--- title: The Wendy's Twitter Account Briefly Became a Movie Critic description: After Eric Kohn reached out to the fast food restaurant to inquire after its favorite movie of the year, Wendy’s quickly replied canonical: https://time.com/5052855/wendys-twitter-movie-critic/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-06T19:55:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:24.576Z og:title: Wendy's Tried to Be Your New Go-To Movie Review Source og:description: Your girl Wendy has high praise for 'Lady Bird' og:url: https://time.com/5052855/wendys-twitter-movie-critic/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcfa6c24b0f795c0/698892c2196cf4817203b8f2/wendys-value.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: wendys-value og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wendy's Tried to Be Your New Go-To Movie Review Source twitter:description: Your girl Wendy has high praise for 'Lady Bird' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdcfa6c24b0f795c0/698892c2196cf4817203b8f2/wendys-value.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Wendy's Twitter Account Briefly Became a Deep Thinking Movie Critic > Sponsored content. 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Official trailer for Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age movie Lady Bird_ by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Dec 6, 2017 7:55 PM UTC  Lester Cohen—Getty Images for Wendy's by [Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Devan Coggan / Entertainment Weekly Dec 6, 2017 7:55 PM UTC December is here, and it’s time for the influx of cultural year-end retrospectives and top 10 lists. Golden Globes nominations will be announced Monday, the [critics](http://ew.com/awards/2017/11/30/2017-new-york-film-critics-circle-winners-list/)‘ [groups](http://ew.com/awards/2017/12/03/los-angeles-film-critics-association-awards-2017-winners-list/) have already started naming this year’s best films, and several publications ([including EW](http://ew.com/movies/best-and-worst-movies-2017/)) have rolled out their own [Top 10s for 2017](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/). This year, however, there’s a new authoritative voice on the best films of the year — the Wendy’s Twitter account. After IndieWire’s Eric Kohn reached out to the fast food restaurant on Twitter to inquire after its favorite movie of the year, Wendy’s quickly replied, naming _Lady Bird, The Big Sick, Get Out,_ and _Logan_ as Wendy’s-approved. (_Blade Runner 2049_ also got a shoutout for its lush cinematography.) > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/938449517770354688) > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/938452244684517376) Before long, _Lady Bird’s_ distributor, A24, chimed in, asking for more in-depth review — and Wendy’s delivered a thoughtful take on Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed coming-of-age tale. > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/938458310872911874) Wendy’s also weighed in on an important question currently dividing Film Twitter — whether the critically-acclaimed, 18-part series _Twin Peaks: The Return_ qualifies as a film or a TV show. On one hand, the show’s mastermind, David Lynch, has said that he approached the revival’s story as one long movie. On the other hand, it’s 18 hours long and aired on Showtime. > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/938463246968868865) There you go, everyone. Wendy’s has spoken. _This_ [_article_](http://ew.com/movies/2017/12/06/wendys-twitter-best-movies-2017/) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://ew.com) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] I hate California. I wanna go to the east coast. I wanna go where culture is, like New York. How in the world did I raise such a snob? Or at least Connecticut or New Hampshire, where writers live in the woods. You wouldn't even get into those schools anyway. Mom. You should just go to City College. You know with your work ethic just go to City College and then to jail and then back to City College and then maybe you'd learn to pull yourself up and not expect everybody to do everything. Aah! Lady Bird is that your given name? Yes. Why is it in quotes? I gave it to myself, it's given to me by me. Lady Bird always says That she lives on the wrong side of the tracks. But I always thought that, that was like a metaphor. But there are actual train tracks. What you do is very baller, is very anarchist. Put the magazine back. [ LAUGH ] She has a big heart, your mom. She's warm but she's also kind of scary. You can't be scary and warm. I think you can. Your mom is. [ MUSIC ] So you're not interested in any Catholic colleges? No way. I want schools like Yale, not Yale because I probably couldn't get in. [ LAUGH ] You definitely couldn't get in. [ MUSIC ] Does mom hate me? You're tired, we can sit down. I'm not tired. You were dragging your feet. You are so infuriating. Stop yelling. I'm not yelling. It's perfect! Do you love it? You both have such strong personalities. [ MUSIC ] When is a normal time to have sex? You're having sex? Just wanted it to be special. Why? You're gonna have So much unspecial sex in your life. Aah! We're afraid that we will never escape our past. Whatever we give you it's never enough. It's never enough. It is enough. We're afraid of what the future will bring. We're afraid we won't be loved. You can't do anything, and that's because you're a center of attention. You won't be liked. Yeah, but you know your mom's tits are totally fake. She made one bad decision at 19. Two bad decisions. And you won't succeed. I want you to be the very best version of yourself that you could be. [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] What if this is the best version? [ MUSIC ] What I'd really like is to be on Math Olympiad. But math isn't something you're terribly strong in. That we know of yet. 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