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My Old Ass: When I first saw someone reference this title, I hadn’t heard of the film, and thought they were referring to the then-forthcoming The Substance, where Demi Moore’s character is too old for TV, and she wants to be young again.
18-year-old Elliott (Maisy Stella) has reached a pivotal point in her life, where her family are selling the family farm, but haven’t told her because life has taken her to the point where she’s in the process of moving out.
Whilst in a quandry, she in inadvertently brings her older self into her life – in the form of Aubrey Plaza (Ingrid Goes West) – after taking a load of magic mushrooms, also leading to a stranger conversation where young Elliott wants to try kissing her older self, and how the latter looks so much like her mother, because we turn into our parents as we age.
The plot has a bit of a Wonder Years feel to it, since suddenly, our younger lead is taking an interest in her family – given that she’s moving out – so things are changing too fast for her, and she just wants time to stop, but don’t we all?
There’s occasional good lines, such as when younger Elliott receives a birthday card which states: “I’d wish you a happy birtyhday, but CIS white men don’t need any more happiness”, and the two leads bounce off each other well, but we spend far too much time simply just watching the 18-year-old Elliott go about her life – including meeting new beau Chad (Percy Hynes White) – when it felt from the trailer like we were going to see a buddy-buddy comedy between the two Elliotts.
However, Ms Plaza is hardly in it, and overall, this film feels like it had a lot of promise, but that only half a script was written.
When it comes to the title, “My Old Ass” is what the younger Elliott puts her older self down as in her phone contacts. Yes, she can somehow speak to her on the phone, even though she summoned her with magic mushrooms.
This reminds me of an exchange in The Simpsons:
- Homer: Well, there were script problems from day one.
Bart: Didn’t seem like anyone even read the script.
Homer: That was the problem.
There is no mid- or post-credit scene.
My Old Ass is in cinemas now, but isn’t yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD. However, once announced, it will appear on the New DVD Blu-ray 3D and 4K releases UK list.
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 89 minutes
Release date: September 27th 2024
Studio: Amazon Studios
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Cinema: Odeon Trafford Centre
Rating: 5/10
Director: Megan Park
Producers: Tom Ackerley, Josey McNamara, Steven Rales, Margot Robbie
Screenplay: Megan Park
Music: Jaco Caraco, Tyler Hilton
Cast:
Elliott: Maisy Stella
Older Elliott: Aubrey Plaza
Chad: Percy Hynes White
Ruthie: Maddie Ziegler
Ro: Kerrice Brooks
Kathy: Maria Dizzia
Tom: Al Goulem
Max: Seth Isaac Johnson
Spencer: Carter Trozzolo
Chelsea: Alexandria Rivera
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