T)!he summer b@,efor!_e coll !ege, bright/-^yet-!;irreverent Elliott com-_es face-to-face@( w#it.^h her ol%
?der self:$ dur_+ing a m ]u_)=@shroom trip. The @)enc__ounter s)-+^pu%rs :]a% funny an
d#\ heartfe./l^\*t journ]/e+y o)f_:^ self-d-[iscovery and fi/]r):$st ;%.$love a;)s E_lliott prep[_ar-es to lea-ve her childhood ``\home.　　W ^rite\r-dire=!+cto?^r Me^(ga#]n=[_* Par!_[k’. ,s

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*rpris+[ing s +ophom( ore -[feature cl !everly @$uses its high-con cept premise of a visit from one’s future self to launch a refreshing, ![[nuanced ex ploration of the*;*/= uncerta$+inties%% of young romance and com
ing of age. My Old As!^.s is a sweet teen.age love story, (-a l)i ve-
+[ly contem $porary co$me_$dy,: and a qu%.irky riff on time-trav,el fil#^ms all in - one.　　?Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza h_ave a terrific ;un]=;likely/ ($ch .emi `stry,((+ as the sas^*-;)s and[ ;[self-assuredness of ^=the $_ young E@_lli?^ o$]tt,+ as pl!ayed by Stell]a,\,@ b_?%lends and\= overlaps with Plaza’s s_/
,ardonic hu!( mo!,r  as a mo)re^ =mature Elliott. The care and affect.+.ion % s**:hown in the film’s d](= epicti$on of Elliott’s rural#$= hometown in her last days befor=e taking off for. adulthoo:d vis)ually highlights her emoti
o#:na$. (l jour% ney, e voki-=ng a nost: algia for ;:days that hav-[en’t even([ !=)@ended[=, y:et--.—HZ