by Aubrey Plaza. Elliot spends the night quizzing her older self about life in the future and what mistakes she should avoid to make their life better in the future.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
