Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- given an unexpected opportunity to escape for a week - hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year old Annika and Annika's world-weary single dad Craig.
"Laggies" demonstrates that childhood is tough, but adulthood gives you a real drubbing.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
6 Nov 2014
rotten:
This is the first feature that the talented Lynn Shelton has directed from someone else's script, and it often seems like a premise trying to graduate into an actual story.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
6 Nov 2014
fresh:
We understand, you're having trouble growing up. Get on with it, and while you're doing so, amuse us. Luckily, the movie does a pretty good job at that while keeping things overly safe for its hapless heroine, Megan, played by Keira Knightley.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
6 Nov 2014
fresh:
Shelton opts for a simple shooting style that emphasizes relationships and dialogue rather than trying to call attention to the filmmaker's talent.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
6 Nov 2014
fresh:
Shelton's comedy isn't just smart, but cheerfully wise; not just funny, but cleverly and endlessly so.