The 5 best coming-of-age movies about teen girls
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Lady Bird was one of the surprise hits of 2017, with its bittersweet, deeply funny depiction of teen girl adolescence. And that got Todd to thinking: Why is it so rare to see good movies about teen girls coming of age? To answer that question, he brought in Kay Cannon, director of the new comedy Blockers, a very funny gross-out raunchfest, which just so happens to be about teen girls figuring out their sexuality while their parents wrestle with the sexist double standards we apply to young women in that very situation. (We assure you it’s a comedy.) Kay also wrote the screenplay for Pitch Perfect and was part of the writers' rooms on both 30 Rock and New Girl. Kay joined Todd to talk about making Blockers, but also to run down her five favorite teen girl movies of all time. (And, yes, one of them is Lady Bird.)
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