With a wonderful mother-daughter story, writer-director Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird,” opening in Salt Lake City theaters this Friday, it offers a chance to consider these other stories of moms and the young women who pray they won’t grow up to be just like them.
In John Waters’ only PG-rated movie, perky ’60s teen Tracy Turnblad (Ricki Lake) is determined to get on Baltimore’s hottest teen-dance show — even if her hausfrau mom, Edna (played by Divine), doesn’t think she’s good enough. Tracy’s exuberance wins over her mom as they join forces against snooty Amber van Tussle (Colleen Fitzpatrick) and her mom, Velma (Deborah Harry).