Best films of the week
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Lady Bird (2017) ✰✰✰✰✰ (BBC1, 10.30pm)
Although Lady Bird isn’t strictly autobiographical, writer-director Greta Gerwig draws on fond memories of her Californian hometown for a beautifully observed study of mother-daughter relationships and youthful exuberance in turn of the 21st-century Sacramento. This exquisite coming-of-age comedy drama is a near perfect confluence of direction, writing and performance, which elicits tears and laughter in generous equal measure. Gerwig has a sharp ear for the ebb and flow of pithy conversations between friends and family and her script is infused with unabashed warmth for the well-drawn characters. Oscar nominees Saoirse Ronan and Laurie Metcalf are delightful as the spunky title character and her hard-working mother, who generate friction every time they are in bickering proximity.
Stronger (2017) ✰✰✰✰ (BBC2, 11.05pm)
On April 15 2013, hundreds of lives were irrevocably altered in Boston when two home-made explosives detonated close to the finish line of the city’s marathon. The co-ordinated response to the terrorist attack and FBI-led manhunt were dramatised in the adrenalinefuelled action thriller Patriots Day, starring Mark Wahlberg. Stronger relives the same shocking attack from the perspective of Boston native Jeff Bauman, who was a well-wisher in the crowd that fateful day and lost both of his legs in the blast. Adapted from Bauman’s memoir, David Gordon Green’s uplifting drama chronicles events before and after the race, capturing the unbearable toll on Jeff and the people around him. Jake Gyllenhaal delivers an Oscar-worthy performance, bristling with raw emotion, as Bauman.