Lady(2025)

This was delectable. Isabella is a little bit of Claire from Fleabag (and fleabag herself honestly), a little bit of Valerie Cherish, and a little bit of Moira Rose. Just most fun to watch. 

Insecurity was on my mind a lot during my viewing of this story. I feel like insecurity gets such a bad rep because so much violence and other human badness stem from it but really it’s not inherently a bad quality and everyone is insecure at something. Both Isabella and Sam start the film as hopelessly insecure people, and when they act out they are annoying. However when they find the patience and grace to sit with themselves and be vulnerable with it, it feels like the hottest thing a person can do.

As far as flaws go, the back-and-forth dynamic between Sam and Isabella did feel repetitive towards the end of the movie. At some point it felt like both characters regressed multiple times, which is forgivable, because this journey is not meant to be linear anyway. 

Lastly, how does one say no to being adopted to a Sian Clifford-shaped aristocrat? When I learned I was going to Monterey for grad school, it was my dream to be adopted by Reese Witherspoon. Of course I would be crushed to learn later that it was all a lie and Big Little Lies wasn’t even filmed in Monterey. All to say that Sammy was a brat and he really doesn’t know how good of a bag he fumbled.