If our older, wiser self returned to dole out advice, would we listen? That’s the question at the heart of My Old Ass, a charmingly thoughtful film written and directed by Megan Park. Park’s angle on the universal query is notably intimate, focusing on an 18-year-old girl named Elliott Labrant (Maisy Stella) who finds herself at a crossroads. She’s on the cusp of leaving home, but during her final summer before college Elliott comes face to face with an iteration of herself at 39 (Aubrey Plaza) during a particularly intense mushroom trip in the woods near her house. The elder Elliott has warning: stay away from a guy named Chad.

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MY OLD ASS ★★★1/2 (3.5/4........

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