and telling her to do more stuff with her (sorry,their) Mom.
The only thing you cant get back, Older Elliott says, in between snarky banter, is time.
(More on that in a second.)
Maisy Stella and Aubrey Plaza in ‘My Old Ass.‘Amazon Studios
But what Park is going for isnt paranoid hand-wringing or some sort of cautionary tale.
Its an excuse for a therapy session, shoving the concept of self-care into beautifully absurdist, cross-generational territory.
Older Elliott wants to impart words of hard-earned wisdom to her teen counterpart and drop somecarpe diemscience.
Her 18-year-old self is curious about what shell do over the next 21 years.
Mostly, however, she just wants to grope my old ass to see how badly shes aged.
Elliott is a recognizable archetype.
It turns out that the Older Elliott slipped her phone number into Younger Elliotts cell, and surprise!
you might apparently talk to your older self across the time-space continuum.
Hes working on her familys cranberry farm for the summer, and has roots among the locals.
Younger Elliott slowly finds herself falling for him.
Anyone care to guess what his name is?
You cant change your past.
