Film is an art that allows us to get lost in someone else's story, while also connecting with our own. This award season, one film had this effect on me more than others.

Greta Gerwig's "Lady Bird" was the film I didn't know I needed until I saw it. Gerwig wrote and directed this beautiful coming-of-age story by herself, and is nominated for best director and best original screenplay at this upcoming Oscars. So clearly, she knows what she's doing.

The story of Lady Bird, for those who haven't seen it (what are you doing with your time?), is about a rebellious 18-year-old girl Christine, or "Lady Bird" as she renames herself. The movie follows her life throughout her senior year in Sacramento, California.

The script for this movie is just so incredible and relatable. Hearing Lady Bird and her mom fight in the store, fight about where to go to college, and fight about whether she is a grateful daughter is not only relatable, but also shocking due to the diction used.

The dialogue between Lady Bird and the other people she connects with is so raw and vulnerable. The conversations with her best friend, the popular crew at school, and her boyfriends show the evolution of her identity as her senior year passes by. As a character, Lady Bird doesn't hold back. And to me, that is what makes this screenplay beautiful.

Stereotypes don't exist in this film. Everything about Lady Bird's experience is specific to her. Every time you think you know what she is going to do next, she surprises you in the most delightful way.

Not only does make you appreciate your friends, your family, and your experiences as a teenager, but it also makes you appreciate your hometown. Through the film, Lady Bird keeps claiming that she can't wait to leave Sacramento and "...be where culture is." But Gerwig leaves us with a beautiful monologue from the protagonist, about how emotional she got when driving through Sacramento for the first time.

From watching Lady Bird lose her virginity, to wistfully wishing you were in the car with her when she's listening to "Crash Into Me," every part of this movie makes you feel young, stupid, grateful, and inspired.

"Lady Bird" is the perfect film for young adults who are in need of some nostalgia. It's also the perfect film for anyone going through their senior year, just graduating, or looking to find themselves.