Una joven estudiante que se hace llamar Lady Bird (Saoirse Ronan) se muda al norte de California para pasar allí su último año de instituto. La joven, con inclinaciones artísticas y que sueña con vivir en la costa Este, tratará de ese modo encontrar su propio camino y definirse fuera de la sombra protectora de su madre (Laurie Metcalf).
A throwback musical comedy set in 1943, where clueless radio stars, The Apple Sisters botch a chance of a lifetime by forgetting their movie pitch to the biggest, most indecisive, bean-munching Hollywoodland producer of all times, Mr. Mountabrother.
If Winnie shot her two friends in self defense as she later claimed, why did she hide their bodies in trunks and attempt to take them as luggage with her on a train to L.A.?