Lola Versus

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Lola Versus

R

2012

1h 26m

Romance

Comedy

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Just three weeks before her wedding, Lola (Greta Gerwig) finds herself suddenly without a partner when her longtime fiance, Luke (Joel Kinnaman), dumps her. With her 30th birthday looming and being forced to re-enter the New York City dating scene, she feels adrift in a cold world. She leans on her friends (Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater) for support but, after a series of romantic humiliations, professional blunders and boozy antics, Lola realizes that she alone is in charge of her fate.

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Critics Consensus

It's fun to see Greta Gerwig mature her acting career but Lola Versus -- with its unpleasant characters and completely familiar script -- does not succeed as her first major leading role.

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Chase Whale

Film.com

LOLA VERSUS puts the fun in dysfunctional love and is what happens when you shake life up a little bit and let it fall out of your hands.

Nov 8, 2013

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

[An] hour and a half of wearisome quirk and smut...

Rated: 2/5

Jul 22, 2012

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Gerwig's dreamy style worked in Whit Stillman's Damsels in Distress, because the movie created an eco-system of oddity in which that style could thrive. But here it just grates.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 19, 2012

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Jason Best

Movie Talk

For all Gerwig's undoubted charisma, Lola Versus too often resembles an extended episode of Friends without the laughs.

Dec 15, 2020

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Sarah Gopaul

Digital Journal

Lola Versus is a smart comedy propelled by the chemistry of two entertaining actors.

Sep 8, 2018

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Eleanor Ringel Cater

Saporta Report (Atlanta)

If nothing else, it gives you a welcome injection of Manhattan, without the cost of the plane and the hotel or even the No. 5 bus.

Aug 30, 2017

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steve d

The script is simply OK, but Gerwig is as great as ever.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

The film has its own poetry, the comedy part is subtle. All the actors' performances are cohesive.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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lanfranco c

She is really a complicated girl.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

Complètement ridicule comme film... boring boring, la fille fait Les mêmes erreurs, Elle est juste conne finalement. Rien d'extraordinaire, mais vraiment rien.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Such a god damn irritating movie!!!! Just another New York film that thinks its so clever and so observant when its just modern and biased bullshit. The characters are annoying, the performances are way below decent, the writing is boring and familiar and the direction is terribly bland. When this movie wanted to be funny I wasn't amused... when this movie wanted to be taken seriously I rolled my eyes and when this movie wanted to be thought provoking I was thinking about how long I have to watch as many episodes of Gavin and Stacey as possible to wash out the bad taste that Lola Versus smashed on to my tongue within the first 10 minutes of the film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

A just-okay movie that tries too hard, but worth a watch if you enjoy Greta Gerwig.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Synopsis

Just three weeks before her wedding, Lola (Greta Gerwig) finds herself suddenly without a partner when her longtime fiance, Luke (Joel Kinnaman), dumps her. With her 30th birthday looming and being forced to re-enter the New York City dating scene, she feels adrift in a cold world. She leans on her friends (Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater) for support but, after a series of romantic humiliations, professional blunders and boozy antics, Lola realizes that she alone is in charge of her fate.

Director: Daryl Wein
Producer: Michael London, Jocelyn Hayes Simpson, Janice Williams
Screenwriter: Daryl Wein, Zoe Lister Jones
Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Production Co: Groundswell Productions
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Sexuality)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 8, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $251.9K
Runtime: 1h 26m

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